TY - BOOK AU - Dummett,Paul AU - Benn,Colin TI - Total Business 3 SN - 9780462098692 (student's book) PY - 2009/// CY - London, UK, Boston, MA PB - Summertown publishing, National Geographic Learning KW - English language KW - Business English KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers N1 - "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 ; Business Topics - lessons to teach vocabulary used in the working world ; Business Skills - lessons to develop essential communication skills ; Learning Strategies - lessons that focus on language learning in the business context; The core lessons offer ; Modern, business-related topics to engage students and involve them in the practice of everyday business ; An integrated grammar syllabus offering extensive functional practice ; Varied activities and learning strategies to motivate and support students in their studies." (Book Cover); CONTENTS; Module 1; BUSINESS TOPIC; 1.1 Working life ; VOCABULARY: Describing working life ; READING: Attitudes to work ; GRAMMAR: Gerund and infinitive ; LISTENING: The future of human resources ; VOCABULARY: CVs and personal summaries ; READING: The anonymous CV; BUSINESS SKILLS; 1.2 Asking and answering questions ; LISTENING: An environmental accident ; GRAMMAR: Indirect questions ; SPEAKING: A job interview; LEARNING STRATEGIES; 1.3 READING: Understanding gist; Module 2; BUSINESS TOPIC; 2.1 Growing the company ; VOCABULARY: Parts of a company ; VOCABULARY: Growth strategy ; READING: SAP competes with ‘organic growth’ ; GRAMMAR: Past tenses ; WRITING: Writing about the past ; READING: Mergers and acquisitions ; LISTENING: The PeopleSoft takeover ; WRITING: A press release ; READING: Organisational culture ; SPEAKING: An employee survey; BUSINESS SKILLS; 2.2 Presenting facts ; LISTENING: Falling shares ; SPEAKING: Presenting facts; LEARNING STRATEGIES; 2.3 SPEAKING: Giving personal information; Module 3; BUSINESS TOPIC; 3.1 Communication at work ; VOCABULARY: Means of communication ; READING: Better communication? ; GRAMMAR: Verb patterns ; LISTENING: Dealing with problems ; SPEAKING: Handling calls sensitively; BUSINESS SKILLS; 3.2 Email exchange ; WRITING: Formal and informal emails; LEARNING STRATEGIES; 3.3 LISTENING: Note-taking; Module 4; BUSINESS TOPIC; 4.1 The art of selling ; VOCABULARY: Selling ; LISTENING: Sales techniques ; READING: Advertising trends ; GRAMMAR: Tenses and time phrases ; GRAMMAR: Transitive and intransitive verbs ; SPEAKING: In the field ; WRITING: A sales report; BUSINESS SKILLS; 4.2 Presenting figures ; VOCABULARY: Describing performance ; LISTENING: A sales forecast ; SPEAKING: Presenting figures; LEARNING STRATEGIES; 4.3 WRITING: Describing and explaining graphs; Module 5; BUSINESS TOPIC; 5.1 Money and finance ; VOCABULARY: Money expressions ; SPEAKING: A bank loan ; LISTENING: A culture of debt ; GRAMMAR: Expressions of comparison ; SPEAKING: Choosing an investment ; VOCABULARY: Company finance ; READING: A financial summary; BUSINESS SKILLS; 5.2 Discussing options ; VOCABULARY: Business costs ; LISTENING: Discussing costs ; SPEAKING: Discussing options and making recommendations ; LEARNING STRATEGIES; 5.3 LISTENING: Monologues; Module 6; BUSINESS TOPIC; 6.1 Purchasing power ; VOCABULARY: Online trading ; SPEAKING: Managing suppliers ; READING: How the supermarkets are squeezing their suppliers ; GRAMMAR: Relative and participial clauses ; LISTENING: A contract to supply ; GRAMMAR: Ordering events; tense practice ; WRITING: A letter of complaint; BUSINESS SKILLS; 6.2 Telephoning ; VOCABULARY: Telephone expressions ; SPEAKING: Problems with orders; LEARNING STRATEGIES; 6.3 WRITING: Letters, reports and proposals; Module 7; BUSINESS TOPIC; 7.1 Managing people ; VOCABULARY: Managerial qualities ; LISTENING: Strengths and weaknesses ; VOCABULARY: Idioms: management problems ; GRAMMAR: Expressing purpose ; READING: Management consultants ; GRAMMAR: Word order: adverbs; BUSINESS SKILLS; 7.2 Report writing ; WRITING: A business report ; VOCABULARY: Linking phrases ; WRITING: A report on employee training; LEARNING STRATEGIES; 7.3 READING: Linking ideas; Module 8; BUSINESS TOPIC; 8.1 Being responsible ; VOCABULARY: Environmental problems ; LISTENING: Strengths and weaknesses ; VOCABULARY: Idioms: management problems ; GRAMMAR: Expressing purpose ; READING: Management consultants; GRAMMAR: Word order: adverbs; BUSINESS SKILLS; 8.2 Formal meetings ; VOCABULARY: Business meetings ; GRAMMAR: Modal verbs ; SPEAKING: Discussing business ethics; LEARNING STRATEGIES; 8.3 READING: Vocabulary and collocation; Module 9; BUSINESS TOPIC; 9.1 Innovation ; VOCABULARY: Describing products ; SPEAKING: Market research ; GRAMMAR: Collocations: verb + proposition ; LISTENING: A product presentation ; READING: Don't waste your money on innovation ; LISTENING: Idioms ; GRAMMAR: would ; WRITING: A letter in response to a request; BUSINESS SKILLS; 9.2 Negotiating ; READING: Getting past no ; SPEAKING: Business angels: a negotiation; LEARNING STRATEGIES; 9.3 READING: Interpreting the main ideas; Module 10; BUSINESS TOPIC; 10.1 Travel and entertainment ; VOCABULARY: Business travel ; LISTENING: A team-building day ; GRAMMAR: Future forms ; READING: Events management ; VOCABULARY: go and get ; READING: Planning a corporate event ; SPEAKING: Making a pitch; BUSINESS SKILLS; 10.2 The language of proposals ; LISTENING: Taking notes ; READING: Two proposals ; WRITING: A proposal for a corporate event; LEARNING STRATEGIES; 10.3 Speaking: Discussing and reaching a decision; Module 11; BUSINESS TOPIC; 11. The economy ; VOCABULARY: Economic issues ; READING: The new philanthropists ; GRAMMAR: Conditionals (types 1 and 2); SPEAKING: Socio-economic problems ; READING: Nicaragua? Yes, please! ; LISTENING: Relocation experiences; BUSINESS SKILLS; 11.2 Effective writing ; WRITING: Written business communication ; WRITING: A delicate letter; LEARNING STRATEGIES; 11.3 SPEAKING: Presentations; Module 12; BUSINESS TOPIC; 12.1 Crossing cultures ; VOCABULARY: Globalisation ; READING: Cross-cultural communication ; READING: Understanding cultural differences ; GRAMMAR: Speculation ; READING: China rules ; LISTENING: Understanding business culture ; WRITING: A market profile report; BUSINESS SKILLS; 12.2 Social English ; VOCABULARY: Conversation starters ; LISTENING: Small talk: short responses ; SPEAKING: Social situations; LEARNING STRATEGIES; 12.3 READING: Proofreading; Information files (Student B); Useful expressions; Business idioms; Listening scripts; C1 (Effective Profiency) - CEFR; for Advanced learners of English as a second language UR - https://eltngl.com/search/productOverview.do?N=200+4294918395+4294891462&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=2348421702047870489877140674155891313&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&homePage=false ER -