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Meetings in German | How to Sound Professional | B1

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Josie holds a BA in Translation, an MBA in Marketing, an LL.M. in Law and Information Systems, and a DLL certificate in Teaching German as a Foreign Language (DaF). Although she has worked in sales and IT for international companies, her true passion is teaching German. She also speaks five languages.She founded sprachkapital because she kept meeting brilliant international professionals who understood German perfectly, yet froze when they had to speak it. She knows exactly what's missing. And she built every episode around fixing it.

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that turns your Business German from passive to powerful.

sprachkapital is designed for international professionals at the B1–C1 level who understand German but struggle to perform well in meetings, negotiations, and everyday work conversations.Each episode provides a real professional scenario, authentic vocabulary, and realistic speaking situations. No passive listening. You'll learn German that you can actually use at work.

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Step 1: hear itEvery episode drops you into a real professional scenario. A meeting you weren't prepared for. A negotiation going sideways. A colleague asking your opinion in front of the room. Authentic German, real pressure, no slow textbook narration.

Step 2: speak itThen it's your turn. Every episode comes with speaking prompts that make you respond, react, and think out loud in German, the exact skill most podcasts never touch. No comprehension quiz. No multiple choice. Just you, speaking.

Ep. 001Meetings in German | How to Sound Professional | B1

Your German works. People understand you. But sometimes in a meeting, you catch yourself wondering: Would a native speaker say it like that?That's the gap between functional German (“Alltagsdeutsch”) and professional German. In this episode, you'll train five situations that come up in every German-speaking workplace. With concrete phrases you can use immediately.

What you'll learn in this episode:
* How to take the floor without interrupting
* How to agree and disagree, without sounding rude
* How to ask for clarification without appearing uncertain
* How to accept a task, or turn it down professionallyThis episode is for you if...
* You work or want to work in a German-speaking company
* Your German is around B1 level and you know there's more potential there
* You're done studying grammar and ready to actually speak

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