All Business / ESP articles – Page 21
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Problems and difficulties
A lesson by Adrian Doff focusing on the grammar and functional language of problems and how to solve them.
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Your English: Idioms: hand
Tim Bowen has his hands full with this handy selection of hand-related idioms.
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Your English: Collocations: place
Tim Bowen captures the mood with this educational discussion on collocates of the word place.
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Studying and learning
A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to talk about subjects of study and to discuss going to college or university.
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Ability and skill
A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise using common expressions for talking about ability and skill.
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Business tasks: Probability: Lesson plan
A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise talking about probability: to talk about things you expect or don’t expect to happen, and to say whether things are likely or unlikely.
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Getting and losing jobs
A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise talking about looking for, finding and getting jobs, changing jobs and being promoted and leaving and losing jobs.
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Chance and opportunity
A lesson by Adrian Doff for students to practise talking about available opportunities, taking and missing opportunities and about scope for doing things.
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Extreme makeover
Mark Powell talks about international Business English and its need for an extreme makeover, dicussing alternatives such as Globish and English as a lingua franca.
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Sensational sales
Mark Powell challenges the view that the art of selling is attending to the precise language your customers use and matching their sensory preferences by choosing similarly loaded language.
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Risk and danger
A lesson for students to learn and practise common expressions for talking about risk and danger and to talk about whether or not to take risks.
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Text appeal
Mark Powell on the rise of texting as quick and convenient communication between colleagues. But is it wise to use it interculturally? Here are some tips on texting practices to avoid ...
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Business tasks: Success and failure
This lesson will equip students with some common expressions for talking about their successes and failures.
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Memory Test
A British English worksheet to look at a picture for a short time and to memorize as many details as possible.
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Metaphorically speaking
Mark Powell takes a look at the influence of metaphor on the language of business and considers some of the key underlying metaphors embedded within different cultures.