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Oxford University Press
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Clear presentation and practice of essential business language. |
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Clear presentation and practice of essential business language. |
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A course to enable professionals to communicate more confidently in English both in and out of the workplace. • Each of the 14 units is based around a broad theme, such as Performance, Trade, and Negotiating, as a means to focus on real business situations. These include formal scenarios inside the workplace as well as social exchanges. The units can be used in any order to give maximum flexibility and to match the specific requirements and availability of students. • Each unit has five sections: 'Did you know?' gives interesting facts as a lead-in to the unit; 'Language Work' gives appropriate language practice; 'Business Skills', helps students develop the skills to deal with real-life business situations; 'Meetings' provides practice in participating in meetings; and 'Table Talk' gives practice in social conversation. • The emphasis in the Student's Book is on developing listening and speaking skills. A wide variety of speech production tasks help students to sound confident and thus communicate more effectively. • Grammar is approached inductively. The grammar sections invite students to analyse their knowledge of structures and develop an awareness of language patterns. The analysis is followed by one or more exercises to place the structure in a business context. A clear grammar summary is provided at the back of the Student's Book. • Authentic reading and listening material from around the world is used to explore different approaches to business and to develop social and cultural awareness, one of the most difficult areas for students at this level. • The 'Table Talk' sections encourage students to develop conversational skills on topics unrelated to their work, such as the family and leisure activities. This section includes improvised conversations between native and non-native speakers on cassette, helping students to cope with the hesitations, interruptions and deviations of natural speech. |
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A course to enable professionals to communicate more confidently in English both in and out of the workplace. • Each of the 14 units is based around a broad theme, such as Performance, Trade, and Negotiating, as a means to focus on real business situations. These include formal scenarios inside the workplace as well as social exchanges. The units can be used in any order to give maximum flexibility and to match the specific requirements and availability of students. • Each unit has five sections: 'Did you know?' gives interesting facts as a lead-in to the unit; 'Language Work' gives appropriate language practice; 'Business Skills', helps students develop the skills to deal with real-life business situations; 'Meetings' provides practice in participating in meetings; and 'Table Talk' gives practice in social conversation. • The emphasis in the Student's Book is on developing listening and speaking skills. A wide variety of speech production tasks help students to sound confident and thus communicate more effectively. • Grammar is approached inductively. The grammar sections invite students to analyse their knowledge of structures and develop an awareness of language patterns. The analysis is followed by one or more exercises to place the structure in a business context. A clear grammar summary is provided at the back of the Student's Book. • Authentic reading and listening material from around the world is used to explore different approaches to business and to develop social and cultural awareness, one of the most difficult areas for students at this level. • The 'Table Talk' sections encourage students to develop conversational skills on topics unrelated to their work, such as the family and leisure activities. This section includes improvised conversations between native and non-native speakers on cassette, helping students to cope with the hesitations, interruptions and deviations of natural speech. |
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A speaking and listening course for people who need to communicate effectively in everyday business situations. • This new edition combines the most popular features of the original course with new, updated material in every unit, a new Teacher's Guide, a new Workbook, and a re-recorded Cassette. • The emphasis throughout is on presenting English as a means of international communication. The language models provided are standard American English, although a variety of other native and non-native accents appear in the listening materials. • The material is carefully graded and gently paced to encourage fluency and give confidence to low-level learners. • Each level consists of 12 units which prepare learners for a wide range of business situations such as greeting colleagues and clients, talking on the telephone, handling meetings, and entertaining clients. • Communication skills are intensively coached through dialogue practice, pair work and information gap activities. The Chicago Contract, a new business board game, reviews the language in the Student's Book in a lively and interesting way. • A Culture File in every unit presents topics of cross-cultural interest for discussion, and provides advice on potentially problematic situations such as tipping, the right clothes to wear, and gift giving. |
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Stimulating activities within a graded syllabus. • It follows a carefully graded syllabus which allows for recycling of language. • A complete comic-strip adventure story runs through each book, featuring ace detective Captain Shadow. This provides a memorable context for new language and maintains motivation. • It involves children in a variety of other fun activities, such as songs, rhymes, games, and puzzles, which are all used to practise language in an enjoyable way. • It gives children a thorough grounding in listening, speaking, reading and writing |
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Stimulating activities within a graded syllabus. • It follows a carefully graded syllabus which allows for recycling of language. • A complete comic-strip adventure story runs through each book, featuring ace detective Captain Shadow. This provides a memorable context for new language and maintains motivation. • It involves children in a variety of other fun activities, such as songs, rhymes, games, and puzzles, which are all used to practise language in an enjoyable way. • It gives children a thorough grounding in listening, speaking, reading and writing. |
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Stimulating activities within a graded syllabus. • It follows a carefully graded syllabus which allows for recycling of language. • A complete comic-strip adventure story runs through each book, featuring ace detective Captain Shadow. This provides a memorable context for new language and maintains motivation. • It involves children in a variety of other fun activities, such as songs, rhymes, games, and puzzles, which are all used to practise language in an enjoyable way. • It gives children a thorough grounding in listening, speaking, reading and writing. |
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New Chatterbox brings this much loved series up-to-date with brand-new content reflecting changes in teaching practice and an increase in cross-cultural awareness. The core syllabus, structure, and approach remain the same. The new Starter level makes the course ideal for complete beginners. • New Captain Shadow stories, with story exploitation pages in the Activity Book for each episode. • 'My World' pages in the Pupil's Book feature life in the English-speaking world. • 'My World' pages in the Activity Book offer cross-cultural comparison and creative projects. • Assessment section in the Teacher's Book containing progress tests and a self-assessment portfolio. • Communicative games allow children to review key language. • Festival-based activities and class plays extend language skills. |
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New Chatterbox brings this much loved series up-to-date with brand-new content reflecting changes in teaching practice and an increase in cross-cultural awareness. The core syllabus, structure, and approach remain the same. The new Starter level makes the course ideal for complete beginners. • New Captain Shadow stories, with story exploitation pages in the Activity Book for each episode. • 'My World' pages in the Pupil's Book feature life in the English-speaking world. • 'My World' pages in the Activity Book offer cross-cultural comparison and creative projects. • Assessment section in the Teacher's Book containing progress tests and a self-assessment portfolio. • Communicative games allow children to review key language. • Festival-based activities and class plays extend language skills. |
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New Chatterbox brings this much loved series up-to-date with brand-new content reflecting changes in teaching practice and an increase in cross-cultural awareness. The core syllabus, structure, and approach remain the same. The new Starter level makes the course ideal for complete beginners. • New Captain Shadow stories, with story exploitation pages in the Activity Book for each episode. • 'My World' pages in the Pupil's Book feature life in the English-speaking world. • 'My World' pages in the Activity Book offer cross-cultural comparison and creative projects. • Assessment section in the Teacher's Book containing progress tests and a self-assessment portfolio. • Communicative games allow children to review key language. • Festival-based activities and class plays extend language skills. |
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New Chatterbox brings this much loved series up-to-date with brand-new content reflecting changes in teaching practice and an increase in cross-cultural awareness. The core syllabus, structure, and approach remain the same. The new Starter level makes the course ideal for complete beginners. • New Captain Shadow stories, with story exploitation pages in the Activity Book for each episode. • 'My World' pages in the Pupil's Book feature life in the English-speaking world. • 'My World' pages in the Activity Book offer cross-cultural comparison and creative projects. • Assessment section in the Teacher's Book containing progress tests and a self-assessment portfolio. • Communicative games allow children to review key language. • Festival-based activities and class plays extend language skills. |
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New Chatterbox brings this much loved series up-to-date with brand-new content reflecting changes in teaching practice and an increase in cross-cultural awareness. The core syllabus, structure, and approach remain the same. The new Starter level makes the course ideal for complete beginners. • New Captain Shadow stories, with story exploitation pages in the Activity Book for each episode. • 'My World' pages in the Pupil's Book feature life in the English-speaking world. • 'My World' pages in the Activity Book offer cross-cultural comparison and creative projects. • Assessment section in the Teacher's Book containing progress tests and a self-assessment portfolio. • Communicative games allow children to review key language. • Festival-based activities and class plays extend language skills. |
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Designed for learners who want to make effective progress in a short time, this course concentrates on developing fluency, refreshing key grammar areas, and extending vocabulary. 40-60 hours per level. • Practical syllabus includes pronunciation and lots of oral practice, as well as memory skills and timed activities to encourage fast, relevant learning. • Introduces work on features of spoken English, conversational tactics, and high frequency idiomatic vocabulary. • Clear objectives in each lesson encourage achievement and progress. • Short lessons can be used in any order, allowing choice in topic and syllabus coverage. • All-in-one Classbook, with Practice section and writing activities. • Photocopiable Teacher's Resource Pack at each level for supplementing and adapting. |
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Designed for learners who want to make effective progress in a short time, this course concentrates on developing fluency, refreshing key grammar areas, and extending vocabulary. 40-60 hours per level. • Practical syllabus includes pronunciation and lots of oral practice, as well as memory skills and timed activities to encourage fast, relevant learning. • Introduces work on features of spoken English, conversational tactics, and high frequency idiomatic vocabulary. • Clear objectives in each lesson encourage achievement and progress. • Short lessons can be used in any order, allowing choice in topic and syllabus coverage. • All-in-one Classbook, with Practice section and writing activities. • Photocopiable Teacher's Resource Pack at each level for supplementing and adapting. |
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A four-part series designed to meet the needs of secondary students continuing English as well as those starting English for the first time. • Dream Team is a communicative course that teaches students how to use language in real situations, while also paying careful attention to grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. • Strong emphasis is placed on the clear and thorough presentation of grammar points, followed up by systematic practice throughout the course. • Plenty of practice is given from the start in reading, writing, listening, and speaking, training students to communicate fluently and effectively in English. • Stimulating and engaging topics, and an amusing and lively presentation story involving the activities of teenagers, appeal directly to the age group. • There is a solid built-in process of revision and consolidation, which trains students to review what they have learnt regularly and systematically, and helps them prepare for tests. • The course offers a range of flexible options to help teachers meet the needs of their particular teaching situation. These include an optional introductory section, an optional final 'Bonus unit' and optional projects and stories. |
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A four-part series designed to meet the needs of secondary students continuing English as well as those starting English for the first time. • Dream Team is a communicative course that teaches students how to use language in real situations, while also paying careful attention to grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. • Strong emphasis is placed on the clear and thorough presentation of grammar points, followed up by systematic practice throughout the course. • Plenty of practice is given from the start in reading, writing, listening, and speaking, training students to communicate fluently and effectively in English. • Stimulating and engaging topics, and an amusing and lively presentation story involving the activities of teenagers, appeal directly to the age group. • There is a solid built-in process of revision and consolidation, which trains students to review what they have learnt regularly and systematically, and helps them prepare for tests. • The course offers a range of flexible options to help teachers meet the needs of their particular teaching situation. These include an optional introductory section, an optional final 'Bonus unit' and optional projects and stories. |
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- Explores the endlessly fascinating world of words — World-renowned expert draws on a lifetime's experience — From the world's No. 1 language publisher Words, Words, Words is all about the wonder of words. Drawing on a lifetime's experience, David Crystal explores language in all its rich varieties through words: the very building blocks of our communication. Language has no life of its own: it only exists in the mouths and ears, hands, eyes and brains of its users. As we are guided expertly and passionately through the mysteries and delights of word origins, histories, spellings, regional and social variations, taboo words, jargon, and wordplay, the contribution we all play in shaping the linguistic world around us becomes evident. Words, Words, Words is a celebration of what we say and how we say it. It invites us to engage linguistically with who we are: to understand what words tell us about where we come from and what we do. And as they continually shape our lives, it suggests ways that we can look at words anew and get involved with collecting and coining words ourselves. |
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Aiming to improve communication skills in American English, this title contains units that explore a different communicative area, such as answering the telephone or giving information to customers. It develops the vocabulary students need to communicate effectively through Word study sections, and also emphasizes on listening and speaking skills. |
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A four-part series designed to meet the needs of secondary students continuing English as well as those starting English for the first time. • Dream Team is a communicative course that teaches students how to use language in real situations, while also paying careful attention to grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. • Strong emphasis is placed on the clear and thorough presentation of grammar points, followed up by systematic practice throughout the course. • Plenty of practice is given from the start in reading, writing, listening, and speaking, training students to communicate fluently and effectively in English. • Stimulating and engaging topics, and an amusing and lively presentation story involving the activities of teenagers, appeal directly to the age group. • There is a solid built-in process of revision and consolidation, which trains students to review what they have learnt regularly and systematically, and helps them prepare for tests. • The course offers a range of flexible options to help teachers meet the needs of their particular teaching situation. These include an optional introductory section, an optional final 'Bonus unit' and optional projects and stories. |
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