Practical Faster Reading provides the basis for a reading improvement course lasting a total of 30 class hours and has proved popular with students and teachers in a variety of settings. Thirty passages covering a wide range of topics of general interest and accompanying exercises give practice in the reading skills needed at upper-intermediate and more advanced levels. Substantial increases in…
Business English Pair Work 1 gives intermediate students of Business English invaluable practice in communication skills. There are four types of exercise: information-gap, discussion, role-play and simulation. All the exercise work is completely new and there is intensive work on writing reports, negotiating budgets and contracts, consumer surveys, training, and executive recruitment.
Is a revised and extended version of the international bestseller Play games with english, full of new material and fun, motivating games and activities, now presented in three levels. The teacher's resource book has been specially designed for teachers to use in the classroom: the games can be easily photocopied. -- notes outline how the graded games can be played as a class activity. -- extra…
Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. The Student's Book contains 16 thematic units with a selection of engaging topics that motivate learners to relate the reading to their own experiences. Three inviting reading passages in each unit, all adapted from authentic sources, allow students to explore the theme in d…
This is part of a series of books, each with an accompanying cassette, (available separately), which gives training in key business communication skills. Emphasis is placed on building awareness of language appropriateness and fluency in typical business interactions. The listening material includes both native and non-native spoken English. Each book/cassette "package" is designed for use in c…
Provides the social language and practice the business person needs to smooth the way towards a business deal, while travelling, at business meals, or in social exchanges at conferences or elsewhere.