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This section contains a range of articles and lesson plans to help you to plan and implement successful business English and ESP lessons
Welcome to Business and ESP. In this section we will be widening the range of Business and ESP topics covered over the coming months.
Write to the web editor if there is anything you'd like to see included within this section. We hope you find the materials in this section useful.
A bank of practical materials for teachers of English who are working with students with specific linguistic needs related to their professions.
In this 20-part series, Adrian Doff provides a comprehensive set of worksheets covering functional language in business, along with business-related grammar practice and language development.
Business Spotlight is a series of self-contained lesson plans by Karen Richardson that you can use in a business English class with pre-service or in-service students, in one-to-one teaching situations or to focus on a particular topic, business skill or area of business-related language. Each lesson plan provides you with material for approximately 90 minutes’ teaching.
Advice for teachers on a range of teaching techniques used in business English and ESP (needs analysis, one-to-one teaching, using simulations, etc.). Includes lesson plans and worksheets.
Information and advice on career and professional development for business English and ESP teachers
In this series, published in conjunction with the Learning English section of the Guardian Weekly, Mark Powell, author of In Company, presents a snapshot of everyday business language.
Practical materials covering essential business skills such as emailing, telephoning, meetings and interviews. (This was formerly the "Skills" section of the ESP bank.)
There is a wealth of material on onestopenglish for teaching Business English. A lot of it is obvious as you’ll find it here, within the Business and ESP section of the site. However, there are many other great resources elsewhere on the site which are suitable and relevant for use in your Business English classes. In this article, Adrian Tennant takes a look at some of the other materials available and suggests how they can be integrated into your teaching.
There is a huge amount of material on onestopenglish for teaching ESP (English for Specific Purposes). A lot of it is obvious as you’ll find it here, within the Business and ESP section of the site. However, as the term ESP covers such a wide range of areas (Medical English, Aviation English, English for Hospitality and many more) there is plenty of material elsewhere on onestopenglish that is suitable for using in ESP classes. In this article, Adrian Tennant takes a look at some of the materials available and suggests how they can be integrated into your teaching.
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