English for Business Life: Elementary

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents chart Introduction Unit
1. About you Unit
2. About your job Unit
3. About where you work Unit
4. Your business activities Unit
5. The location of your company Unit
6. The layout of your company Unit
7. Meeting and welcoming Unit
8. The first two minutes Unit
9. Partings and thanks Unit
10. Setting up a meeting Unit
11. Confirming arrangements Unit
12. Changing plans Unit
13. Dealing with the unexpected Unit
14. Explaining and apologising Unit
15. Making contact by phone Unit
16. Dealing with incoming calls Unit
17. Leaving and taking messages Unit
18. Email and telephone problems Unit
19. Drinks and snacks Unit
20. Eating out Unit
21. Outings and sightseeing Unit
22. Starting a journey Unit
23. Travelling Unit
24. Arriving and meeting contacts Unit
25. Gifts and saying thank you Unit
26. Checking facilities and information Unit
27. Shopping Unit
28. Your colleagues Unit
29. Your office building Unit
30. How things work Unit
31. Requesting information Unit
32. Staying in a hotel Unit
33. Booking conference facilities Unit
34. Organising a trip Unit
35. Hiring a car Unit 36 Returning home Language summaries Support materials Audioscripts List of irregular verbs Grammar/language index Word list Glossary of business-related terms

Portrait

Ian Badger has extensive experience of developing courses and systems of language training for business. He is a partner in Business and Medical English Services, and a director of English4 Ltd. Pete Menzies is an associate of Pod (Professional and Organisational Development) and founder of Commnet, a dedicated training agency specialising in written communication and email management. Awards for his published work include the Duke of Edinburgh ESU Prize and the Gold Medal at the Leipzig Industrial Fair.