Business and ESP

This section contains resources for teaching Business English students as well as specialized resources dedicated to the world of work.

Business News Lessons

Business News Lessons: Keeping up with technology – what managers and executives need to know
August 2020: Managers and executives are turning to online courses to improve their digital skills.
Business News Lessons: Cyber Security - the danger may be closer to home
July 2020: In this lesson, available at two levels, students research cyber security and present ideas for implementing it in a company.
Business News Lessons: Artificial or human intelligence: Which will drive future innovation?
June 2020: In this lesson, available at two levels, students research an innovative area of technology and present its current state and possible future development.

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Business lesson plans

Practical materials from our expert authors, covering essential business skills such as emailing, meetings and presentations.

Lesson Share: Business writing basics

By Rosemary Richey

Students review important elements of good business writing in English, especially for letters and emails.

Emailing 1

By Alex Case

Students gain an introduction to emailing and practise using the present continuous for arrangements.

Work and responsibilities

By Adrian Doff

A lesson to help students talk about jobs and what they involve and to talk about what people are responsible for in a company.

Business Basics: A job interview

By Rosemary Richey

In this lesson by Rosemary Richey, students practise basic language associated with job interviews. Exercises include: identifying vocabulary used in job adverts, listening to a job interview and completing the gaps, creating a CV and role-playing a job interview.

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ESP Lesson plans

From Banking and Finance to Tourism and Nursing we have hundreds of specialized resources dedicated to the world of work.

Bank products and services
To practise and expand grammar, vocabulary and phrases associated with banking products and services.
Giving information: Tourist information centres
The first lesson plan in this series by Keith Harding gives students practice giving information and making recommendations.
HR management
This five-part series by David Baker on the subject of Human Resources contains lessons at two levels with step-by-step notes for teachers.

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Business and ESP

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