A Simple Guide for Describing Your Work in English for B1–B2 Tech Professionals

If you work in tech and use English in meetings, presentations, or cross-functional collaboration, you may sometimes feel that your ideas are clear in your mind but harder to express professionally in English.

Created specifically for designers, product managers, engineers, and international product teams, this guide focuses on the functional language patterns that native speakers use when explaining design decisions, features, and strategic impact.

Inside, you will learn how to:

• Explain the origin of a feature or decision using participial phrases
• Describe function and purpose using more professional verbs
• Highlight key qualities and differentiators of your work
• Communicate the feeling or user perception of a design
• Show the bigger picture impact of your contributions

Each section includes:

• simple structures
• model examples
• guided practice

By the end of the workbook, you will craft a short professional presentation describing one element of your work using all five communication strategies. This way, you can immediately apply what you learn to real projects from your job.

How to use this PDF

• Read it slowly and notice how the language pieces work together

• Practice the prompts privately before using the language at work

• Adapt the phrases so they sound natural to you

• Use it as a reference before meetings, reviews, or retrospectives

This workbook is part of the GEM Training approach, which focuses on helping professionals uncover authentic, confident communication that works in real-world contexts.