In the second part of our new ESL podcast series on business vocabulary, we continue with the topic of human resources (HR) by looking at useful language and collocations to describe the role and responsibilities of a training manager.

In this fast-changing global world, everything is moving. To make a successful business, it’s not enough just to follow yesterday’s trend. Companies and people need to constantlyacquire new skills to succeed in tomorrow’s marketplace. This means driving new training initiatives to enhance performance. However, not all training is equally successful. To ensure training effectiveness, it’s important to track results and to have standard criteria for measuring outcomes.

In this podcast, we’ll listen to Andrea, a training manager, describing her function and responsibilities. Afterwards, we’ll study some key vocabulary. Then we’ll practice what we’ve learned.

Listening Questions:

1) What kind of training programs does Andrea run?
2) Does Andrea work with vendors? What for?
3) What do the five letters in SMART stand for?

 

series [´siəri:z]   n.连续；系列；丛书   (初中英语单词)

vocabulary [və´kæbjuləri, vəu-]   n.词汇；词汇量   (初中英语单词)

constantly [´kɔnstəntli]   ad.经常地；不断地   (初中英语单词)

acquire [ə´kwaiə]   vt.求得，获得，学得   (初中英语单词)

performance [pə´fɔ:məns]   n.履行；行为；工作   (初中英语单词)

equally [´i:kwəli]   ad.相等地；平等地   (初中英语单词)

manager [´mænidʒə]   n.经理；管理人；干事   (初中英语单词)

function [´fʌŋkʃən]   n.机能；职责 vi.活动   (初中英语单词)

enhance [in´hɑ:ns]   vt.提高，增加；增进   (英语六级单词)