All Business / ESP articles – Page 22
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It’s a numbers game
Mark Powell considers the influence of numerology in delivering an effective presentation.
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Work and responsibilities
A lesson to help students talk about jobs and what they involve and to talk about what people are responsible for in a company.
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B2 Business Vantage: Speaking: Part 2
An article by Adrian Doff about the Cambridge English B2 Business Vantage exam (formerly BEC Vantage Business English), speaking part 2 (the 'long turn' task or mini-presentation), with tips for preparing candidates and a sample task and explanation.
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To be or not to be taboo
Mark Powell considers the implications of prohibiting unhelpful phrases in a tactical game of teaching taboo.
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B2 Business Vantage: Writing: Part 1
An article by Russell Whitehead about the Cambridge English B2 Business Vantage (formerly BEC Vantage) exam Writing component Part 1.
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Unnatural selection
It's a dog-eat-dog world: Mark Powell makes the case for idiomatic evolution.
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Business tasks: Experience
A lesson to help students talk about their work experience and what they have and haven’t done before.
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Talking business
In this article taken from ENGLISH TEACHING professional magazine, Alex Case discusses the importance of teaching pronunciation to Business English students.
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Recycling is the answer
Mark Powell helps speakers of business English to cut down on their emissions.
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B2 Business Vantage: Reading: Part 1
An article by Russell Whitehead about the Cambridge English B2 Business Vantage exam reading component part 1.
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Performance assessment
This lesson aims to present Human Resources (HR) vocabulary for performance assessment by means of a set of gap-fill articles.
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Get a slimmer model
We expect the gossip columns to be filled with celebrity split-ups, but who’d have thought the ELT columns would be full of the same thing? No jilted supermodels in our case, of course. It’s the native-speaker model we’re ditching for a slimmer, sexier substitute. And her name is lingua franca.
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Business skills bank: Preparing for a first meeting: Part 4
In this lesson, students carry out a second (and perfect) meeting in order to consolidate performance in leading and participating in meetings.
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Global warming
A comprehensive lesson plan by Adrian Tennant on the topical issue of global warming. There are vocabulary and reading exercises and role cards to start a lively debate on the subject which is now firmly back on the agenda with recent weather events around the world.
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ESP bank: Science: The scientific method of enquiry
Tony Cegielka presents a description of the standard process of enquiry employed in the scientific community. It refers to a range of disciplines with specific examples, outlining the stages of enquiry, showing the limits of applicability, and illustrating how it has an impact on our lives and society.
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Business skills bank: Preparing for a first meeting: Part 1
A lesson exploring and reviewing good meetings practice and procedure through brainstorming sessions and interviews.
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Business skills bank: Managing international meetings
Sara Helm introduces a new series on meetings skills with an article highlighting some of the challenges faced by participants in multinational and multilingual meetings.
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Socializing in English
In this basic business skills lesson by Sara Helm, students use a modal verb wheel to create sentences and practise functional dialogues they can use in a social context.
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English contracts
A lesson on drafting contracts which aims to help students set out expectations and objectives in a formal way.