Quirk-Drolet, Susan <br/><br/>
Technically Speaking :  English at Work /  
Susan Quirk Drolet and Ann Farrell Séguin. 
 - 2nd ed.  
 - Montréal :  Pearson ERPI,  2008.  
 - 240 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm.  
<br/><br/> Includes Term projects, Complimentary Articles, a Reference Section, Worksheets and an Answer Key for the Grammar Units. 
<br/><br/>Unit 1: Do You Have What It Takes?<br/>  Activity 1.1 Two Ps in a Pod - Vocabulary<br/>  Activity 1.3 Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall - Vocabulary<br/>  Activity 1.4 The Purpose of Passion - Reading: "Align Work, Passion and You'll Thrive on the Job" by Grace Cirocco<br/>  Activity 1.5 The Way of the Tiger, Part One - Listening<br/>  Activity 1.6 The Survey Quest - Speaking and Writing<br/>  Activity 1.7 It's Not Just What You Know - Reading: "The Hard Facts about Soft Skills" by Julie Fortier<br/>  Activity 1.8 Risky Business - Watching "Hardwired for Thrills (CBC)<br/>  Vocabulary - Expressing Your Thoughts<br/>  Follow-up Report<br/>  Grammar Component<br/>  A. Forming Questions<br/>  B. Understanding Parts of Speech<br/>  C. Common Errors Unit 2 Have You Considered all the Options?  Activity 2.1 Feeling Smart or Smart Feelings? - Reading: "How Feelings Can Kick-start Your Career"   Activity 2.2 Taking Note of Note-Taking - Listening: "The way of the Tiger, Part Two"<br/>  Activity 2.3 What Would You Do If ...? - Speaking<br/>  Activity 2.4 Workplaces That Work - Reading: "Report Gives Employers Food for Thought"   Activity 2.5 Toxic Bosses - Watching: "Dealing with Toxic Bosses"<br/>  Activity 2.6 Good, Better or Best - Reading: "Targeting Job Options Pays Off for Young Seeker"   Vocabulary - Expressing Your Thoughts<br/>  Follow-up Report<br/>  by Marcia Kay<br/>  by Ellen Roseman<br/>  by Janis Foord Kirk<br/> Grammar Component<br/>  A. Drawing Comparisons<br/>  B. Modals<br/>  C. Simply Progressing<br/>  D. A Case of Possessives<br/> Unit 3: Where Do You Go from Here?<br/>  Activity 3.1 Coming to Terms - Vocabulary<br/>  Activity 3.2 Getting Started - Reading: "Networking Is an Important Part of Finding a Job"   Activity 3.3 A Catch-22 - Watching: "Interview with Mark Swartz"<br/>  Activity 3.4 Working on Your Abs - Vocabulary<br/>  Activity 3.5 Taking Care of Business<br/>  Reading: "On Campus Entrepreneurs Becoming More Common"   by Courtney Gillies<br/>  by Kendra Locke<br/> Activity 3.6 Where There's a Will, There's a Way - Watching "Canadian Engineering Graduates Help Impoverished Countries through Technology"<br/>  Activity 3.7 Why Me? - Speaking<br/>  Activity 3.8 Yours Truly - Writing Business Letters<br/>  Vocabulary - Expressing Your Thoughts<br/>  Follow-up Report<br/> Grammar Component<br/>  A. Tensing p<br/>  B. Glancing at Gerunds<br/> Unit 4: Are You Putting Your Best Food Forward?<br/>  Activity 4.1 The "Write" Words - Vocabulary<br/>  Activity 4.2 Getting Things Covered - Reading: "Solid Reasons for Writing a Cover Letter"<br/>  Activity 4.3 Letter Perfect - Writing Cover Letters<br/>  Activity 4.4 What's Your Line? - Listening Interviews with Eric Gudernatsch, Nadia Bhuiyan and Matthew Wahab<br/>  Activity 4.5 At Ease with C.V.c - Writing a C.V.<br/>  Activity 4.6 Questioning Answers - Reading: "Taking the Stress out of a Job Interview" by Janis Foord Kirk<br/>  Activity 4.7 Words at Work - Vocabulary/Listening: "Norman and the Job Interview/Discussion<br/>  Activity 4.8 Body Building - Discussion/Vocabulary<br/>  Activity 4.9 The Real Deal - Watching: "Dissecting a Job Interview" <br/>  Activity 4.10 Practice Makes Perfect - Speaking and Writing<br/>  Activity 4.11 You Be the Judge! - Discussion<br/>  Vocabulary - Expressing Your Thoughts<br/>  Follow-up Report<br/> Grammar Component<br/>  A. Practice Makes Perfect: Questions<br/>  B. Past History and More<br/>  C. True or False (False Cognates)<br/> Unit 5: Are You Staying on Top of Things?<br/>  Activity 5.1 Survival Skills - Reading:"Surviving Your First Job - What They Never Taught You at College"   Activity 5.2 Back to Basics - Watching: "E-mail Stress Study" and "Workplace Faux Pas: Having Effective Conversations"<br/>  Activity 5.3 Spending Time and Money - Reading: "Saving is Painless and It Pays Off"  Activity 5.4 How Will You Manage? - Program-Related Role Playing Situations - Speaking<br/>  Activity 5.5 Simon Says - Listening: "Interview with Peter Simons"<br/>  Activity 5.6 Are You Getting Down to Business? - Reading: "Learn if You're Cut Out for Self-Employment" by Joanne Larouche and Peter Johnson<br/>  Activity 5.7 Getting to the Top - Reading: "Seven Secrets of Peak Performance" by Morton Hunt<br/>  Activity 5.8 Word Wrap-up - Vocabulary<br/>  Vocabulary - Expressing Your Thoughts<br/>  Follow-up Report<br/>  by Dede Bartlett<br/>   by Wendy McLellan<br/> Grammar Component<br/>  A. An Active Look at the Passive<br/>  B. Review: Verbs, Modals, Comparisons<br/>  C. Review: Parts of Speech<br/> Supplementary Unit: Are You Getting the Message?<br/> Section 1: Using E-mail<br/>  Part 1: E-mail Etiquette - Reading "E-mail Etiquette Smoothes the Way"   Part 2: E-mail Burnout - Listening<br/>  Part 3: E-mail Scramble<br/>  by Steve Whysall<br/> Section 2: Using the Phone<br/>  Part 1: Creating a Good First Impression - Vocabulary<br/>  Part 2: Telephone Messages and Conversations<br/>  Part 3: Phone at Work - Speaking/Listening: "Getting the Right Message" and "Phone Scramble"<br/> Section 3: Using a Dictionary<br/>  Part 1: Your Dictionary: More Than Just Definitions<br/>  Part 2: Using Your Dictionary for Pronunciation Tips<br/>  Part 3: Using Your Dictionary for Stressing the Appropriate Syllables <br/>  Part 4: Using Your Dictionary for Help with Prepositions<br/>  Wrap-up Activity<br/> Section 4: Speaking Techniques - Working on Pronunciation<br/>  Part 1: English Stress and Intonation<br/>  Part 2: Pronouncing the Final s<br/>  Part 3: Pronouncing the Final ed<br/>  Part 4: Pronouncing th<br/>  Part 5: Pronouncing h (or not) at the Start of a Word<br/>  Part 6: Pronouncing ough<br/> Section 5: Reading Techniques - Working on Reading More Effectively<br/>  Part 1: Skimming and Scanning<br/>  Part 2: Context Clues<br/>  Part 3: Prefixes and Suffixes<br/>  Part 4: Pronouns and Discourse Markers<br/> Term projects<br/> Complimentary Articles<br/> Reference Section<br/> Worksheets<br/> Answer Key - Grammar Units<br/> 
<br/><br/> "Technically Speaking: English at Work, Second Edition is aimed at ESL students at the intermediate to high intermediate level. It presents career-related activities that not only prepare students for the workforce but give them the opportunity to improve and enrich both their lexical and structural knowledge of English. The second edition provides several new updated articles and authentic audio interviews with people working in technical fields, including an interview with Peter Simons, co-owner of Simons, in which he gives advice to students preparing for the workforce. In addition to the supplementary and reference sections, more dynamic and interactive features have been added for both students and teachers: pronunciation and stress exercises; a DVD with authentic work-related videos from current Canadian news programs; explanations and exercises for reading skills and dictionary usage; and an integrated answer key for the grammar exercises which allows for auto-correction." (Book Cover) 
<br/><br/> Intended for intermediate to high-intermediate workplace English learners.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9782761325714 (Teacher's Annotated Edition). 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Business English--Problems and exercises.<br/>English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.