Worklish

Kill the birds
Your boss doesn't care about your streak.
We teach workplace English. Through stories.

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Are you ready to learn profession-based business English?

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We can't make your boss less demanding.

But we can help you find the English words to explain why their deadline is impossible.

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We built Worklish because apparently "Where is the nearest train station?" wasn't enough preparation for a quarterly performance review.

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English class: Name five colours.

Monday morning: Explain why making the logo bigger won't fix the website.

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Duolingo: You haven't practised today.

Your manager: You haven't submitted the report.

Honestly, the owl seems nicer.

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English class: What time is it?

Monday morning: Explain why the project that's "almost finished" has been almost finished for six weeks.

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Language learning apps when you miss one day: 😡

Your boss when you miss one deadline: 😡

At least one of them teaches you vocabulary.

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English class: How are you today?

Monday morning: Explain to a furious customer why "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" is a valid troubleshooting step.

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English class: Count from 1 to 100.

Monday morning: Explain where the missing $100,000 went.

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Corporate English Dictionary #04

"Any questions?"

Meaning: Please say no. It's 5:58 PM.

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Your English level: B2.

Your ability to explain a pricing increase to an angry client: Loading...

We see the problem.

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Your Duolingo streak is longer than your employment history.

Respectfully, we have questions.

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Corporate English Dictionary #03

"Moving forward..."

Meaning: We're never discussing who caused this disaster.

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English class: How much does this cost?

Monday morning: Convince a client that your $2,000 solution is worth more than the $50 alternative.

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We believe English learning should be personalised.

Unfortunately, your manager's unrealistic expectations are already personalised enough.

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English class: Describe your favorite season.

Monday morning: Explain why your best-performing campaign generated zero sales.

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"As per my previous email."

Six words.

Zero patience.

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"Let's take this offline."

Corporate English for:

Please stop arguing in front of everyone.

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Corporate English Dictionary #02

"Let's align on this."

Meaning: We had a 45-minute meeting and somehow disagree more than before.

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We help you learn English for your profession.

We cannot help you understand why your boss scheduled a meeting at 6 PM on Friday.

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Corporate English:

"Let's circle back."

Translation:

Nobody wants to deal with this right now.