All Business / ESP articles – Page 3
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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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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.
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Language for ... clothes shopping
This lesson provides students with key expressions and vocabulary for typical conversations in a clothes shop.
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Everyday life: Getting to work
In this lesson, available at two levels, students ask and answer questions about their journey to work.
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Business News Lessons: Debate skills for women in the workplace
March 2020: In this lesson, available at two levels, students will read a business article and look at the language necessary to understand and talk about the article.
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Business Spotlight: Wish you weren’t here
This lesson, based on an article from Business Spotlight, is about the benefits of annual leave.
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Language for ... job interviews
This lesson provides students with the key expressions needed for a job interview.
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Business News Lessons: How a sabbatical can benefit you — and your employer
February 2020: In this lesson, available at two levels, students read an authentic article from the Financial Times and look at the language associated with the benefits of taking time off work.