Business & Professional English - Pearson Longman

Powerbase Sample lesson From Unit 1 of Business & Professional English

Powerbase Beginner course book

Focuses on language that is relevant and immediately useful to working adults

Beginner – Pre-Intermediate

David Evans

Students are presented with new language…

…develop confidence, accuracy and correct pronunciation in controlled activities…

…and quickly start speaking and using the language early on in the lesson

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‘La progression grammaticale suit les besoins linguistiques des stagiaires et les actes de parole les plus fréquents, par exemple l’introduction très tôt de « can »’ Equipe de formateurs, IFOCOP Langues

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Powerbase Coursebook Teacher’s Book Coursebook Audio Cassette Coursebook Audio CD Coursebook and Audio CD Pack Study Book Study Book Audio Cassette Study Book Audio CD

Beginner Level 978 0 582 47993 7 978 0 582 48791 8 978 0 582 47996 8 978 0 582 47995 1 978 0 582 48799 4 978 0 582 49753 5 978 0 582 47994 4 978 0 582 49754 2

Elementary Level 978 0 582 47999 9 978 0 582 47998 2 978 0 582 47997 5 978 0 582 48792 5 978 0 582 49755 9 978 0 582 49756 6 978 0 582 48789 5 978 0 582 49757 3

Pre-intermediate Level 978 0 582 48785 7 978 0 582 48786 4 978 0 582 48787 1 978 0 582 48788 8 978 0 582 49758 0 978 0 582 49759 7 978 0 582 48790 1 978 0 582 49760 3

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www.longman.com/powerbase

For adults who need English for work, travel and everyday situations

Business & Professional English

Ideal for 30 to 40 hour courses, Powerbase is a highly communicative course for low-level adult learners who need to operate in English as quickly as possible. • Each lesson has a clear objective and uses an easy-to-follow double page layout • Covers the language needed for simple exchanges, for travel and for basic business communication, such as email and using the telephone • Regular practice and revision of essential grammar and skills builds confidence quickly

Students end every lesson with a communicative speaking activity – even at beginner level.

See inside back cover for CEF correlation chart

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Also available: Powerhouse

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Intelligent Business Coursebook


Learn Business . . . Do Business

Produced together with The Economist magazine, Intelligent Business features authentic graded articles, Economist-style page design to develop students’ knowledge of the business world and the skills to work within it. The Coursebooks include: • varied topics such as success, insurance, productivity and data (at pre-intermediate level) and law, teamworking, banking and energy (at upper intermediate level) • a comprehensive business glossary to actively expand students’ professional vocabulary knowledge and use • a ‘Dilemma and Decision’ section in every unit wich asks students to evaluate a real-life business dilemma

Pre-Intermediate — Upper Intermediate

• a pocket Style Guide which features practical guidance in writing and authentic business documents like emails, minutes and reports. The Workbook includes an audio CD with extra listening material, BEC exam-style exercises and an authentic Practice Test The Teacher’s Book has resources for the Coursebook and Skills Book and the Test Master CD-ROM provides fully editable tests for all stages of the course.

Pre-intermediate Christine Johnson Intermediate – Upper Intermediate Tonya Trappe and Graham Tullis

‘The texts from the Economist are worth reading. This is what I was looking for, in preparation for oral exams, discussion groups and using vocabulary that they have already acquired. The texts provide enough material to give the students topics around which they can talk; and the type of texts refer to up-to-date business environments.’ Andrew Milne, ISEG Toulouse

Free Teacher Testing Resources The Teacher’s Books include the new Test Master CD-ROM which contains fully editable tests. See p. 51 for more information

Intelligent Business

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Coursebook Coursebook Audio Cassettes (2) Coursebook Audio CDs (2) Teacher’s Book (With Test Master CD-ROM) Workbook with Audio CD Skills Book with CD-ROM

Pre-intermediate

Intermediate

Upper Intermediate

Intermediate Video/DVD

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PAL VHS NTSC VHS DVD Video Resource Book

Upper Intermediate Video / DVD 978 0 582 84060 7 978 0 582 84062 1 978 1 405 83750 7 978 0 582 84799 6

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Sample material From the Intelligent Business upper intermediate course book Each unit opens with an Economist front cover style page, with an overview of the unit.


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The Keynotes provide an overview of the topic as well as the most important business words for each unit.

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Sample material

From the Intelligent Business upper intermediate course book

The preview gets students talking and thinking about the topic and introduces useful vocabulary.

Listening activities introduce useful vocabulary and include a range of different accents

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The products featured are up-to-date with current business practices and developments

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Intelligent Business Sample material



Authentic articles from The Economist provide authoritative topical content.

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e book All units have vocabulary development and writing activities. The style guide includes examples and advice for writing business documents.

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Intelligent Business Sample material



Students find out what actually happened

A case-studystyle activity. Students are presented with a situation based on a real-life business dilemma…

…students provide solutions to the dilemma by activating their new knowledge of business language and concepts…

...and write up their conclusions in a business-style format

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Intelligent Business Skills Book Learn Business . . . Do Business The Skills Books have been designed specifically to be used with learners in formation continue who need to put their knowledge of English into practice. The emphasis is on speaking and the business skills, such as telephoning, meetings, presentations, writing and socialising.


Each unit focuses on language strategies for a practical area of business English skills. The language is presented through listening extracts. Learners then perform similar tasks and are invited to analyse their own performance. Providing approximately 30 hours of classroom-based material, the Skills books are ideal for one-week intensives or short courses. Learners can study at home or in the resource centre with the free Skills book CD ROM. It has interactive exercises, video extracts and activities (available at intermediate and upper intermediate levels) and all the listening material for the book. The Skills books also include:

Pre-Intermediate — Upper Intermediate

• a step-by-step guide on key business practices in the Good Business Practice reference section at the back of the book • an extensive grammar reference section • a cultural awareness syllabus

Christine Johnson Irene Barrall Nikolas Barrall

Free Teacher Testing Resources The Teacher’s Books include the new Test Master CD-ROM which contains fully editable tests. See p.51 for more information.

Intelligent Business Skills Book with CD-ROM Pre-intermediate Level 978 0 582 84692 0 Intermediate Level 978 0 582 84688 3 Upper Intermediate Level 978 0 582 84696 8



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Sample material

From the Intelligent Business pre-intermediate Skills book

The skill areas that this unit will cover are broken down into manageable, focussed objectives

‘What do you think’ exercise gets students thinking about the issues involved in the skills area

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Grammar reference at the back of the book and on the CD ROM provides explanation of grammar points and practice

Each unit contains three practical speaking tasks, which are designed to meet the objectives of the unit

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Sample material

From the Intelligent Business pre-intermediate Skills book

Culture at work section encourages students to discuss the cultural differences that can have an impact on business exchanges and behaviour

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All the listening material for the book is included on the CD ROM

Business & Professional English Self assessment section encourages students to reflect on their progress.

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Intelligent Business Companion Website


Breaking Business News!

Free Premium Content from The Economist: Every week we add a newly published article so that you can use fresh business news in your classroom.

Also available on www.intelligent-business.org: • Online review tests for every unit • BEC exam practice • Bilingual business glossaries • Handy links to business websites

Intelligent Business Videos and DVDs The Intelligent Business Videos and DVDs accompany the intermediate and upper intermediate levels. They each feature a drama in a business context. Integrated with the core syllabus, they illustrate the business skills introduced in the Course Books and Skills Books.

Intermediate Video/DVD PAL VHS NTSC VHS DVD Resource Book

Upper Intermediate Video/DVD 978 0 582 84060 7 978 0 582 84062 1 978 1 405 83750 7 978 0 582 84799 6

PAL VHS NTSC VHS DVD Resource Book

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Market Leader

In tune with today’s business issues Created with the Financial Times newspaper, Market Leader uses authoritative authentic sources to explore topical business issues and builds the professional standard of language needed to communicate in the modern world of business.

Teacher’s Book Packs are available for Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate and Upper Intermediate levels, with DVD and Test-master CD ROM. The New Edition of the Pre-Intermediate level features: • 100% new texts, reflecting the latest trends in the business world • New Practice File, Test File and new photocopiables and text bank material in the Teacher’s Resource Book • Course Book also available with Class Audio CDs

Elementary – Advanced NEW EDITION PRE—INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Free Teacher Testing Resources The Teacher’s Books include the new Test Master CD-ROM which contains fully editable tests (not available at elemantary and advanced level). See p. 51 for more information

Elementary – Upper Intermediate David Cotton, David Falvey, Simon Kent


Each Course Book contains 12-14 topic-based units, depending on the level, with additional review units.

Advanced Margaret O’Keeffe and Iwonna Dubicka Practice Files (all levels) John Rogers

Market Leader Elementary Course Book 978 0 582 77327 1 Teacher’s Resource Book 978 0 582 77332 5 Class Audio CDs (2) 978 0 582 77329 5 Class Audio Cassettes (2) 978 0 582 77328 8 Practice File Book 978 0 582 77330 1 Practice File Pack (Book & Audio CD)978 0 582 77322 6 Practice File Audio CD 978 0 582 77331 8 Practice File Audio Cassette 978 0 582 77323 3 Test File 978 0 582 77326 4 NEW EDITION Pre-intermediate Course Book 978 1 405 81296 2 Course Book Pack (With Audio CD) 978 1 405 81337 2 Teacher’s Resource Book 978 1 405 84343 0* Teacher’s Book Pack (with DVD & Test Master CD-ROM) 978 1 405 81344 0 Class Audio CDs (2) 978 1 405 81298 6 Class Audio Cassettes (2) 978 1 405 81297 9 Practice File Book 978 1 405 81304 4 Practice File Pack (Book & Audio CD) 978 1 405 81341 9 Practice File Audio CD 978 1 405 81303 7 Practice File Audio Cassette 978 1 405 81300 6 Test File 978 1 405 81305 1 Intermediate Course Book 978 0 582 83809 3 Course Book Pack (With Audio CD) 978 1 4058 1336 5 Teacher’s Resource Book 978 0 582 83812 3*

Teacher’s Book Pack (with DVD & Test Master CD-ROM) 978 1 4058 1343 3 Class Audio CDs (2) 978 0 582 83811 6 Class Audio Cassettes (2) 978 0 582 83810 9 Practice File Book 978 0 582 83813 0 Practice File Pack (Book & Audio CD)978 0 582 83820 8 Practice File Audio CD 978 0 582 83815 4 Practice File Audio Cassette 978 0 582 83814 7 Test File 978 0 582 83816 1 Upper Intermediate Course Book 978 1 405 81309 9 Course Book Pack (With Audio CD) 978 1 405 81338 9 Teacher’s Resource Book 978 1 405 81320 4* Teacher’s Book Pack (with DVD & Test Master CD-ROM) 978 1 405 81345 7 Class Audio CDs (2) 978 1 405 81312 9 Class Audio Cassettes (2) 978 1 405 81311 2 Practice File Book 978 1 405 81323 5 Practice File Pack (Book & Audio CD) 978 1 405 81340 2 Practice File Audio CD 978 1 405 81317 4 Practice File Audio Cassette 978 1 405 81314 3 Test File 978 1 405 81318 1 Advanced Course Book 978 0 582 85461 1 Course Book Pack (With Audio CD) 978 1 405 81339 6 Teacher’s Resource Book 978 1 405 84347 8* Class Audio CDs (2) 978 0 582 89558 4

Class Audio Cassettes (2) 978 0 582 89557 7 Practice File Book 978 0 582 85464 2 Practice File Pack (Book & Audio CD)978 0 582 89562 1 Practice File Audio CD 978 0 582 89560 7 Practice File Audio Cassette 978 0 582 89559 1 Test File 978 0 582 85462 8

Intermediate/Upper-Intermediate Videos Alliance PAL VHS Video 978 0 582 43533 9 NTSC VHS Video 978 0 582 43532 2 Video Resource Book 978 0 582 43534 6

Upper Intermediate Video PAL VHS Video Original editions are still available. See www.longman. NTSC VHS Video com/catalogue Video Resource Book *Includes Test Master CD-ROM Pre-Intermediate Video Portfolio *Includes Test Master CD-ROM PAL VHS Video 978 0 582 50715 9 NTSC VHS Video 978 0 582 50699 2 Video Resource Book 978 0 582 50724 1 Intermediate Video Video (PAL VHS) and Video Resource Book Pack Video (NTSC VHS) and Video Resource Book Pack VHS PAL Video NTSC VHS Video Video Resource Book Upper Intermediate Video PAL VHS Video NTSC VHS Video Video Resource Book

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Market Leader from the Market Leader New Pre-Intermediate course book


Sample unit

The opening image and quotation engage students’ interest in the unit topic

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Listening sections feature authentic interviews with real business people and experts in their field. Students develop their listening skills such as prediction, listening for specific information and note-taking

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Market Leader from the Market Leader New Pre-Intermediate course book


Sample unit

Students read authentic texts from the Financial Times and other business sources

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Business & Professional English The reading texts provide a context for language work and discussion later in the unit

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Market Leader Sample unit

from the Market Leader New Pre-Intermediate course book


The language review section develops students’ awareness of the common problems at pre-intermediate level. For more explanation, students can refer to the grammar reference at the end of the Course Book

The skills section in every unit develops the skills needed to carry out business tasks

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Useful language the students need to carry out the roleplays

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Market Leader


Sample unit

from the Market Leader New Pre-Intermediate course book

The case study at the end of each unit asks the students to respond to a challenging business situation, based on the unit topic

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Students have the opportunity to practise speaking, listening, reading and writing in a realistic context

The Writing File at the back of the book provides a bank of models of business writing. A full writing syllabus is provided in the Market Leader Practice File


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Market Leader Premier www.market-leader.net


Pre-Intermediate — Upper Intermediate Keep your lessons up-to-the-minute with weekly business lessons on the Market Leader Premier Subscription Website.

Searchable archive allows you to select topics

Free downloadable tests and topicrelated tests

Based around current articles from the Financial Times, lessons are written by top business English authors

NEW Market Leader Premier subscriptions are now available for six-month or twelvemonth periods, and are also available with or without an inclusive subscription to FT.com, the Financial Times website. Market Leader Premier Subscription Website

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Standard 6 month subscription Private Single user Company or school single user Company or school 5 users

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Standard 12 month subscription Private Single user Company or school single user Company or school 5 users

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12 month subscription including FT.com Private Single user Company or school single user Company or school 5 users

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Visit http://www.market-leader.net/sample-lesson.html to download a free sample

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The lessons develop a variety of skills areas, including reading, vocabulary building and pronunciation. An answer key is also provided.

Access to brand new readymade lessons every week keeps students up-to-date with the latest stories from the world of business

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Market Leader Videos


The Market Leader videos can be used independently or alongside the course books.

Upper-Intermediate

Intermediate

The Upper Intermediate Video features five documentaries exploring real-life companies such as Sony, BP and Amazon.

The Intermediate Video features seven films based on authentic developments and issues in the contemporary business world. The films range from dramatised business dilemmas to presenter-led business documentaries and a real-life presentation.

Visit http://www.market-leader.net/aboutml/the-videos.html for more information and sample material from the videos

Pre-Intermediate

Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate

Intermediate / Upper-Intermediate

Market Leader Specialist Titles

This range of special subject books focuses on reading skills and vocabulary development. Each title contains two tests and a glossary of specialised language. Business Grammar and Usage provides reference and practice in the most important areas of Business English usage. • Peter Strutt: Business Grammar and Usage

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• Christine Johnson: Banking and Finance


• Tricia Smith: Business Law • Adrian Pilbeam: International Management

Market Leader Specialist Titles Business Grammar and Usage Business Law Banking and Finance International Management

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Market Leader Videos Intermediate Video

Video (PAL VHS) and Video Resource Book Pack Video (NTSC VHS) and Video Resource Book Pack VHS PAL Video NTSC VHS Video Video Resource Book

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Upper Intermediate Video

PAL VHS Video NTSC VHS Video Video Resource Book

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Pre-Intermediate Video Portfolio


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Intermediate/Upper-Intermediate Videos Alliance


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Business Leader Briefings


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New Insights into Business


Takes a realistic and lively look at key business concepts that business students and professionals will encounter in their working lives. The thorough syllabus also develops the professional language skills they will need. The Workbook is available in two versions, each including review sections featuring exam-type tasks for either BEC Vantage or TOEIC® exams. See inside back cover for CEF Correlation chart

Intermediate — Upper Intermediate

New Insights into Business

Also available: Sue Robbins: First Insights into Business

Student’s Book Workbook (BEC) Workbook (BEC) Audio Cassette Workbook (BEC) Audio CD Workbook (TOEIC®) Workbook (TOEIC®) Audio Cassette Workbook (TOEIC®) Audio CD Class Audio Cassettes (2) Class Audio CDs (2) Teacher’s Book

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Graham Tullis and Tonya Trappe

English for Work Intermediate Series Editor Ian Badger

Everyday Business English Ian Badger Book Book/Audio CD

978 0 582 53957 0 978 0 582 53959 4

Everyday Technical English Valerie Lambert and Elaine Murray Book 978 0 582 53963 1 Book/Audio CD 978 0 582 53965 5

Business Presentations Anne Freitag-Lawrence Book 978 0 582 53960 0 Book/Audio CD 978 0 582 53962 4

Everyday Business Writing Ian Badger and Sue Pedley Book 978 0 582 53972 3

Aimed at students and professionals with an intermediate level of English, this highly accessible and practical series is designed to activate effective communication skills in the workplace. • Essential vocabulary and phrases are presented through short dialogues or texts • Helpful language notes highlight and reinforce the key language points • Enjoyable practice exercises consolidate language at the end of each unit • Recordings of all the dialogues on CD provide useful speaking models

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Legal English Legal English is designed to assist those who wish to develop and enhance their skills in the use of the English language within a legal context. The exercises are suited both to self-study and group work. • includes exercises which progressively enhance communication skills in oral and written English • develops legal vocabulary alongside grammatical construction and pronunciation • presents realistic legal scenarios to advance professional language skills • enhances the study process through the inclusion of learning objectives, glossary of terminology, sample letters, legal documentation and contracts

Upper Intermediate William R McKay Helen Charlton Legal English

978 0 582 89436 5

Model Business Letters, E-mails & other Business Documents A comprehensive, easy-to-use reference book packed with valuable information, useful techniques, practical tips and guidelines. This book includes: • how to present business documents clearly and effectively • how to structure business communications to enhance understanding • how to make e-mail work for you • model examples for a range of business communication needs • 100 top tips for better business writing

Upper Intermediate Shirley Taylor Model Business Letters, E-mails and Other Business Documents

978 0 273 67524 2

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