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Essential Business Grammar Builder

Paul Emmerson
Essential Business Grammar Builder presents and practises the fundamental grammar requirements for students studying Business English. It is ideal for use in class and for self study.
Key Features
- 60 units of grammar and functions.
- Over 100 authentic citations from sources such as Newsweek, Wall Street Journal and International Herald Tribune
- 18 self-administered tests
- All exercises with a speaking/listening context and 'high-context' exercises are recorded on the Audio CD
- The grammar points are reinforced through authentic cartoons, creating a motivating context
978 1405 07048 5 - Essential Business Grammar Builder
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Paul Emmerson
A grammar reference and practice book for students studying business English with an accompanying Audio CD. It can be used either in the classroom or for self-study.
Key Features
- 50 grammar units covering the most important structures and functions in business English
- Authentic citations
- Low- to-high context exercises
- Tests
- Audio CD
- Answer key
- Grammar guide
978 0333 75492 4 - Business Grammar Builder
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Paul Emmerson
This series of three photocopiable business English teacher's resource books provides a flexible approach to teaching and includes excellent material for in-company classes, summer schools or supplementary use.
Each book is divided into three modules:
- 1, 2, 3: Social English, Telephoning, Job Interviews
- 4, 5, 6: Discussions and Meetings, Business Correspondence, Report Writing
- 7, 8, 9: Presentations, Company Product and Customer Relations, Negotiations
Each book contains a needs analysis which can be given to each new student to assess their needs.
Ideal for one-to-one or group teaching.
Modules 1, 2, 3 - 978 0333 99094 0
Modules 4, 5, 6 - 978 0333 99095 7
Modules 7, 8, 9 - 978 0333 99096 4
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Paul Emmerson
The Business English Handbook - a new advanced-level business language reference and practice book for professional adults seeking to refine their Business English.
Key Features
- 12 topic-based units covering major topics and functions
- Audio language support material
- Webliography and discussion topics
- Advanced Business writing units
- High-level business speaking practice for presentations and meetings
- Comprehensive reference section with practical writing and speaking expressions
The Business English Handbook - 978 1405 08605 9
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Jake Alsop and Tricia Aspinall
The BEC Testbuilders for Preliminary and Vantage levels are designed to improve exam performance and increase language competence for success in the Cambridge Business English Certificate (BEC) exams.
Key Features
- Four complete practice tests
- Thorough preparation for the BEC exam
- Accompanying free audio CD contains all four Listening Tests Test-specific exercises to develop exam techniques
- Pointers to common problem areas in the tests
- Model answers to the writing questions
- Listening Test scripts
978 1405 01833 3 - Preliminary
978 1405 01836 4 - Vantage
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Erica J. Williams
The ideal choice for anyone who needs to make presentations in English.
Key Features
- The flexible seven-step approach helps students to 'find their voice' and develop their own unique presentation style.
- Ideal for both self study and classroom use
- Presents language, advice and a range of powerful, up-to-date presentation techniques
- The DVD shows these techniques in action
978 0230 02878 4 - Student's Book with DVD
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Paul Emmerson
A new course for students of general or Business English who need to write effective and convincing emails.The course develops both language and confidence, as well as providing invaluable reference material.
Key Features
- Systematic and structured approach to writing
- Large number of style-awareness activities
- Phrase Bank
- Designed for self-study and classroom use
- Free writing practice
978 1405 01294 2 - Student's Book
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John Hughes
Telephone English trains students to use the telephone confidently and effectively in the course of their work. In addition to teaching language common to all business phone calls, Telephone English prepares students for dealing with specific situations in the business context in which they operate.
Key Features
- Equips Business English students with the skills necessary for making a successful phone call
- Focuses on the conventions of making phone calls in the English-speaking world and teaches students how to build successful relationships on the phone
- The Student's Book contains an Audio CD so all the exercises can be used by independent students as well as in class
- Contains a Phrase Bank organised into functional areas which provides students with a quick, practical reference to support them in their phone calls
- Review lessons at the end of each section systemise and extend the
target language
1 405 08221 6 Student's Book
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Basic Survival / Survival English

Peter Viney
This popular series has been revised and updated for 2004 to reflect real-world changes, as well as in response to feedback from current users.
Key features of the new editions
- Communication activities provide practical tasks which are directly transferable to the professional world
- Culture files build on the cultural topic and language for each lesson
- In addition to the teaching notes and answer keys, the Teacher's Guide includes photocopiable mid-course and end-course tests with answer keys
- Downloadable Bilingual wordlists are available to accompany Survival English and Basic Survival.
- Sample Audio for the Survival Series is also available
New Edition Survival English
978 1405 00384 1 - Student's Book
978 1405 00385 8 - Practice Book
978 1405 00386 5 - Teacher's Guide
978 1405 00388 9 - Class Audio CD
978 1405 00387 2 - Class Audio Cassette
New Edition Basic Survival
978 1405 00393 3 - Student's Book
978 1405 00394 0 - Practice Book
978 1405 00395 7 - Teacher's Guide
978 1405 00397 1 - Class Audio CD
978 1405 00396 4 - Cl;ass Audio Cassette
All components are available to buy online through the Macmillan English Bookshop. Simply visit the course page and select the component to add to your basket.
Reward Business Resource Packs
Colin Benn, Paul Dummett, David Riley
Elementary to Upper intermediate
The Reward Business Resource Packs are available at four levels. Each pack contains over 40 photocopiable communicative lessons complete with full teacher's notes. These can be used as stand-alone lessons or can be used to practise language covered in each corresponding level of the Reward series.
0 435 24210 5 Elementary
0 435 24036 6 Pre-Intermediate
0 435 24037 4 Intermediate
0 435 24259 8 Upper intermediate
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