Cook, Rolf
Total Business 1 / Rolf Cook and Mara Pedretti with Helen Stephenson. - London, UK : Boston, MA : Summertown publishing ; National Geographic Learning, 2009. - 143 p.. : col. ill. ; 30 cm. + 2 audio CDs (4 3/4 in.). - Total Business .
"Total Business is a three-level business English course for pre-work students and business people wishing to improve their English and their employment prospects. It is also suitable for in-company training. The 12 modules are divided into:
Business Topics – lessons to teach vocabulary used in the working world
Business Skills – lessons to develop essential communication skills
Learning Strategies – lessons that focus on language learning in the business context The core lessons offer:
Modern, business-related topics to engage students and involve them in the practice of everyday business An integrated grammar syllabus offering extensive functional practice
Varied activities and learning strategies to motivate and support students in their studies." (Book Cover) CONTENTS: Module 1 BUSINESS TOPIC 1.1 World of Work
READING: Training and workshops
LISTENING: What does your job involve?
GRAMMAR: The present simple
GRAMMAR: Adverbs and expressions of frequency
SPEAKING: Work-life balance BUSINESS SKILLS 1.2 Personal and professional details
VOCABULARY: Meeting people
WRITING: Personal and professional profiles
VOCABULARY: job and work
READING: Employee of the year Award LEARNING STRATEGIES 1.3 READING: Short texts Module 2 BUSINESS TOPIC 2.1 Work in progress
LISTENING: New projects
GRAMMAR: The present continuous
READING: Temping is learning
SPEAKING: Temporary jobs
VOCABULARY: Hiring and firing BUSINESS SKILLS 2.2 Making arrangements
LISTENING: Arranging a meeting
WRITING: Confirming a meeting
GRAMMAR: Prepositions of time: at, in, on
WRITING: Accepting an invitation LEARNING STRATEGIES 2.3 WRITING: Internal communications (1) Module 3 BUSINESS TOPIC 3.1 Company biography
READING: The man behind McDonald's
GRAMMAR: The past simple
READING: Company profiles
SPEAKING: Presenting your company BUSINESS SKILLS 3.2 Company performance
VOCABULARY: What companies do
WRITING: Press release
LISTENING: Company structure
VOCABULARY: Production, sales and share prices
READING: An agency built on proactive processes LEARNING STRATEGIES
3.3 LISTENING: Short extracts Module 4 BUSINESS TOPIC 4.1 International Business
READING: Fashion industry crisis after EU import ban
LISTENING: Views on import controls
SPEAKING: Imported goods
GRAMMAR: Modal verbs: can/could and should
READING: business2business: global communication BUSINESS SKILLS 4.2 Business communications
SPEAKING: On the phone
WRITING: Dealing with complaints
GRAMMAR: will for offers and promises
LISTENING: Telephone messages LEARNING STRATEGIES 4.3 SPEAKING: Talking about yourself Module 5 BUSINESS TOPIC 5.1 Career choices
READING: Escaping the rat race
VOCABULARY: Money expressions
GRAMMAR: The present perfect
LISTENING: Career changes BUSINESS SKILLS 5.2 Achievements and plans
READING: In-company communications
WRITING: Progress reports
SPEAKING: Talking about results
GRAMMAR: going to
LISTENING: Negotiating a bank loan LEARNING STRATEGIES 5.3 READING: Matching Module 6 BUSINESS TOPIC 6.1 Business travel
LISTENING: Flight problems
GRAMMAR: Reported speech
READING: No card, no ticket BUSINESS SKILLS 6.2 Travel arrangements
VOCABULARY: Hotel amenities
WRITING: Booking enquiries
LISTENING: At the hotel
LISTENING: Arranging business travel
SPEAKING: Making a booking
WRITING: Changes to flight details LEARNING STRATEGIES 6.3 WRITING: Internal communications (2) Module 7 BUSINESS TOPIC 7.1 Products and services
READING: Smart homes: the future is here
GRAMMAR: Comparatives and superlatives
LISTENING: Hotels of the future
SPEAKING: Customer service questionnaire
READING: Choosing a business school BUSINESS SKILLS 7.2 Orders and contracts
VOCABULARY: Shapes and sizes
LISTENING: Making an order
SPEAKING: Service providers
LISTENING: Changing ISP
WRITING: ISP contract LEARNING STRATEGIES 7.3 LISTENING: Telephone conversations; Monologues Module 8 BUSINESS TOPIC 8.1 Manufacturing processes
READING: Graffiti a problem? Just wash it!
GRAMMAR: The passive
VOCABULARY: Supply and demand
VOCABULARY: Production philosophies
READING: Just-in-Time BUSINESS SKILLS 8.2 Problems and solutions
LISTENING: Solving problems
READING: Use a Smart Lid
GRAMMAR: when and if
VOCABULARY: Collocations with problem
SPEAKING: We've got a problem LEARNING STRATEGIES 8.3 SPEAKING: Giving a short talk; Discussing and reaching a decision Module 9 BUSINESS TOPIC 9.1 The future
READING: Press release from HydroHybrid
GRAMMAR: The future: will for predictions
GRAMMAR: The first conditional
READING: Strategies for the future
LISTENING: A strategy meeting BUSINESS SKILLS 9.2 Meetings
READING: Tropical storm hits Poland
LISTENING: Crisis meeting
GRAMMAR: will + time clauses
SPEAKING: Brainstorming
LISTENING: Crisis strategy
VOCABULARY: Collocations with meeting
WRITING: Letter of apology LEARNING STRATEGIES 9.3 READING: Scanning Module 10 BUSINESS TOPIC 10.1 Career development
READING: Business skills portfolio
GRAMMAR: Relative clauses
LISTENING: Creativity and leadership
VOCABULARY: Describing people
READING: Don't just manage, lead! BUSINESS SKILLS 10.2 Organising a conference
VOCABULARY: Collocations
LISTENING: What's still to do?
LISTENING: The conference budget
SPEAKING: Small talk
LISTENING: Offers and invitations
WRITING: Replying to an invitation LEARNING STRATEGIES 10.3 WRITING: Letters and emails Module 11 BUSINESS TOPIC 11.1 Health and safety
VOCABULARY: Signs
LISTENING: A factory tour
GRAMMAR: Modal verbs: must(n't) and (don't) have to
READING: Why is it dangerous?
VOCABULARY: In your break
VOCABULARY: go, play and do BUSINESS SKILLS 11.2 Reporting accidents
GRAMMAR: The past simple and past continuous
LISTENING: After the accident
READING: Theme park safety
SPEAKING: Safety suggestions
WRITING: Information leaflet LEARNING STRATEGIES 11.3 LISTENING: Building vocabulary Module 12 BUSINESS TOPIC 12.1 The job market
LISTENING: Job satisfaction
GRAMMAR: The second conditional
SPEAKING: Working abroad
READING: Migrant workers
VOCABULARY: Getting a job
SPEAKING: Problems at work BUSINESS SKILLS 12.2 Job applications
READING: An advertisement
WRITING: A covering letter
LISTENING: A job interview
WRITING: Interview follow-up LEARNING STRATEGIES 12. READING: Sentence structure; Extracting information Pairwork and groupwork Useful expressions Listening scripts
9780462098616 (student's book) 9780462098647 (audio CDs)
English language--Business English--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
English language--Business English--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
Total Business 1 / Rolf Cook and Mara Pedretti with Helen Stephenson. - London, UK : Boston, MA : Summertown publishing ; National Geographic Learning, 2009. - 143 p.. : col. ill. ; 30 cm. + 2 audio CDs (4 3/4 in.). - Total Business .
"Total Business is a three-level business English course for pre-work students and business people wishing to improve their English and their employment prospects. It is also suitable for in-company training. The 12 modules are divided into:
Business Topics – lessons to teach vocabulary used in the working world
Business Skills – lessons to develop essential communication skills
Learning Strategies – lessons that focus on language learning in the business context The core lessons offer:
Modern, business-related topics to engage students and involve them in the practice of everyday business An integrated grammar syllabus offering extensive functional practice
Varied activities and learning strategies to motivate and support students in their studies." (Book Cover) CONTENTS: Module 1 BUSINESS TOPIC 1.1 World of Work
READING: Training and workshops
LISTENING: What does your job involve?
GRAMMAR: The present simple
GRAMMAR: Adverbs and expressions of frequency
SPEAKING: Work-life balance BUSINESS SKILLS 1.2 Personal and professional details
VOCABULARY: Meeting people
WRITING: Personal and professional profiles
VOCABULARY: job and work
READING: Employee of the year Award LEARNING STRATEGIES 1.3 READING: Short texts Module 2 BUSINESS TOPIC 2.1 Work in progress
LISTENING: New projects
GRAMMAR: The present continuous
READING: Temping is learning
SPEAKING: Temporary jobs
VOCABULARY: Hiring and firing BUSINESS SKILLS 2.2 Making arrangements
LISTENING: Arranging a meeting
WRITING: Confirming a meeting
GRAMMAR: Prepositions of time: at, in, on
WRITING: Accepting an invitation LEARNING STRATEGIES 2.3 WRITING: Internal communications (1) Module 3 BUSINESS TOPIC 3.1 Company biography
READING: The man behind McDonald's
GRAMMAR: The past simple
READING: Company profiles
SPEAKING: Presenting your company BUSINESS SKILLS 3.2 Company performance
VOCABULARY: What companies do
WRITING: Press release
LISTENING: Company structure
VOCABULARY: Production, sales and share prices
READING: An agency built on proactive processes LEARNING STRATEGIES
3.3 LISTENING: Short extracts Module 4 BUSINESS TOPIC 4.1 International Business
READING: Fashion industry crisis after EU import ban
LISTENING: Views on import controls
SPEAKING: Imported goods
GRAMMAR: Modal verbs: can/could and should
READING: business2business: global communication BUSINESS SKILLS 4.2 Business communications
SPEAKING: On the phone
WRITING: Dealing with complaints
GRAMMAR: will for offers and promises
LISTENING: Telephone messages LEARNING STRATEGIES 4.3 SPEAKING: Talking about yourself Module 5 BUSINESS TOPIC 5.1 Career choices
READING: Escaping the rat race
VOCABULARY: Money expressions
GRAMMAR: The present perfect
LISTENING: Career changes BUSINESS SKILLS 5.2 Achievements and plans
READING: In-company communications
WRITING: Progress reports
SPEAKING: Talking about results
GRAMMAR: going to
LISTENING: Negotiating a bank loan LEARNING STRATEGIES 5.3 READING: Matching Module 6 BUSINESS TOPIC 6.1 Business travel
LISTENING: Flight problems
GRAMMAR: Reported speech
READING: No card, no ticket BUSINESS SKILLS 6.2 Travel arrangements
VOCABULARY: Hotel amenities
WRITING: Booking enquiries
LISTENING: At the hotel
LISTENING: Arranging business travel
SPEAKING: Making a booking
WRITING: Changes to flight details LEARNING STRATEGIES 6.3 WRITING: Internal communications (2) Module 7 BUSINESS TOPIC 7.1 Products and services
READING: Smart homes: the future is here
GRAMMAR: Comparatives and superlatives
LISTENING: Hotels of the future
SPEAKING: Customer service questionnaire
READING: Choosing a business school BUSINESS SKILLS 7.2 Orders and contracts
VOCABULARY: Shapes and sizes
LISTENING: Making an order
SPEAKING: Service providers
LISTENING: Changing ISP
WRITING: ISP contract LEARNING STRATEGIES 7.3 LISTENING: Telephone conversations; Monologues Module 8 BUSINESS TOPIC 8.1 Manufacturing processes
READING: Graffiti a problem? Just wash it!
GRAMMAR: The passive
VOCABULARY: Supply and demand
VOCABULARY: Production philosophies
READING: Just-in-Time BUSINESS SKILLS 8.2 Problems and solutions
LISTENING: Solving problems
READING: Use a Smart Lid
GRAMMAR: when and if
VOCABULARY: Collocations with problem
SPEAKING: We've got a problem LEARNING STRATEGIES 8.3 SPEAKING: Giving a short talk; Discussing and reaching a decision Module 9 BUSINESS TOPIC 9.1 The future
READING: Press release from HydroHybrid
GRAMMAR: The future: will for predictions
GRAMMAR: The first conditional
READING: Strategies for the future
LISTENING: A strategy meeting BUSINESS SKILLS 9.2 Meetings
READING: Tropical storm hits Poland
LISTENING: Crisis meeting
GRAMMAR: will + time clauses
SPEAKING: Brainstorming
LISTENING: Crisis strategy
VOCABULARY: Collocations with meeting
WRITING: Letter of apology LEARNING STRATEGIES 9.3 READING: Scanning Module 10 BUSINESS TOPIC 10.1 Career development
READING: Business skills portfolio
GRAMMAR: Relative clauses
LISTENING: Creativity and leadership
VOCABULARY: Describing people
READING: Don't just manage, lead! BUSINESS SKILLS 10.2 Organising a conference
VOCABULARY: Collocations
LISTENING: What's still to do?
LISTENING: The conference budget
SPEAKING: Small talk
LISTENING: Offers and invitations
WRITING: Replying to an invitation LEARNING STRATEGIES 10.3 WRITING: Letters and emails Module 11 BUSINESS TOPIC 11.1 Health and safety
VOCABULARY: Signs
LISTENING: A factory tour
GRAMMAR: Modal verbs: must(n't) and (don't) have to
READING: Why is it dangerous?
VOCABULARY: In your break
VOCABULARY: go, play and do BUSINESS SKILLS 11.2 Reporting accidents
GRAMMAR: The past simple and past continuous
LISTENING: After the accident
READING: Theme park safety
SPEAKING: Safety suggestions
WRITING: Information leaflet LEARNING STRATEGIES 11.3 LISTENING: Building vocabulary Module 12 BUSINESS TOPIC 12.1 The job market
LISTENING: Job satisfaction
GRAMMAR: The second conditional
SPEAKING: Working abroad
READING: Migrant workers
VOCABULARY: Getting a job
SPEAKING: Problems at work BUSINESS SKILLS 12.2 Job applications
READING: An advertisement
WRITING: A covering letter
LISTENING: A job interview
WRITING: Interview follow-up LEARNING STRATEGIES 12. READING: Sentence structure; Extracting information Pairwork and groupwork Useful expressions Listening scripts
9780462098616 (student's book) 9780462098647 (audio CDs)
English language--Business English--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
English language--Business English--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.