Category: Books by Andrew Miles

By Andrew D. Miles from www.englishforbusiness.es If you’re planning to provide language training to businesses in Spain, understanding FUNDAE is crucial. This government agency distributes funds to companies for employee training. Languages fall within their umbrella. Once registered, your school can use FUNDAE’s online platform to enrol courses in their system. When lessons finish, it…

Companies sometimes go bankrupt. Schools sometimes go broke. It’s hard to know exactly when (and if) this will happen, but there are three signs to watch: If any of these three happen, start looking for another job. If two happen, get out now. If it’s all three, contact your union! Read Andrew’s books on business…

Understanding oral English is hard. There are many accents and words that are written differently but sound the same. However, there are some aspects that affect comprehension but are not directly connected to pronunciation or accent. Gestures Fortunately, most gestures are international. Others, however, belong to more restricted cultures and can sometimes cause confusion. What…

Today I’m sharing a short version of “400 Ways to Write it in Business English”. This booklet is a preview, and covers fewer situations than the full book. You can download the booklet here: https://andymiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/400-ways-to-write-it-for-social-media-1.pdf The full book, with over 400 business scenarios and more than 2,000 practical phrases, includes language tools to help you…

If you are planning to start your own business you will face challenges that could keep you awake at night. They might be fears or simple worries, but they are worth confronting before going solo. Will I have enough students? The biggest challenge is securing your first clients. When you work for someone else, students…

After a long holiday that included Morocco, France and Spain’s Costa Brava I’m back at my desk with a new book. Well, not new but translated. My “Speak & Write Better Business English”, in which a teacher gives practical advice to a manager at a multinational company, is in the process of being translated to…

“Teacher, if contractions are so common in English, why do people sometimes not use them?” One of my adult students asked. “How do I decide between ‘It’s not my plan’ or ‘It is not my plan’.” I gave her the standard answer: “Contractions are generally avoided in formal English.” It was, of course, incomplete. “My…

When students ask me how they can speak better I generally tell them to check whether they remember basic rules. It’s an effective way to improve their English with little effort. Learn how to read numbers—some can be tricky. Check whether you remember the pronunciation of regular verbs in past (-ed). What’s the difference between…

Sometimes we want to describe possibilities that are not one hundred per cent sure but still high. We can use “should” for that (as in “it should rain”). But what if we prefer another option? “Likely” and “probable”, as well as “expected”, are good alternatives. See these examples: You can apply these three adjectives when…

If you have problems to understand native speakers, there are solutions. Please read this dialogue to see what a teacher suggests. Before the meeting: get used to the sounds, research the vocabulary, choose quiet venues, and role play the situation. “The other night I had dinner with an Australian customer. She sat across me at…