Commerce 1 /
Martyn Hobbs and Julia Starr Keddle.
- 1st ed.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- 135 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
- Oxford English for Careers .
- Oxford English for Careers .
Includes glossary.
Online interactive exercises to revise and recycle language: www.oup.com/elt/oefc.
"Commerce 1 gives you the language, information, and skills you need to start your career: It's my job - real people talk about their work in commerce 9 to 5 - expressions for working and socializing with colleagues Business know-how - key interpersonal skills for business Writing bank - practice in business writing Facts, figures, and quotations all about commerce Online interactive exercises to revise and recycle language: www.oup.com/elt/oefc." (Book Cover) CONTENTS: 1. The business environment It's my job / Company profile: Amazon.com Business know-how: Getting on in business Project: Researching a well-known company Listening: Describing daily office routine Reading: Don't disturb me - I'm not working!
Speaking: Meeting people Writing: Emailing a friend about your job Language spot: Present Simple Vocabulary: Forming jobs from verbs Pronunciation: Numbers 2. The company It's my job / Company profile: Daniel Deroche Business know-how: How to manage your time Project: Researching a company's structure Listening: Describing current activities Reading: E-commerce Speaking: Making and answering phone calls Writing: Writing a web page Language spot: Present Continuous Vocabulary: Departments in a company Pronunciation: Phone numbers 3. Travel It's my job / Company profile: bmi Business know-how: Travelling tips Project: Researching an airline Listening: Bad travel experience Reading: Hotel adverts Speaking: Apologizing; Booking a hotel
Writing: Filling in an online booking form
Language spot: Past Simple Vocabulary: Travel 4. Sport It's my job / Company profile: Ali Prasad Business know-how: How to concentrate Project: Researching sports sponsorship
Listening: Favourite sport; Describing qualifications and experience Reading: Sport - it's big business! Speaking: Leaving a phone message
Writing: Writing a job application letter Language spot: Present Perfect 5. Sales It's my job / Company profile: QXL Business know-how: Find your own USPs Project: Researching eBay Reading: Sales techniques Speaking: Making and accepting invitations; Arranging a meeting Writing: Emailing a schedule Language spot: Present Continuous for future, be going to Vocabulary: Describing trends Pronunciation: going to 6. Cultural awareness It's my job / Company profile: Dermot Kincaid Business know-how: How to make a good impression Project: Researching advice on how to behave in a particular country Listening: Cultural faux pas; Recorded messages Reading: How to talk to an American; Glocalization Writing: Writing a job description Language spot: Talking about obligation Pronunciation: must / mustn't 7. Trade fairs It's my job / Company profile: Yo! Business know-how: Attending a careers fair Project: Researching an entrepreneur Listening: Discussing freebies for a trade fair; Interviews with trade fair attendees Reading: Trade fairs and exhibitions Speaking: Giving advice; Eating out
Writing: Emailing a description of a trade fair Language spot: should / shouldn't 8. Advertising It's my job / Company profile: Ana Blume
Business know-how: Improve your creativity Project: Creating an advert promoting careers in sport Listening: Radio adverts Reading: Advertising techniques; Who's who in advertising Speaking: Checking information Writing: Writing a description of an item for an online auction Language spot: Comparatives and superlatives Pronunciation: Emphasising information Writing bank Emails 1 - Making contact Emails 2 - Hotel booking Letters 1 - Thanking Emails 3 - Arranging a meeting Letters 2 - Enquiries Letters 3 - Following up Emails 4 - Inviting CVs Faxes - Giving directions Emails 5 - Answering enquiries Report Emails 6 - Complaining Letters 4 - Job applications Writing bank key 9. Fashion and style It's my job / Company profile: Gap Inc. Business know-how: How to dress for the international business world Project: Presenting your company Listening: Answering a fashion questionnaire; People who work in the fashion industry Reading: Camper shoes Speaking: Making requests Writing: Writing and replying to invitations Language spot: Present Perfect Vocabulary: Noun + noun combinations 10. Technology It's my job / Company profile: Gary Wilson Business know-how: Staying up to date Listening: Email tips Reading: How the Internet works; Netiquette - email manners; Bad experiences with technology Reading: How the Internet works; Netiquette - email manners; Bad experiences with technology Speaking: Taking and leaving a phone message Writing: making requests by email Language spot: The Passive Pronunciation: Email addresses 11. Job satisfaction It's my job / Company profile: Lush Business know-how: Are you getting job satisfaction? Project: Researching good employers Listening: Talking about working conditions Reading: The best UK companies to work for Speaking: Checking and reassuring Writing: Writing about the job you would like Language spot: Question tags 12. Market research It's my job / Company profile: Matsuko Takahashi Business know-how: Be a good listener Listening: Interviews in the street; Interview with an ethnographer Reading: A market research report; Ethnographers - watching people shop Speaking: Making polite requests Language spot: First Conditional Vocabulary: Describing percentages Pronunciation: Intonation 13. Bright ideas It's my job / Company profile: Apple Computer Inc Business know-how: Become more inventive Project: Researching Trivial Pursuit Listening: Interview with Trevor Baylis Reading: The best office inventions; The business of invention Speaking: Agreeing and disagreeing Writing: Writing about your hero Language spot: Past Continuous
14. Dealing with people It's my job / Company profile: Anna Scarpino Business know-how: Dealing with your anger Project: Do an online test about your Emotional Intelligence Reading: Emotional Intelligence Speaking: Making and dealing with complaints Writing: Email complaining about an incorrect order Language spot: Second Conditional Vocabulary: Word families - verbs and nouns Pronunciation: Dark 'I' 15. Getting a job It's my job / Company profile: IKEA Business know-how: Key interview questions Project: Finding a suitable job online Listening: Job interviews Reading: How not to impress at an interview! Speaking: Talking about plans; Role-playing a job interview Writing: Filling in a job application form Language spot: will / won't / may / might Vocabulary: Getting, being off, and leaving work Speaking activities Grammar reference Listening scripts Glossary
"Commerce 1 gives you the language, information, and skills you need to start your career: • It's my job - real people talk about their work in commerce • 9 to 5 - expressions for working and socializing with colleagues • Business know-how - key interpersonal skills for business • Writing bank - practice in business writing • Facts, figures, and quotations all about commerce • Online interactive exercises to revise and recycle language: www.oup.com/elt/oefc." (Book Cover) CONTENTS:
1. The business environment It's my job / Company profile: Amazon.com Business know-how: Getting on in business Project: Researching a well-known company Listening: Describing daily office routine Reading: Don't disturb me - I'm not working! Speaking: Meeting people Writing: Emailing a friend about your job Language spot: Present Simple Vocabulary: Forming jobs from verbs Pronunciation: Numbers
2. The company It's my job / Company profile: Daniel Deroche Business know-how: How to manage your time Project: Researching a company's structure Listening: Describing current activities Reading: E-commerce Speaking: Making and answering phone calls Writing: Writing a web page Language spot: Present Continuous Vocabulary: Departments in a company Pronunciation: Phone numbers
3. Travel It's my job / Company profile: bmi Business know-how: Travelling tips Project: Researching an airline Listening: Bad travel experience Reading: Hotel adverts Speaking: Apologizing; Booking a hotel Writing: Filling in an online booking form Language spot: Past Simple Vocabulary: Travel
4. Sport It's my job / Company profile: Ali Prasad Business know-how: How to concentrate Project: Researching sports sponsorship Listening: Favourite sport; Describing qualifications and experience Reading: Sport - it's big business! Speaking: Leaving a phone message Writing: Writing a job application letter Language spot: Present Perfect
5. Sales It's my job / Company profile: QXL Business know-how: Find your own USPs Project: Researching eBay Reading: Sales techniques Speaking: Making and accepting invitations; Arranging a meeting Writing: Emailing a schedule Language spot: Present Continuous for future, be going to Vocabulary: Describing trends Pronunciation: going to
6. Cultural awareness It's my job / Company profile: Dermot Kincaid Business know-how: How to make a good impression Project: Researching advice on how to behave in a particular country Listening: Cultural faux pas; Recorded messages Reading: How to talk to an American; Glocalization Writing: Writing a job description Language spot: Talking about obligation Pronunciation: must / mustn't
7. Trade fairs It's my job / Company profile: Yo! Business know-how: Attending a careers fair Project: Researching an entrepreneur Listening: Discussing freebies for a trade fair; Interviews with trade fair attendees Reading: Trade fairs and exhibitions Speaking: Giving advice; Eating out Writing: Emailing a description of a trade fair Language spot: should / shouldn't
8. Advertising It's my job / Company profile: Ana Blume Business know-how: Improve your creativity Project: Creating an advert promoting careers in sport Listening: Radio adverts Reading: Advertising techniques; Who's who in advertising Speaking: Checking information Writing: Writing a description of an item for an online auction Language spot: Comparatives and superlatives Pronunciation: Emphasising information
Writing bank Emails 1 - Making contact Emails 2 - Hotel booking Letters 1 - Thanking Emails 3 - Arranging a meeting Letters 2 - Enquiries Letters 3 - Following up Emails 4 - Inviting CVs Faxes - Giving directions Emails 5 - Answering enquiries Report Emails 6 - Complaining Letters 4 - Job applications Writing bank key
9. Fashion and style It's my job / Company profile: Gap Inc. Business know-how: How to dress for the international business world Project: Presenting your company Listening: Answering a fashion questionnaire; People who work in the fashion industry Reading: Camper shoes Speaking: Making requests Writing: Writing and replying to invitations Language spot: Present Perfect Vocabulary: Noun + noun combinations
10. Technology It's my job / Company profile: Gary Wilson Business know-how: Staying up to date Listening: Email tips Reading: How the Internet works; Netiquette - email manners; Bad experiences with technology Speaking: Taking and leaving a phone message Writing: making requests by email Language spot: The Passive Pronunciation: Email addresses
11. Job satisfaction It's my job / Company profile: Lush Business know-how: Are you getting job satisfaction? Project: Researching good employers Listening: Talking about working conditions Reading: The best UK companies to work for Speaking: Checking and reassuring Writing: Writing about the job you would like Language spot: Question tags
12. Market research It's my job / Company profile: Matsuko Takahashi Business know-how: Be a good listener Listening: Interviews in the street; Interview with an ethnographer Reading: A market research report; Ethnographers - watching people shop Speaking: Making polite requests Language spot: First Conditional Vocabulary: Describing percentages Pronunciation: Intonation
13. Bright ideas It's my job / Company profile: Apple Computer Inc. Business know-how: Become more inventive Project: Researching Trivial Pursuit Listening: Interview with Trevor Baylis Reading: The best office inventions; The business of invention Speaking: Agreeing and disagreeing Writing: Writing about your hero Language spot: Past Continuous
14. Dealing with people It's my job / Company profile: Anna Scarpino Business know-how: Dealing with your anger Project: Do an online test about your Emotional Intelligence Reading: Emotional Intelligence Speaking: Making and dealing with complaints Writing: Email complaining about an incorrect order Language spot: Second Conditional Vocabulary: Word families - verbs and nouns Pronunciation: Dark 'I'
15. Getting a job It's my job / Company profile: IKEA Business know-how: Key interview questions Project: Finding a suitable job online Listening: Job interviews Reading: How not to impress at an interview! Speaking: Talking about plans; Role-playing a job interview Writing: Filling in a job application form Language spot: will / won't / may / might Vocabulary: Getting, being off, and leaving work
Commerce is ideal for pre-work students, studying at pre-intermediate to intermediate levels, who will need to use English in work situations. Publisher's Website.