Page 109 - Perfect Phrases ESL Everyday Business

Networking Within Your Organization and Beyond

Phrases to Use Your “Unique-ness”
to Your Advantage

You may have noticed, English is not my first language.
You may hear that I am not from the United States.

I am from .
My native language is .

I have been studying English for .
I would like to improve my conversational English—what do
you recommend I do?
I have been here for [days, weeks, months, years].

This is my [first, second, tenth] time in the United States.
Have you ever been to my country? If so, what did you find
most interesting?
Were you in my country for work or pleasure?

Do you travel a lot?
Where else have you been?
I have worked for (name of company) for (amount of time).

I have never been to a meeting of this type before.
I really like the format of this meeting.

Are there other groups or meetings in this area that I can
attend? I want to meet more people in my field.

What can you recommend that I can do in my spare time to
improve my English?

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