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"Moving into Business Studies is a course for college and university students who need English for their continuing education. It caters for pre-intermediate learners who want to study more effectively and to prepare for a career in business. It combines carefully controlled development of English-language skills with coverage of key aspects of business studies.

Key features:

Communicative activities encourage students to become confident, effective communicators.
A wide range of topics introduce students to the most important and interesting areas of business studies.
A graded approach to skills enables students to use English effectively. The course teaches transferable skills that students can use both in their wider studies and in their future careers.
Key vocabulary from the world of business and business studies is highlighted for easy reference and revision.

Grammar is carefully matched to the skills that are practised in each unit, and students are introduced to the most common language patterns and tenses. An additional Grammar reference section provides extra support.

End-of-unit round-up sections provide personalized activities, project work and a self-assessment checklist.

Anna Phillips and Terry Phillips are award-winning authors of many course books and other resources for learning English. They both have more than 30 years' experience in ELT as teachers, trainers and language school owners" (Book cover).

Unit 1: Companies - big and small

Topics &vocabulary Types of company
Products and services

Organograms

Listening

Skill: Using slides to help understanding

Grammar: Recognizing singular and plural

Speaking

Introducing a talk Good morning/afternoon/evening

Your name (and your job)
Your topic

Reading

_Recognizing text types

Grammar: Identifying the subject - noun/pronoun

Writing: Subject and verb agreement with be (SVC)

Pronunciation Numbers -0 to 99
Saying prices
Short forms with be

English in action: Talking about prices

Unit 2: It's just the job!

Topics & vocabulary Hard and soft skills Different types of job

Listening

_Recognizing signposts

Grammar: identifying positive and negative sentences with be

Speaking

Using notes To prepare for a talk
During a talk

Reading

Skill: predicting the content of a text

Grammar: Identifying the subject and the verb (be)

Writing

Simple sentences with be (SVC) Noun
Adjective
Prepositional phrases

Pronunciation Numbers - hundreds and thousands

Polite language
Their/They're

English in action: Using polite language

Unit 3: Industrial revolution

Topics and vocabulary Different types of industry
Countries and nationalities
- The supply chain

Listening

Skill: recognizing and using examples

Grammar: Recognizing positive and negative sentences with other verbs

Speaking

Ending a talk Saying that you have finished
Thanking the audience
Asking for questions

Reading

Skill: Understanding a process

Grammar: Identifying the subject and the verb

Writing: Simple sentences with subject, verb and object (SVO)

Pronunciation Percentages
Spelling and sounds
Multi-syllable words
Stress in nationalities

English in action: Meeting people

Unit 4: Keeping the customer happy

Topics and vocabulary Keeping the customer happy
The four Ps of marketing
Market research

Listening

Skill: making notes during a talk

Grammar: predicting the next word

Speaking

Speaking in sense groups: Pausing after key words
Pausing after full stops
Rising to commas
Falling to full stops

Reading

Skill: using topic sentences

Grammar: finding the object

Writing

Sentences with longer objects (SVO) Adjective + noun

Quantifier + noun
Noun + prepositional phrase

Pronunciation Schwa at the end of words
Schwa in function words

English in action: Buying food and drink

Unit 5: What’s my motivation?

Topics and vocabulary Areas of motivation at work
Ways to motivate workers
Maslow’s theory of motivation
Taylorism and Hawthorne Effect

Listening

Skill: making notes of interviews

Grammar: recognizing information (Wh-) questions

Speaking

Good habits: Standing still, looking at the audience, smiling

Bad habits: Playing with your hair, waving your hands around, biting your nails

Reading

Skill: reading for research

Grammar: understanding long objects

Writing: Sentences with adverbials of place and time (SV[O]A)

Pronunciation

Pronouncing simple present questions: Do = /du:/

Does = /d z/

English in action

Unit 6: Who wants to be a millionaire?

Topics and vocabulary Starting a new business
Costs – set-up, direct and indirect

Profit and loss
Pricing strategies

Listening

Skill: listening for definitions

Grammar: predicting content after a linking word – and/but

Speaking

Taking part in a meeting: Introducing the topic Asking for and making suggestions Making decisions

Reading

Skill: dealing with new words

Grammar: predicting content after a linking word – and/but

Writing

Writing a paragraph: Topic sentence Point Explanation Example

Pronunciation

Polite language:

Please, thank you

Short forms: You’re, I’d, I’ll, let’s

English in action: Buying services

Unit 7: Now you’re talking

Topics and vocabulary Good communication
Communication problems
Taking and leaving messages
Writing good e-mails

Listening

Skill: finding examples from the real world

Grammar: recognizing possibility and obligation

Speaking

Understanding: Saying you understand
Saying you don’t understand
Asking about understanding

Reading

Skill: understanding the subject, the purpose and the deadline in a text

Grammar: recognizing the verb form

Writing

Choosing the verb form: Past actions and situations
- Present actions
Routines and habits
Future plans

Pronunciation

Joining /d/ and /d / to /u:/ Do you
Could you
Would you

English in action: Taking and leaving messages

Unit 8: Up, up and… down?

Topics and vocabulary The product life cycle
Company strategies for growth

Listening

Skill: active listening

Grammar: predicting content after linking word – because/so

Speaking

Referring to graphs: Figure 1 shows….
The purple line represents…
As you can see, …

Reading

Skill: scanning for names and numbers

Grammar: understanding pronouns and noun reference

Writing Giving reasons with because
Giving results with so
Using pronouns
Using possessive adjectives

Pronunciation

Stress in noun phrases: Noun + noun
Adjective + noun

English in action: Giving good and bad news

Unit 9: Going green

Topics and vocabulary Your carbon footprint
Green issues in business Reducing the environmental impact of business

Listening

Skill: recognizing separate points in a talk

Grammar: recognizing passive sentences

Speaking

Working in a team: Listening Sharing ideas
Helping and encouraging
Making decisions

Reading

Skill: active reading

Grammar: understanding passive sentences

Writing

Using the present simple passive: With an object
Without an object

English in action: Arranging a meeting

Unit 10: How to get a good job

Topics and vocabulary Job applications

Interview skills
Body language in job interviews

Listening

Skill: two-part signposts

Grammar: recognizing introductory phrases

Speaking

Giving yourself time to think: Using hesitation devices

Reading

Skill: active reading (2)

Grammar: understanding long subjects

Writing: Writing a CV

Pronunciation

Emphasizing to show enthusiasm I’d really love…
I’m extremely interested in…
I’ll do the job very well.

English in action: Getting through the first day

Unit 1: Companies - big and small
Topics &vocabulary
- types of company
- products and services
- organograms
Listening
Skill: Using slides to help understanding
Grammar: Recognizing singular and plural
Speaking
Introducing a talk
- good morning/afternoon/evening
- your name (and your job)
- your topic
Reading
Skill: Recognizing text types
Grammar: Identifying the subject - noun/pronoun
Writing: Subject and verb agreement with be (SVC)
Pronunciation
- numbers -0 to 99
- saying prices
- short forms with be
English in action: Talking about prices
Unit 2: It's just the job!
Topics & vocabulary
- hard and soft skills
- different types of job
Listening
Skill: Recognizing signposts
Grammar: identifying positive and negative sentences with be
Speaking
Using notes
- to prepare for a talk
- during a talk
Reading
Skill: predicting the content of a text
Grammar: Identifying the subject and the verb (be)
Writing
Simple sentences with be (SVC)
- noun
- adjective
- prepositional phrases
Pronunciation
- numbers - hundreds and thousands
- polite language
- their/They're
English in action: Using polite language
Unit 3: Industrial revolution
Topics and vocabulary
- different types of industry
- countries and nationalities
- the supply chain
Listening
Skill: recognizing and using examples
Grammar: Recognizing positive and negative sentences with other verbs
Speaking
Ending a talk
- saying that you have finished
- thanking the audience
- asking for questions
Reading
Skill: Understanding a process
Grammar: Identifying the subject and the verb
Writing: Simple sentences with subject, verb and object (SVO)
Pronunciation
- percentages
- spelling and sounds
- multi-syllable words
- stress in nationalities
English in action: Meeting people
Unit 4: Keeping the customer happy
Topics and vocabulary
- keeping the customer happy
- the four Ps of marketing
- market research
Listening
Skill: making notes during a talk
Grammar: predicting the next word
Speaking
Speaking in sense groups:
- pausing after key words
- pausing after full stops
- rising to commas
- falling to full stops
Reading
Skill: using topic sentences
Grammar: finding the object
Writing
Sentences with longer objects (SVO):
- adjective + noun
- quantifier + noun
- noun + prepositional phrase
Pronunciation
- schwa at the end of words
- schwa in function words
- / /
English in action: Buying food and drink
Unit 5: What’s my motivation?
Topics and vocabulary
- areas of motivation at work
- ways to motivate workers
- Maslow’s theory of motivation
- Taylorism and Hawthorne Effect
Listening
Skill: making notes of interviews
Grammar: recognizing information (Wh-) questions
Speaking
Good habits:
- standing still, looking at the audience, smiling
Bad habits:
- playing with your hair, waving your hands around, biting your nails
Reading
Skill: reading for research
Grammar: understanding long objects
Writing: Sentences with adverbials of place and time (SV[O]A)
Pronunciation
Pronouncing simple present questions:
- do = /du:/
- does = /d z/
English in action
Unit 6: Who wants to be a millionaire?
Topics and vocabulary
- starting a new business
- costs – set-up, direct and indirect
- profit and loss
- pricing strategies
Listening
Skill: listening for definitions
Grammar: predicting content after a linking word – and/but
Speaking
Taking part in a meeting:
- introducing the topic
- asking for and making suggestions
- making decisions
Reading
Skill: dealing with new words
Grammar: predicting content after a linking word – and/but
Writing
Writing a paragraph:
- topic sentence
- point
- explanation
- example
Pronunciation
Polite language:
- please, thank you
Short forms:
- you’re, I’d, I’ll, let’s
English in action: Buying services
Unit 7: Now you’re talking
Topics and vocabulary
- good communication
- communication problems
- taking and leaving messages
- writing good e-mails
Listening
Skill: finding examples from the real world
Grammar: recognizing possibility and obligation
Speaking
Understanding:
- saying you understand
- saying you don’t understand
- asking about understanding
Reading
Skill: understanding the subject, the purpose and the deadline in a text
Grammar: recognizing the verb form
Writing
Choosing the verb form:
- past actions and situations
- present actions
- routines and habits
- future plans
Pronunciation
Joining /d/ and /d / to /u:/
- do you
- could you
- would you
English in action: Taking and leaving messages
Unit 8: Up, up and… down?
Topics and vocabulary
- the product life cycle
- company strategies for growth
Listening
Skill: active listening
Grammar: predicting content after linking word – because/so
Speaking
Referring to graphs:
- Figure 1 shows….
- The purple line represents…
- As you can see, …
Reading
Skill: scanning for names and numbers
Grammar: understanding pronouns and noun reference
Writing
- giving reasons with because
- giving results with so
- using pronouns
- using possessive adjectives
Pronunciation
Stress in noun phrases:
- noun + noun
- adjective + noun
English in action: Giving good and bad news
Unit 9: Going green
Topics and vocabulary
- your carbon footprint
- green issues in business
- reducing the environmental impact of business
Listening
Skill: recognizing separate points in a talk
Grammar: recognizing passive sentences
Speaking
Working in a team:
- listening
- sharing ideas
- helping and encouraging
- making decisions
Reading
Skill: active reading
Grammar: understanding passive sentences
Writing
Using the present simple passive:
- with an object
- without an object
English in action: Arranging a meeting
Unit 10: How to get a good job
Topics and vocabulary
- job applications
- interview skills
- body language in job interviews
Listening
Skill: two-part signposts
Grammar: recognizing introductory phrases
Speaking
Giving yourself time to think:
- using hesitation devices
Reading
Skill: active reading (2)
Grammar: understanding long subjects
Writing: Writing a CV
Pronunciation
Emphasizing to show enthusiasm
- I’d really love…
- I’m extremely interested in…
- I’ll do the job very well.
English in action: Getting through the first day

"Moving into Business Studies is a course for college and university students who need English for their continuing education. It caters for pre-intermediate learners who want to study more effectively and to prepare for a career in business. It combines carefully controlled development of English-language skills with coverage of key aspects of business studies.
Key features:
Communicative activities encourage students to become confident, effective communicators.
A wide range of topics introduce students to the most important and interesting areas of business studies.
A graded approach to skills enables students to use English effectively. The course teaches transferable skills that students can use both in their wider studies and in their future careers.
Key vocabulary from the world of business and business studies is highlighted for easy reference and revision.
Grammar is carefully matched to the skills that are practised in each unit, and students are introduced to the most common language patterns and tenses. An additional Grammar reference section provides extra support.
End-of-unit round-up sections provide personalized activities, project work and a self-assessment checklist.
Anna Phillips and Terry Phillips are award-winning authors of many course books and other resources for learning English. They both have more than 30 years' experience in ELT as teachers, trainers and language school owners" (Book cover).

Intended for pre-intermediate learners of the English language at the college and university level (A2-B1).