Phillips, Anna <br/><br/>
Moving into Business Studies /  
Anna Phillips and Terry Phillips. 
 - 1st ed.  
 - Reading, UK :  Garnet Education Limited,  2014. 
 - 224 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm.   + 1 DVD. 
 - Moving into .
<br/><br/> Includes a glossary and transcripts. 
<br/><br/>"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.<br/>A wide range of topics introduce students to the most important and interesting areas of business studies.<br/>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.<br/>Key vocabulary from the world of business and business studies is highlighted for easy reference and revision.<br/> 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<br/>  Products and services<br/><br/>  Organograms Listening Skill: Using slides to help understanding Grammar: Recognizing singular and plural Speaking Introducing a talk  Good morning/afternoon/evening<br/><br/>   Your name (and your job)<br/>  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<br/>  Saying prices<br/>  Short forms with be<br/> 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<br/>  During a talk<br/> Reading Skill: predicting the content of a text Grammar: Identifying the subject and the verb (be) Writing Simple sentences with be (SVC)  Noun<br/>  Adjective<br/>  Prepositional phrases Pronunciation  Numbers - hundreds and thousands<br/><br/>   Polite language<br/>   Their/They're English in action: Using polite language Unit 3: Industrial revolution Topics and vocabulary  Different types of industry<br/>   Countries and nationalities<br/> -   The supply chain<br/> Listening Skill: recognizing and using examples Grammar: Recognizing positive and negative sentences with other verbs Speaking Ending a talk  Saying that you have finished<br/>    Thanking the audience<br/>   Asking for questions<br/> Reading Skill: Understanding a process Grammar: Identifying the subject and the verb Writing: Simple sentences with subject, verb and object (SVO) Pronunciation  Percentages<br/>  Spelling and sounds<br/>  Multi-syllable words<br/>  Stress in nationalities<br/> English in action: Meeting people Unit 4: Keeping the customer happy Topics and vocabulary  Keeping the customer happy<br/>    The four Ps of marketing<br/>  Market research<br/> Listening Skill: making notes during a talk Grammar: predicting the next word Speaking Speaking in sense groups:  Pausing after key words<br/>   Pausing after full stops<br/>   Rising to commas<br/>    Falling to full stops<br/> Reading Skill: using topic sentences Grammar: finding the object Writing Sentences with longer objects (SVO)  Adjective + noun<br/> <br/>   Quantifier + noun<br/>    Noun + prepositional phrase Pronunciation  Schwa at the end of words<br/>   Schwa in function words<br/> English in action: Buying food and drink Unit 5: What’s my motivation? Topics and vocabulary  Areas of motivation at work<br/>   Ways to motivate workers<br/>   Maslow’s theory of motivation<br/>  Taylorism and Hawthorne Effect<br/> 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<br/> 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:/<br/> <br/>  Does = /d z/ English in action Unit 6: Who wants to be a millionaire? Topics and vocabulary  Starting a new business<br/>   Costs – set-up, direct and indirect<br/> <br/>  Profit and loss<br/>    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<br/>  Communication problems<br/>  Taking and leaving messages<br/>  Writing good e-mails Listening Skill: finding examples from the real world Grammar: recognizing possibility and obligation Speaking Understanding:  Saying you understand<br/>  Saying you don’t understand<br/>  Asking about understanding<br/> 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<br/> -   Present actions<br/>   Routines and habits<br/>  Future plans Pronunciation Joining /d/ and /d / to /u:/  Do you<br/>   Could you<br/>  Would you<br/> English in action: Taking and leaving messages Unit 8: Up, up and… down? Topics and vocabulary  The product life cycle<br/>   Company strategies for growth<br/> Listening Skill: active listening Grammar: predicting content after linking word – because/so Speaking Referring to graphs:  Figure 1 shows….<br/>   The purple line represents…<br/>  As you can see, …<br/> Reading Skill: scanning for names and numbers<br/>    <br/> Grammar: understanding pronouns and noun reference<br/> Writing  Giving reasons with because<br/>   Giving results with so<br/>   Using pronouns<br/>  Using possessive adjectives Pronunciation<br/> Stress in noun phrases:  Noun + noun<br/>   Adjective + noun<br/> English in action: Giving good and bad news Unit 9: Going green Topics and vocabulary  Your carbon footprint<br/>   Green issues in business  Reducing the environmental impact of business<br/> Listening Skill: recognizing separate points in a talk Grammar: recognizing passive sentences Speaking Working in a team:  Listening  Sharing ideas<br/>    Helping and encouraging<br/>  Making decisions<br/> Reading Skill: active reading Grammar: understanding passive sentences Writing Using the present simple passive:  With an object<br/>  Without an object English in action: Arranging a meeting Unit 10: How to get a good job Topics and vocabulary  Job applications<br/> <br/>  Interview skills<br/>    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…<br/>   I’m extremely interested in…<br/>   I’ll do the job very well.<br/> English in action: Getting through the first day 
<br/><br/> Unit 1: Companies - big and small<br/>Topics &vocabulary<br/> - types of company<br/> - products and services<br/> - organograms<br/>Listening<br/>     Skill: Using slides to help understanding<br/>     Grammar: Recognizing singular and plural<br/>Speaking<br/>     Introducing a talk<br/> - good morning/afternoon/evening<br/> - your name (and your job)<br/> - your topic<br/>Reading<br/>     Skill: Recognizing text types<br/>     Grammar: Identifying the subject - noun/pronoun<br/>Writing: Subject and verb agreement with be (SVC)<br/>Pronunciation<br/> - numbers -0 to 99<br/> - saying prices<br/> - short forms with be<br/>English in action: Talking about prices<br/>Unit 2: It's just the job!<br/>Topics & vocabulary<br/> - hard and soft skills<br/> - different types of job<br/>Listening<br/>     Skill: Recognizing signposts<br/>     Grammar: identifying positive and negative sentences with be<br/>Speaking<br/>     Using notes<br/> - to prepare for a talk<br/> - during a talk<br/>Reading<br/>     Skill: predicting the content of a text<br/>     Grammar: Identifying the subject and the verb (be)<br/>Writing<br/>     Simple sentences with be (SVC)<br/> - noun<br/> - adjective<br/> - prepositional phrases<br/>Pronunciation<br/> - numbers - hundreds and thousands<br/> - polite language<br/> - their/They're<br/>English in action: Using polite language<br/>Unit 3: Industrial revolution<br/>Topics and vocabulary<br/> - different types of industry<br/> - countries and nationalities<br/> - the supply chain<br/>Listening<br/>     Skill: recognizing and using examples<br/>     Grammar: Recognizing positive and negative sentences with other verbs<br/>Speaking<br/>     Ending a talk<br/> - saying that you have finished<br/> - thanking the audience<br/> - asking for questions<br/>Reading<br/>     Skill: Understanding a process<br/>     Grammar: Identifying the subject and the verb<br/>Writing: Simple sentences with subject, verb and object (SVO)<br/>Pronunciation<br/> - percentages<br/> - spelling and sounds<br/> - multi-syllable words<br/> - stress in nationalities<br/>English in action: Meeting people<br/>Unit 4: Keeping the customer happy<br/>Topics and vocabulary<br/> - keeping the customer happy<br/> - the four Ps of marketing<br/> - market research<br/>Listening<br/>     Skill: making notes during a talk<br/>     Grammar: predicting the next word<br/>Speaking<br/>     Speaking in sense groups:<br/> - pausing after key words<br/> - pausing after full stops<br/> - rising to commas<br/> - falling to full stops<br/>Reading<br/>     Skill: using topic sentences<br/>     Grammar: finding the object<br/>Writing<br/>     Sentences with longer objects (SVO):<br/> - adjective + noun<br/> - quantifier + noun<br/> - noun + prepositional phrase<br/>Pronunciation<br/> - schwa at the end of words<br/> - schwa in function words<br/> - / /<br/>English in action: Buying food and drink<br/>Unit 5: What’s my motivation?<br/>Topics and vocabulary<br/> - areas of motivation at work<br/> - ways to motivate workers<br/> - Maslow’s theory of motivation<br/> - Taylorism and Hawthorne Effect<br/>Listening<br/>     Skill: making notes of interviews<br/>     Grammar: recognizing information (Wh-) questions<br/>Speaking<br/>     Good habits:<br/> - standing still, looking at the audience, smiling<br/>     Bad habits:<br/> - playing with your hair, waving your hands around, biting your nails<br/>Reading<br/>     Skill: reading for research<br/>     Grammar: understanding long objects<br/>Writing: Sentences with adverbials of place and time (SV[O]A)<br/>Pronunciation<br/>     Pronouncing simple present questions:<br/> - do = /du:/<br/> - does = /d z/<br/>English in action<br/>Unit 6: Who wants to be a millionaire?<br/>Topics and vocabulary<br/> - starting a new business<br/> - costs – set-up, direct and indirect<br/> - profit and loss<br/> - pricing strategies<br/>Listening<br/>     Skill: listening for definitions<br/>     Grammar: predicting content after a linking word – and/but<br/>Speaking<br/> Taking part in a meeting:<br/> - introducing the topic<br/> - asking for and making suggestions<br/> - making decisions<br/>Reading<br/>     Skill: dealing with new words<br/>     Grammar: predicting content after a linking word – and/but<br/>Writing<br/> Writing a paragraph:<br/> - topic sentence<br/> - point<br/> - explanation<br/> - example<br/>Pronunciation<br/>     Polite language:<br/> - please, thank you<br/>     Short forms:<br/> - you’re, I’d, I’ll, let’s<br/>English in action: Buying services<br/>Unit 7: Now you’re talking<br/>Topics and vocabulary<br/> - good communication<br/> - communication problems<br/> - taking and leaving messages<br/> - writing good e-mails<br/>Listening<br/>     Skill: finding examples from the real world<br/>     Grammar: recognizing possibility and obligation<br/>Speaking<br/>     Understanding:<br/> - saying you understand<br/> - saying you don’t understand<br/> - asking about understanding<br/>Reading<br/>     Skill: understanding the subject, the purpose and the deadline in a text<br/>     Grammar: recognizing the verb form<br/>Writing<br/>     Choosing the verb form:<br/> - past actions and situations<br/> - present actions<br/> - routines and habits<br/> - future plans<br/>Pronunciation<br/>     Joining /d/ and /d / to /u:/<br/> - do you<br/> - could you<br/> - would you<br/>English in action: Taking and leaving messages<br/>Unit 8: Up, up and… down?<br/>Topics and vocabulary<br/> - the product life cycle<br/> - company strategies for growth<br/>Listening<br/> Skill: active listening<br/> Grammar: predicting content after linking word – because/so<br/>Speaking<br/>     Referring to graphs:<br/> - Figure 1 shows….<br/> - The purple line represents…<br/> - As you can see, …<br/>Reading<br/>     Skill: scanning for names and numbers<br/>     Grammar: understanding pronouns and noun reference<br/>Writing<br/> - giving reasons with because<br/> - giving results with so<br/> - using pronouns<br/> - using possessive adjectives<br/>Pronunciation<br/>     Stress in noun phrases:<br/> - noun + noun<br/> - adjective + noun<br/>English in action: Giving good and bad news<br/>Unit 9: Going green<br/>Topics and vocabulary<br/> - your carbon footprint<br/> - green issues in business<br/> - reducing the environmental impact of business<br/>Listening<br/>     Skill: recognizing separate points in a talk<br/>     Grammar: recognizing passive sentences<br/>Speaking<br/>     Working in a team:<br/> - listening<br/> - sharing ideas<br/> - helping and encouraging<br/> - making decisions<br/>Reading<br/>     Skill: active reading<br/>     Grammar: understanding passive sentences<br/>Writing<br/>     Using the present simple passive:<br/> - with an object<br/> - without an object<br/>English in action: Arranging a meeting<br/>Unit 10: How to get a good job<br/>Topics and vocabulary<br/> - job applications<br/> - interview skills<br/> - body language in job interviews<br/>Listening<br/>     Skill: two-part signposts<br/>     Grammar: recognizing introductory phrases<br/>Speaking<br/>     Giving yourself time to think:<br/> - using hesitation devices<br/>Reading<br/>     Skill: active reading (2)<br/>     Grammar: understanding long subjects<br/>Writing: Writing a CV<br/>Pronunciation<br/>     Emphasizing to show enthusiasm<br/> - I’d really love…<br/> - I’m extremely interested in…<br/> - I’ll do the job very well.<br/>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.<br/>Key features:<br/>Communicative activities encourage students to become confident, effective communicators.<br/>A wide range of topics introduce students to the most important and interesting areas of business studies.<br/>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.<br/>Key vocabulary from the world of business and business studies is highlighted for easy reference and revision.<br/>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.<br/>End-of-unit round-up sections provide personalized activities, project work and a self-assessment checklist.<br/>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).<br/> 
<br/><br/> Intended for pre-intermediate learners of the English language at the college and university level (A2-B1). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781859646908 (Student Book with DVD) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>English language--Vocabulary and terminology.--Business <br/>English language--Teaching and learning.<br/>English language--Audio-visual aid.<br/>A2-B1 (CEFR).<br/>High-beginner to intermediate.