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Business Meetings
Description
What You Will Learn:
How to schedule and reschedule a meeting professionally.
How to confirm meeting details and politely decline or suggest alternatives.
Common business etiquette for scheduling meetings in English.
Phrases You Will Learn/Use:
Scheduling a Meeting:
"I'd like to schedule a meeting for [day/time]. Does that work for you?"
"Would you be available on [day] at [time]?"
Rescheduling a Meeting:
"Something has come up. Could we reschedule for another time?"
"Would it be possible to move our meeting to [new time/day]?"
Confirming a Meeting:
"Just to confirm, we are meeting on [day] at [time], correct?"
"I look forward to our meeting on [day] at [time]."
Politely Declining/Suggesting an Alternative:
"I'm afraid I’m unavailable at that time. Would [alternative time] work?"
"Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it. Could we meet on [alternative day] instead?"
Vocabulary:
Schedule (verb) – to arrange a time for something
Reschedule (verb) – to change the time of a planned event
Postpone (verb) – to delay an event to a later time
Confirm (verb) – to make sure something is correct
Availability (noun) – the time when someone is free
Agenda (noun) – the list of topics for a meeting
Cafetalk's cancellation policy
Before request is confirmed (fixed)
- Cancellation possible at any time without charge.
After request is confirmed (fixed)
- More than 24 hours before lesson start time.→ Cancellation is possible at any time.
- Less than 24 hours before lesson start time.→ The tutor may take a cancellation fee.
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No-Show→ The tutor may take a cancellation fee.
(Please check with the tutor for details.)
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