Expand your business vocabulary, strengthen your communication skills and review essential business language with this course. We will ensure that you know all the most important words in global business and help you develop your business communication skills.
This course is perfect for new hires who need to learn how to communicate in business. It is also great for anyone who has studied English before and needs a refresher course. If you are not confident enough to move to the advanced level in your business English studies, try this shorter course and you will gain the confidence you need to progress.
There are 66 units, covering topics in these business areas:
- jobs, people and organisations;
- production and manufacturing;
- marketing;
- finance and money;
- economics;
- ethics;
- personal skills;
- telephoning;
- meetings;
- presentations; and
- negotiation.
Each unit includes detailed notes and theory, practice exercises and discussion sections.
Time to complete
This third edition is exactly the same as the second edition except for two units:
- The 2nd edition had Unit 53: Faxes and letters—it's been dropped in the 3rd edition.
- The 3rd edition has added Unit 54: Interns, trainees and apprentices.
This book is designed for self-study but can be used in a classroom setting, too. It is very easy to teach from. The explanation covers everything you need, and the exercises are simple with answers provided.
- Work through the explanations together with your student, making sure that they understand, and answering any questions they may have.
- Do the exercises together, but make sure you expand on them and apply the language to the student's life.
- Set homework each class based on the material covered.
Teaching strategies
When you teach vocabulary, make sure you do some or all of the following:
- Get your student to try to figure out the meanings of new words themselves.
- Get your student to explain the meaning of the word in another way.
- Get your student to tell you antonyms, synonyms or phrases they know related to the word in question.
- Model using the word in an example sentence that is related to their life or work.
- Make the student produce their own example sentence.
- Set writing homework that uses the new words.
Note
- You'll find answers to the exercises in an attached file below (and at the back of the book).
- Students can access the sample pages on the course page under "Look inside". The PDF file is attached here, too.