TY  - GEN
AU  - Trappe,Tonya
AU  - Tullis,Graham
TI  - Intelligent Business: Advanced Business English 
SN  - 9781408255872 (CD)
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Harlow
PB  - Pearson Education
KW  - English language
KW  - Business english
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - Textbooks for foreign speakers
KW  - Business
KW  - Terminology
KW  - C1-C2 (CEFR)
KW  - Advanced
N1  - The audio CDs and the Style Guide are enclosed with the coursebook; Includes glossary, glossary test, grammar reference, and audioscripts; "Are your students new to the business world? Do they need to learn about business settings as well as English to help express themselves at work? Then start with the Coursebook.
Topic-based, with accessible introduction to key concepts in today’s business world help students learn about key concepts whilst building their English skills. Informative and up-to-date authentic material from the Economist makes the content authentic and relevant
; Intelligent Business is fully benchmarked alongside the Cambridge BEC exam suite and CEF for those looking to take the high-stakes exams." (Publisher's Website); TABLE OF CONTENTS; Unit 1: HR; People power; Reader: Winning the war for talent/ Managing creative talent; Language: Collocations with set; Vocabulary: Contrast and similarity; Career skills: Managing appraisals; Dilemma & Decision: Getting back on track; Unit 2: Organisations
; More like orchestras than armies; Reading: Making music; The business of survival; Language: Coined expressions/ Metaphors and similes; Vocabulary: Determiners; Career skills: Team building; Dilemma & Decision: Bullies on the team; Unit 3: Change; Meeting the change challenge; Reading: A sweet success getting back on top; Language: Prefixes with verbs/ Idioms with track; Vocabulary: Continuos forms; Career skills: Managing resistance to change; Dilemma & Decision: The disorganized organization; REVIEW 1; Unit 4: Responsability; Better business; Reading: Just good business/ Greewashing; Vocabulary: Compounds nouns/ synonyms; Language: Paired structures; Career skills: Taking responsability; Dilemma & decision: Called to account; Unit 5: Governance; Taking change; Reading: Message in a bottle of sauce / Let the fight begin; Vocabulary: Adjective + past participle / Idioms; Language: Discourse markers; Career skills: Presenting arguments; Dilemma & Decision: When to listen to the shareholders; Unit 6: Start-ups; Going into business; Reading: Spreading the word/ The business plan; Vocabulary: Verbs with prepositions/ Expressions with and; Language: Third conditional; Career skills: Pitching; Dilemma & Decision: Finding the funds; Review 2; Unit 7: Resources; Vital assets; Reading: Running dry / The power and the glory; Vocabulary: Adverb - adjective collocations / like and as; Language: Future perfect; Career skills: Debating; Dilemma & Decision: The nuclear debate; Unit 8: Power; Power brings responsability; Reading: Sympathy for the boss/ The brand of me; Vocabulary: Phrasal verbs with put / Proverbs; Language: Active and passive; Career skills: Influencing; Dilemma & Decision: Winning the rivalry game; Unit 9: E-marketing; The ultimate marketing machine; Reading: Word of mouse; The second life of Second Life; Vocabulary: Word clusters / Puns; Language: Word order: adverbs; Career skills: Decision making; Dilemma & Decision: Creative showcase


; Review 3; Unit 10: Risk; Facing the odds; Reading: The perils of prediction / Scientists find secret ingredient for making (and losing) lots of money- testosterone; Vocabulary: Chance and luck / Loanwords; Language: Probability and possibility; Career skills: Negotiating; Dilemma & Decision: Wildcat strike; Unit 11: Misconduct; White collar fraudsters; Reading: Punishable by prison / Hints, tips and handcuffs; Vocabulary: Idioms and phrasal verbs with draw / euphemisms; Language: Reporting; Career skills: Making ethical decisions; Dilemma & Decision: Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's ethical; Unit 12: Development; Lifelong learning; Reading: First, do no harm / A new deal; Vocabulary: Synonyms and antonyms; Language: Verbs patterns; Career skills: Coaching; Dilemma & Decision: Keeping everyone motivated; Pairwork; Glossary test; Grammar reference; Audioscripts
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