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| Title | Business English textbooks |
| Body | Query: I am looking for your recommendations on books for teaching Business English to intermediate to advanced ESL/EFL learners. Although there are many Business English books on the market, most of them are geared toward pre-intermediate to intermediate learners. My students want to learn more advanced skills such as negotiating, making presentations, etc. 4 Replies, all carrying the same reference: Re: Recommendations for Business English Books. Teachers of English to speakers of other languages electronic list. TESL-L@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (21 Aug. 2004). Reply #1 from Stanley, K. Here's a recommendation for a business English textbook: Selected Readings in Business, Milennium Edition Myra Shulman, University of Michigan Press ISBN 0-472-08893-9 This text is designed for high intermediate to advanced students. Reply #2 from Souto, A. To me, the best material regarding Business English (intermediate-upper- intermediate level): a. Cambridge Business English Activities: Serious Fun for Business English Students http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521587344 Very good. Resource book with lots of games and activities.Photocopiable material. From elementary to Upper intermediate. b. English for Business Communication http://publishing.cambridge.org/ge/elt/professional/31736/ "This is a short course for learners who need to improve their ability to communicate when socialising, telephoning, presenting, taking part in meetings and/or negotiating." Intermediate to upper-intermediate c. Decisionmaker: 14 Business Situations for Analysis and Discussion http://titles.cambridge.org/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521448050 "Decisionmaker is a photocopiable resource book containing 14 business situations or problems for students to analyse and discuss. Decisionmaker explores many varied aspects of business around the world." Reply #3 from Sandler, G. I think Communicating in Business (Cambridge) - (American English) is a very good book. It works a lot on speaking and listening skills, and the syllabus focuses on socializing, telephoning, negotiating, meetings and presentations. Students really like it. Other good books are Business Class - Longman (British English), Business Opportunities - Oxford (International English), You also have New Insights into English (Intermediate to Upper-Int) - Longman (British English), American Business English Program - Intermediate - (Longman). Another book I've heard is very good is "Market Leader" - Longman, I haven't used it, but I know, Upper Intermediate and Intermediate levels are available, I don't know if there's an advanced one... You can check most of these books at www.longman.com , www.cambridge.org and www.oup.co.uk . Reply #4 from Farnell, J. One of my favorites for these skills is "The Language of Meetings" by Malcolm Goodale. There is little grammar, lots of negotiation, discussion and presentation techniques. I use it with high intermediate to advanced learners, and all of my students have commented favorably on it. One warning however -- it does use British English, so if you are in the US, as I am, you'll need to be comfortable with explaining some differences. |
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