Practical articles on sector-specific language, safety communication, and helping migrant workers succeed on the job.
Your first shift in a Dutch kitchen or restaurant will throw a lot of quick Dutch at you. Here's the slang and shorthand that actually shows up on the work floor—so you can keep up from day one.
Practical Dutch for welders starting on the job: safety calls, tool names, and supervisor instructions that keep work moving from day one.
Employers want to know if new hires are learning the language. Workers worry about being watched. Workword shares completion data without turning progress into surveillance.
When you hire foreign staff, language readiness is a practical bottleneck. Here’s how to use invites and bounded progress views to get people productive faster—without turning onboarding into a classroom.
Tourist phrases won't help you weld, serve, or butcher. Job-specific language is what actually gets you through the workday safely and productively.
Knowing the right words can prevent accidents. Discover how sector-specific safety vocabulary helps foreign workers stay safe and employers build a stronger safety culture.
Workword is growing beyond butchery and hospitality into construction, healthcare support, and logistics. Here’s how we keep the language practical, safety-first, and audio-driven as we scale.
How Workword shares completion with employers while keeping individual learning private—so language training stays supportive, not punitive.
Supervisors and customers don't speak textbook language. This post breaks down real workplace dialogues—from quick instructions to polite customer requests—and shows how job-specific language training helps foreign workers respond with confidence.
Passing an A1 exam is not the same as being able to work safely and communicate on the job. This post looks at when official prep helps and when sector workplace language matters more.
Short, offline-friendly lessons that fit breaks, commutes, and low-connectivity sites. Learn job-specific language without needing a strong signal or a quiet classroom.
Practical steps for EU employers to get new foreign hires job-ready faster—using structured invites and progress views that respect privacy and focus on workplace language.
Generic language skills won't keep you safe on a construction site or help you take orders in a busy kitchen. Sector-specific vocabulary is the real key to getting hired, staying safe, and building a career abroad.
Starting a new job in a new country is tough. Workword helps you learn the exact words and phrases you need for your trade—before you step onto the floor.
Knowing the word for 'exit' isn't the same as understanding a safety warning. Workplaces that rely on translated signs without teaching workers how to interpret them in real time put everyone at risk.
As Workword expands into new sectors, the focus shifts from tourist phrases to real workplace communication—covering safety, logistics, and teamwork in multiple languages.
Migrant workers need language skills, and employers need proof of progress. But tracking shouldn't turn into surveillance. Here's how privacy-bounded progress keeps learning honest without making workers feel watched.
Textbook English won't prepare you for a fast-talking supervisor on a noisy floor. This guide breaks down real exchanges—and shows you how to respond with clarity and confidence.
Passing an A1 exam feels like a win, but does it prepare you for a welding workshop or a hospital corridor? Here’s why sector-specific job language matters more than a certificate.
Short audio lessons for breaks and commutes—even without internet—help migrant workers build sector vocabulary and safety language faster. Here's how to turn idle minutes into real progress.
Language gaps slow down new hires and create safety risks. Learn how structured, sector-specific onboarding can get foreign staff job-ready faster.
Tourist phrases won't help you on a worksite. Industry-specific language is what keeps you safe and employable. Here's why it matters and how to learn it.
Generic phrasebooks teach you to ask for a coffee, not to read a safety warning or report a faulty weld. Here’s why sector-specific vocabulary is the real workplace survival skill, and how Workword builds it.
Understanding safety vocabulary isn’t just about compliance—it’s about going home in the same condition you arrived. Here’s how clear job-specific language keeps foreign workers safe on site.
Workword helps migrant and foreign workers learn the exact language they need for their job—safely and practically. Discover how audio-first lessons and sector-specific vocabulary bridge the gap between workers and employers.
Workplace language learning is about more than vocabulary — it's about safety, dignity, and real belonging on the job. This is what the Workword blog is for.
Compare Duolingo, Babbel, Busuu, goFLUENT, Preply, and Dutch exam apps with Workword — the job-specific option for migrant workers and SME employers.