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In this Business English Vocabulary Lesson.
So are you ready for some great vocabulary.
Let's start with verbs which are often used together with team.
To join the team means to become part of a team.
- We have run or lead a team.
- Build a team.
- Join a team.
- Leave a team.
Now let's have a look at some common adjectives review used to describe teams.
We have:
- Successful team.
- Winning team.
- Experienced team.
Now we'll take a look at some nouns which often come after team.
1. Team effort
This is when people work together to do something.
Team effort.
2. Team player
Do you prefer to work together as a team or alone?
Team player.
3. Team spirit.
When you're working or playing with other people as a team, you'll feel energised.
Team spirit.
Then we have team building and team leader.
Let's take a review:
- Team effort.
- Team player.
- Team spirit.
- Team building.
- Team leader.
Now let's have a look at three really useful phrases connected to teams and teamwork.
1. Touch base
To speak with someone in order to learn more about a situation. "He wants to touch base with you tomorrow," the boss said as an example.
"He wants to touch base with you tomorrow," the boss stated.
2. Keep someone posted
Regularly tell someone the most recent news about something to keep someone posted.
Here's an example:
I'll keep you posted on the progression of the project.
Bounce ideas of someone
To talk about your ideas with someone. So you can get their opinion to bounce ideas of someone.
An example:
If you have a few moments, I'd would like bounce some thoughts off of you.
Now!
I'm going to show you some great vocabulary for talking about teams.
Some excellent phrase is connected to teamwork and there will be a quiz.
There are a lot of words in English that are directly related to collaboration and cooperation.
These are methods for people to work together in groups to achieve their objectives.
Collaboration, coordination, contribution, cooperation, and involvement are some of them.
There are numerous ways to practise them after a few explanations and examples of their similarities and distinctions (and related words.)
You can begin by reading or hearing the definitions, or you can read or hear the words in context.
1. Collaboration means 'joining up' to achieve a common aim.
It is usually more organised and coordinated than cooperation and might involve two or more people or organisations.
"Collaboration can also have a negative connotation, such as working with one's country's enemies."
2. When people willingly work collaboratively casually, such as through giving mutual advice to help groups or individuals accomplish common objectives, this is referred to as cooperation.
3. Coordination is the process of bringing together the efforts of various individuals or groups to achieve a common goal.
4. A contribution is a blessing made to a group effort.
People can donate money, goods, services, or time to their community, a group, or a cause that they support.
5. A team is a group of people who work together on a common project, each with their own set of responsibilities and contributions to make.
In sports and at work, teams are especially common (where several people may be assigned to the same project for a long period of time.
Teamwork is critical because if certain team members aren't totally dedicated, the group's overall success is hampered. It could even result in the game being lost or the project failing.
6. Networking is more informal, consisting of getting together with people who share common interests to see if mutually beneficial relationships can develop.
7. Being involved in some kind of activity with other people whether collaborating, cooperating, networking, being on a team, or coordinating the efforts of others in the group is referred to as participation.
Teamwork in Context (Read or Listen)
Listen to The TED radio hour on Why We Collaborate or a Voice of America conversation about the future of education.
Particularly the necessity to learn critical thinking and collaboration skills, to read or hear about cooperation and its synonyms in context.
The BBC reports on study into why "talented teams of individuals so often underperform?"
It uses corporate, university, and soccer team examples.
The researchers discovered that the teams' social skills or CQ (collective intelligence) lead pto greater success than the amount of really talented individuals involved in all of them.
It's essential (and enthralling) reading.
These interview tips will come in handy if you have a job interview coming up soon.
They also stress the necessity of working in a team on the job!
Sort these words (which are mostly linked to the nouns listed above) into the following categories:
- collaborate, collaborative, collaborator
- contribute, contributor, cooperate, cooperative
- coordinate, coordinated, coordinator
- corporate, incorporate, incorporated
- participant, participate, partner, partnership.
Now it's time for quiz.
What do you remember.
Missing word for each sentence you have five seconds to guess what the missing word is.
Let's shovel it in:
_____is one of our best team leaders.
_____is moving to a different department next month, so she will be leaving the team.
I just wanted to touch base with you and ask if you need any help with the project.
I wasn't the only one who made this project a success it was a team effort.
Let's keep each other posted on this
I run a small team of software developers or
I'm in charge of a small group of software developers.
He prefers working alone he's not a team player.
The first challenge for the new CEO is to build a new senior management team.
Would it be okay if I bounce some ideas off you.
Most of the people in our group have been working in the industry for years.
It's a very experienced team.
I love working in our department because there's such a great sense of team spirit.
So that brings us to the end of another lesson some great vocabulary and phrases for talking about teams.
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