Trappe, Tonya
Intelligent Business : Advanced Business English / Tonya Trappe and Graham Tullis. - 1st ed. - Harlow : Pearson Education, 2011. - 176 p. : ill. col. ; 28 cm. + 2 CDs. - Intelligent Business .
The audio CDs and the Style Guide are enclosed with the coursebook.
Includes glossary, glossary test, grammar reference, and audioscripts.
"Are your students new to the business world? Do they need to learn about business settings as well as English to help express themselves at work? Then start with the Coursebook.
Topic-based, with accessible introduction to key concepts in today’s business world help students learn about key concepts whilst building their English skills. Informative and up-to-date authentic material from the Economist makes the content authentic and relevant.
Intelligent Business is fully benchmarked alongside the Cambridge BEC exam suite and CEF for those looking to take the high-stakes exams." (Publisher's Website) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Unit 1: HR People power Reader: Winning the war for talent/ Managing creative talent Language: Collocations with set Vocabulary: Contrast and similarity Career skills: Managing appraisals Dilemma & Decision: Getting back on track Unit 2: Organisations
More like orchestras than armies Reading: Making music The business of survival Language: Coined expressions/ Metaphors and similes Vocabulary: Determiners Career skills: Team building Dilemma & Decision: Bullies on the team Unit 3: Change Meeting the change challenge Reading: A sweet success getting back on top Language: Prefixes with verbs/ Idioms with track Vocabulary: Continuos forms Career skills: Managing resistance to change Dilemma & Decision: The disorganized organization REVIEW 1 Unit 4: Responsability Better business Reading: Just good business/ Greewashing Vocabulary: Compounds nouns/ synonyms Language: Paired structures Career skills: Taking responsability Dilemma & decision: Called to account Unit 5: Governance Taking change Reading: Message in a bottle of sauce / Let the fight begin Vocabulary: Adjective + past participle / Idioms Language: Discourse markers Career skills: Presenting arguments Dilemma & Decision: When to listen to the shareholders Unit 6: Start-ups Going into business Reading: Spreading the word/ The business plan Vocabulary: Verbs with prepositions/ Expressions with and Language: Third conditional Career skills: Pitching Dilemma & Decision: Finding the funds Review 2 Unit 7: Resources Vital assets Reading: Running dry / The power and the glory Vocabulary: Adverb - adjective collocations / like and as Language: Future perfect Career skills: Debating Dilemma & Decision: The nuclear debate Unit 8: Power Power brings responsability Reading: Sympathy for the boss/ The brand of me Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs with put / Proverbs Language: Active and passive Career skills: Influencing Dilemma & Decision: Winning the rivalry game Unit 9: E-marketing The ultimate marketing machine Reading: Word of mouse The second life of Second Life Vocabulary: Word clusters / Puns Language: Word order: adverbs Career skills: Decision making Dilemma & Decision: Creative showcase
Review 3 Unit 10: Risk Facing the odds Reading: The perils of prediction / Scientists find secret ingredient for making (and losing) lots of money- testosterone Vocabulary: Chance and luck / Loanwords Language: Probability and possibility Career skills: Negotiating Dilemma & Decision: Wildcat strike Unit 11: Misconduct White collar fraudsters Reading: Punishable by prison / Hints, tips and handcuffs Vocabulary: Idioms and phrasal verbs with draw / euphemisms Language: Reporting Career skills: Making ethical decisions Dilemma & Decision: Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's ethical Unit 12: Development Lifelong learning Reading: First, do no harm / A new deal Vocabulary: Synonyms and antonyms Language: Verbs patterns Career skills: Coaching Dilemma & Decision: Keeping everyone motivated Pairwork Glossary test Grammar reference Audioscripts
9781408255872 (CD) 9781408255971 (Coursebook)
English language--Business english--Problems, exercises, etc
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Business--Terminology.
C1-C2 (CEFR) Advanced.
Intelligent Business : Advanced Business English / Tonya Trappe and Graham Tullis. - 1st ed. - Harlow : Pearson Education, 2011. - 176 p. : ill. col. ; 28 cm. + 2 CDs. - Intelligent Business .
The audio CDs and the Style Guide are enclosed with the coursebook.
Includes glossary, glossary test, grammar reference, and audioscripts.
"Are your students new to the business world? Do they need to learn about business settings as well as English to help express themselves at work? Then start with the Coursebook.
Topic-based, with accessible introduction to key concepts in today’s business world help students learn about key concepts whilst building their English skills. Informative and up-to-date authentic material from the Economist makes the content authentic and relevant.
Intelligent Business is fully benchmarked alongside the Cambridge BEC exam suite and CEF for those looking to take the high-stakes exams." (Publisher's Website) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Unit 1: HR People power Reader: Winning the war for talent/ Managing creative talent Language: Collocations with set Vocabulary: Contrast and similarity Career skills: Managing appraisals Dilemma & Decision: Getting back on track Unit 2: Organisations
More like orchestras than armies Reading: Making music The business of survival Language: Coined expressions/ Metaphors and similes Vocabulary: Determiners Career skills: Team building Dilemma & Decision: Bullies on the team Unit 3: Change Meeting the change challenge Reading: A sweet success getting back on top Language: Prefixes with verbs/ Idioms with track Vocabulary: Continuos forms Career skills: Managing resistance to change Dilemma & Decision: The disorganized organization REVIEW 1 Unit 4: Responsability Better business Reading: Just good business/ Greewashing Vocabulary: Compounds nouns/ synonyms Language: Paired structures Career skills: Taking responsability Dilemma & decision: Called to account Unit 5: Governance Taking change Reading: Message in a bottle of sauce / Let the fight begin Vocabulary: Adjective + past participle / Idioms Language: Discourse markers Career skills: Presenting arguments Dilemma & Decision: When to listen to the shareholders Unit 6: Start-ups Going into business Reading: Spreading the word/ The business plan Vocabulary: Verbs with prepositions/ Expressions with and Language: Third conditional Career skills: Pitching Dilemma & Decision: Finding the funds Review 2 Unit 7: Resources Vital assets Reading: Running dry / The power and the glory Vocabulary: Adverb - adjective collocations / like and as Language: Future perfect Career skills: Debating Dilemma & Decision: The nuclear debate Unit 8: Power Power brings responsability Reading: Sympathy for the boss/ The brand of me Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs with put / Proverbs Language: Active and passive Career skills: Influencing Dilemma & Decision: Winning the rivalry game Unit 9: E-marketing The ultimate marketing machine Reading: Word of mouse The second life of Second Life Vocabulary: Word clusters / Puns Language: Word order: adverbs Career skills: Decision making Dilemma & Decision: Creative showcase
Review 3 Unit 10: Risk Facing the odds Reading: The perils of prediction / Scientists find secret ingredient for making (and losing) lots of money- testosterone Vocabulary: Chance and luck / Loanwords Language: Probability and possibility Career skills: Negotiating Dilemma & Decision: Wildcat strike Unit 11: Misconduct White collar fraudsters Reading: Punishable by prison / Hints, tips and handcuffs Vocabulary: Idioms and phrasal verbs with draw / euphemisms Language: Reporting Career skills: Making ethical decisions Dilemma & Decision: Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's ethical Unit 12: Development Lifelong learning Reading: First, do no harm / A new deal Vocabulary: Synonyms and antonyms Language: Verbs patterns Career skills: Coaching Dilemma & Decision: Keeping everyone motivated Pairwork Glossary test Grammar reference Audioscripts
9781408255872 (CD) 9781408255971 (Coursebook)
English language--Business english--Problems, exercises, etc
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Business--Terminology.
C1-C2 (CEFR) Advanced.