Discussing Responsibilities - English at Work

Learn how to explain responsibilities and use the second conditional to express possibilities.

Key Learning points

• LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS
  Legal responsibility; Modelling good behavior; Responsibility for actions; Role responsibility; Detailing responsibilities.
   
• GRAMMAR
  Conditionals - If + Past Tense + Would.
   
• IDIOMS
  tunnel vision, drop the ball, get down to business, take care of something, pass the buck, suck it up.
   
• VOCABULARY
  accountable, 'Accountability Queen', priorities, delegate, a vision, respect.
   
• PRONUNCIATION
  Repeating words for emphasis

This video is part of the English at Work Series, created by Psychologist Eve Ash, linguistics expert Dr Fran Byrnes, features comedienne Erin Brown and Emmy-award winning Kim Estes.

The Cutting Edge English at Work Series promotes communication and language competence by building the desire and motivation to learn and the confidence to try. Confidence in learning and using English leads to successful communication.

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