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Office and Accounting
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GIOVANNI
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Office and Accounting
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Hello Everyone:
I have just been given a course at our college which is based on teaching English to people who are studying office and accounting. I will have to base my classes mainly on business. Has anyone ever taught this type of class and if so, does anyone have any good suggestions or worksheets. I looked on the business section of our site and found some material which may help me. Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated. |
15 Jan 2009
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urpillay
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Hi Nancy,
Sorry I cannot help in another way, because I haven�t taught business English, but you can find some resources on the net:
I hope these links help!!
INMA ALC�ZAR
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15 Jan 2009
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GIOVANNI
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Thanks Silke and Urpillay. The beauty of this site is the generosity that people have shown with their time. We as teachers are always busy, but day after day I see members of this site giving their time to help others. I applaude you all the the help and knowledge you have given to others.
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15 Jan 2009
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douglas
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I haven�t taught any business English (as a second language) yet. I have just started to put together some things for my advanced students(adult) that I will probably start teaching this spring. I did find one book that looks like it will be very helpful: Barron�s ESL Guide to American Business English. The ISBN is 0-7641-0594-9. It has a wide variety of examples of different business correspondence and also covers grammar, culture and customs and has a lot of usable exercises. I was especially happy with the honesty of the author in the culture and customs section. I think you can get it from Amazon for about $20 (US).
Good Luck,
Douglas |
15 Jan 2009
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douglas
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No problem Mietz, glad I could help. Be warned, most of the example letters in the book use a colon directly after the greeting--a style that I don�t think is widely used (anybody have some advice on this?). I have already had a couple of colleagues ask me about it. I told them I have traditionally used a comma and know others that use no punctuation after the greeting. I also tell them the main thing is to be consistent in whichever style they do choose. Looking forward to your worksheet.
and, no, I don�t get a provision (wouldn�t that be nice!) ;-) |
15 Jan 2009
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Word wouldn�t let me save anything anymore and apparently hadn�t done so for a while, though I kept telling it to regularly... :-( Sigh!
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