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Remote Work & Cross-cultural Teams – Business English B2

Remote Work & Cross-cultural Teams – Business English B2

BUSINESS ENGLISH · B2 · MINI LESSON

Remote Work & Cross-cultural Teams

Rad na daljinu, sinhronizacija i međukulturna saradnja.

Modeli saradnje

Synchronous je u isto vreme, asynchronous nije u realnom vremenu, hybrid kombinuje kancelarijski i udaljeni rad.

CorrectWe use asynchronous updates across time zones.
Incorrect in this contextWe use synchronous updates across time zones. (when no simultaneous attendance)

Asynchronous omogućava saradnju bez istovremenog prisustva.

Zone i kalendari

Time-zone overlap preklapanje radnog vremena, availability dostupnost, handover predaja posla.

CorrectOur time-zone overlap is only two hours.
Incorrect in this contextOur time-zone availability is only two hours. (when overlapping hours)

Overlap je vreme kada su oba tima istovremeno aktivna.

Međukulturna jasnoća

Clarify znači razjasniti, avoid assumptions ne pretpostavljati, confirm understanding proveriti razumevanje.

CorrectCould you clarify what you mean by urgent?
Incorrect in this contextCould you confirm understanding what you mean by urgent?

Clarify se koristi kada tražimo jasnije značenje.

Zapamtite: U poslovnoj komunikaciji izbor izraza zavisi od situacije, odnosa sa sagovornikom i nameravanog značenja. U ovoj lekciji posebno vežbate: Modeli saradnje, Zone i kalendari, Međukulturna jasnoća.
15 QUESTIONS · B2

Test Your Knowledge

Choose the best option for each business situation. Click Check Answers for feedback and explanations.

1. Everyone joins the video call at once: ___ communication.

2. A colleague posts an update for others to read later: ___ communication.

3. Staff work partly from home and partly on-site: ___ work.

4. A live webinar is a ___ session.

5. Recorded status videos support ___ collaboration.

6. London and Tokyo have limited ___.

7. Check my calendar for ___ before inviting me.

8. At the end of the shift, the team completes a ___.

9. We schedule calls during our ___ with Singapore.

10. The assistant shared her ___ for Thursday afternoon.

11. Please ___ what "soon" means in this context.

12. To work across cultures, we should ___ about communication styles.

13. At the end of the call, ask everyone to restate tasks to ___.

14. Can you ___ the deliverables and their owners?

15. Before interpreting silence as agreement, ___ about expectations.


Nivo B2 označava okvirnu složenost vežbanja. Test nije zvaničan CEFR ispit i ne predstavlja pravni ili finansijski savet.

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