All Business / ESP articles
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ArticleBusiness News Lessons: Trade fairs will be different after the pandemic
November 2020: How is the pandemic reshaping the nature of trade fairs?
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Live from London: Business — Reports
Watch authentic London office workers explain how they use reports in their companies.
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Business News Lessons: Robots help get food from farm to table
October 2020: With the pandemic making it hard to find enough workers, the food industry uses robots to support the food supply chain.
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Business Spotlight: Get your CV past the bots
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about the importance of having a CV that will get an applicant past the computer programs that companies use to filter job applications.
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Business News Lessons: Quick Loans for Mexican Businesses
September 2020: Businesses in Mexico may obtain quick loans to finance their companies during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Business Spotlight: A Question of Competence
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about the importance of intercultural competence in business situations.
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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.
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Language for … helping others to understand you
This lesson provides students with key expressions and techniques for explaining ideas and helping others to understand you.
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Business Spotlight: Should companies track employee health?
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, debates whether companies should be allowed to track their employees’ health.
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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.
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Business Spotlight: Should there be billionaires?
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, debates whether billionaire businesspeople are a force for good or bad.
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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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Language for ... home repairs
This lesson provides students with key expressions for typical conversations related to home repairs.
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28th May 2020: The working-from-home revolution
UK companies are grappling with a cultural shift on the back of the coronavirus lockdown.
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Business News Lessons: Will we be eating meat-free burgers?
May 2020: In this lesson, available at two levels, students discuss starting a new business and how to market its product or products.
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How to … deal with an indecisive boss
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about how to deal with a boss who is unable or unwilling to make decisions.
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Language for ... medical emergencies
This lesson provides students with key expressions related to health, the human body and phoning the emergency services.
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Everyday life: Describing your area/neighbourhood
In this lesson, available at two levels, students describe changes to an area they live in (or know well).
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Business News Lessons: The changing image of Goldman Sachs
April 2020: In this lesson, available at two levels, students will read a business article and learn or revise some business collocations.
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Business Spotlight: “There is a tremendously high ‘level of service’ expectation”
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about an Englishman who took his business idea to New York where he found great professional and financial success.
