Dummett, Paul <br/><br/>
Total Business 3 / 
Paul Dummett with Colin Benn. 
 - London, UK :  Boston, MA :  Summertown publishing ;  National Geographic Learning,  2009. 
 - 141 p. :  col. ill. ;  30 cm. +  1 audio CD (4 3/4 in.) 
 - Total Business .
<br/><br/>"Total Business is a three-level business English course for pre-work students and business people wishing to improve their English and their employment prospects. It is also suitable for in-company training. The 12 modules are divided into:<br/>  Business Topics - lessons to teach vocabulary used in the working world<br/>  Business Skills - lessons to develop essential communication skills<br/>  Learning Strategies - lessons that focus on language learning in the business context The core lessons offer:<br/>  Modern, business-related topics to engage students and involve them in the practice of everyday business<br/>  An integrated grammar syllabus offering extensive functional practice<br/>  Varied activities and learning strategies to motivate and support students in their studies." (Book Cover) CONTENTS: Module 1 BUSINESS TOPIC 1.1 Working life<br/>  VOCABULARY: Describing working life<br/>  READING: Attitudes to work<br/>  GRAMMAR: Gerund and infinitive<br/>  LISTENING: The future of human resources<br/>  VOCABULARY: CVs and personal summaries<br/>  READING: The anonymous CV BUSINESS SKILLS 1.2 Asking and answering questions<br/>  LISTENING: An environmental accident<br/>  GRAMMAR: Indirect questions<br/>  SPEAKING: A job interview LEARNING STRATEGIES 1.3 READING: Understanding gist Module 2 BUSINESS TOPIC 2.1 Growing the company <br/>  VOCABULARY: Parts of a company <br/>  VOCABULARY: Growth strategy <br/>  READING: SAP competes with ‘organic growth’ <br/>  GRAMMAR: Past tenses<br/>  WRITING: Writing about the past<br/>  READING: Mergers and acquisitions<br/>  LISTENING: The PeopleSoft takeover<br/>  WRITING: A press release<br/>  READING: Organisational culture<br/>  SPEAKING: An employee survey  BUSINESS SKILLS 2.2 Presenting facts<br/>  LISTENING: Falling shares<br/>  SPEAKING: Presenting facts LEARNING STRATEGIES 2.3 SPEAKING: Giving personal information Module 3 BUSINESS TOPIC 3.1 Communication at work<br/>  VOCABULARY: Means of communication<br/>  READING: Better communication?<br/>  GRAMMAR: Verb patterns<br/>  LISTENING: Dealing with problems<br/>  SPEAKING: Handling calls sensitively BUSINESS SKILLS 3.2 Email exchange<br/>  WRITING: Formal and informal emails LEARNING STRATEGIES 3.3 LISTENING: Note-taking Module 4 BUSINESS TOPIC 4.1 The art of selling<br/>  VOCABULARY: Selling<br/>  LISTENING: Sales techniques<br/>  READING: Advertising trends<br/>  GRAMMAR: Tenses and time phrases<br/>  GRAMMAR: Transitive and intransitive verbs<br/>  SPEAKING: In the field<br/>  WRITING: A sales report BUSINESS SKILLS 4.2 Presenting figures<br/>  VOCABULARY: Describing performance<br/>  LISTENING: A sales forecast<br/>  SPEAKING: Presenting figures LEARNING STRATEGIES 4.3 WRITING: Describing and explaining graphs Module 5 BUSINESS TOPIC 5.1 Money and finance<br/>  VOCABULARY: Money expressions<br/>  SPEAKING: A bank loan<br/>  LISTENING: A culture of debt<br/>  GRAMMAR: Expressions of comparison<br/>  SPEAKING: Choosing an investment<br/>  VOCABULARY: Company finance<br/>  READING: A financial summary BUSINESS SKILLS 5.2 Discussing options<br/>  VOCABULARY: Business costs<br/>  LISTENING: Discussing costs<br/>  SPEAKING: Discussing options and making recommendations<br/> LEARNING STRATEGIES 5.3 LISTENING: Monologues Module 6 BUSINESS TOPIC 6.1 Purchasing power<br/>  VOCABULARY: Online trading<br/>  SPEAKING: Managing suppliers<br/>  READING: How the supermarkets are squeezing their suppliers<br/>  GRAMMAR: Relative and participial clauses<br/>  LISTENING: A contract to supply<br/>  GRAMMAR: Ordering events; tense practice<br/>  WRITING: A letter of complaint BUSINESS SKILLS 6.2 Telephoning<br/>  VOCABULARY: Telephone expressions<br/>  SPEAKING: Problems with orders LEARNING STRATEGIES 6.3 WRITING: Letters, reports and proposals Module 7 BUSINESS TOPIC 7.1 Managing people<br/>  VOCABULARY: Managerial qualities<br/>  LISTENING: Strengths and weaknesses<br/>  VOCABULARY: Idioms: management problems<br/>  GRAMMAR: Expressing purpose<br/>  READING: Management consultants<br/>  GRAMMAR: Word order: adverbs BUSINESS SKILLS 7.2 Report writing<br/>  WRITING: A business report<br/>  VOCABULARY: Linking phrases<br/>  WRITING: A report on employee training LEARNING STRATEGIES 7.3 READING: Linking ideas Module 8 BUSINESS TOPIC 8.1 Being responsible<br/>  VOCABULARY: Environmental problems<br/>  LISTENING: Strengths and weaknesses<br/>  VOCABULARY: Idioms: management problems<br/>  GRAMMAR: Expressing purpose<br/>  READING: Management consultants  GRAMMAR: Word order: adverbs BUSINESS SKILLS 8.2 Formal meetings<br/>  VOCABULARY: Business meetings<br/>  GRAMMAR: Modal verbs<br/>  SPEAKING: Discussing business ethics LEARNING STRATEGIES 8.3 READING: Vocabulary and collocation Module 9 BUSINESS TOPIC 9.1 Innovation<br/>  VOCABULARY: Describing products<br/>  SPEAKING: Market research<br/>  GRAMMAR: Collocations: verb + proposition<br/>  LISTENING: A product presentation<br/>  READING: Don't waste your money on innovation<br/>  LISTENING: Idioms<br/>  GRAMMAR: would<br/>  WRITING: A letter in response to a request BUSINESS SKILLS 9.2 Negotiating<br/>  READING: Getting past no<br/>  SPEAKING: Business angels: a negotiation LEARNING STRATEGIES 9.3 READING: Interpreting the main ideas Module 10 BUSINESS TOPIC 10.1 Travel and entertainment<br/>  VOCABULARY: Business travel<br/>  LISTENING: A team-building day<br/>  GRAMMAR: Future forms<br/>  READING: Events management<br/>  VOCABULARY: go and get<br/>  READING: Planning a corporate event<br/>  SPEAKING: Making a pitch BUSINESS SKILLS 10.2 The language of proposals<br/>  LISTENING: Taking notes<br/>  READING: Two proposals<br/>  WRITING: A proposal for a corporate event LEARNING STRATEGIES 10.3 Speaking: Discussing and reaching a decision Module 11 BUSINESS TOPIC 11. The economy<br/>  VOCABULARY: Economic issues<br/>  READING: The new philanthropists<br/>  GRAMMAR: Conditionals (types 1 and 2)  SPEAKING: Socio-economic problems<br/>  READING: Nicaragua? Yes, please!<br/>  LISTENING: Relocation experiences BUSINESS SKILLS 11.2 Effective writing<br/>  WRITING: Written business communication<br/>  WRITING: A delicate letter LEARNING STRATEGIES 11.3 SPEAKING: Presentations Module 12 BUSINESS TOPIC 12.1 Crossing cultures<br/>  VOCABULARY: Globalisation<br/>  READING: Cross-cultural communication<br/>  READING: Understanding cultural differences<br/>  GRAMMAR: Speculation<br/>  READING: China rules<br/>  LISTENING: Understanding business culture<br/>  WRITING: A market profile report BUSINESS SKILLS 12.2 Social English<br/>  VOCABULARY: Conversation starters<br/>  LISTENING: Small talk: short responses<br/>  SPEAKING: Social situations LEARNING STRATEGIES 12.3 READING: Proofreading Information files (Student B) Useful expressions Business idioms Listening scripts 
<br/><br/> C1 (Effective Profiency) - CEFR; for Advanced learners of English as a second  language. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780462098692 (student's book) 9780462098722 (audio CDs) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Business English--Textbooks for foreign speakers.<br/>English language--Business English--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.