Business English for international professionals
Welcome to Duarte Business English. I’m Melissa B. Duarte.
This is English for people who work in it, not only study it.
I do two things. If your English has stalled and you keep making the same mistakes, I get you moving again. Together we’ll close the gap between the person you are in your own language and the one who shows up in English. Free lessons, books read on every continent, and private training when you want it fixed properly.
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Does this sound familiar?
“I have studied English for years, and I am still making the same mistakes.”
“I know what I want to say. By the time I find the words, someone else is talking.”
“People ask me to repeat myself, and when the room speeds up I am the one guessing.”
“My English is good. I want it to be excellent, and I do not know what is left to fix.”
This is not a language problem in the way most courses treat it. It is not having the right words ready at the moment you need them, and that is trainable.
Wherever you are, start here
Four ways to work on your English with me, from free to fully personal.
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The Global Business English Mastery Series
Reference books professionals keep on the desk, rated five stars by readers on Amazon.
300+
Business English Idioms
Volume 1, available now
500+
Business English Phrasal Verbs
Volume 2, available now
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The Little BIG Book of Vocabulary
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When you want it fixed properly
Private online lessons built around your job, your industry and the situations you personally freeze in. Every programme starts with a needs analysis, so your first lesson is already targeted.
€60
One 50 minute private session
€550
Ten sessions with a personalised plan
Teams
Corporate training, built to order
Launching October 2026
Free seminars and targeted masterclasses
Live online sessions built around one specific business English challenge rather than general study. Places will be limited, and newsletter subscribers get first access and the deepest discounts before anything is announced publicly.
Latest lessons
Free business English, published regularly on the blog.
- Job, Career, Profession or Occupation? 8 English Work Words and When to Use Each One
Job, profession, post, position, career, work, occupation and trade all describe what you do for a living, but they are not interchangeable. Here is what separates all eight, with examples and the one countable noun mistake almost every learner makes. - How to Say NO Professionally in English | 8 Polite Ways to Decline at Work
Saying no in English without sounding rude is a skill. Here are 8 professional phrases to decline offers, meetings and requests at work, with examples of exactly when to use each one. - Future Tenses in English
When talking about the future in Business English, we often choose between will, be going to, present continuous, and present simple. Each form carries a slightly different meaning depending on certainty, intention, evidence, or context. Check out my Business English books HERE Check out all my Instructional Videos HERE Check out my Masterclasses HERE Daily… Read more: Future Tenses in English