By Carolyn Walker With Paul Harvey Series edited by Terry Phillips
The Garnet Education. — 130 p.Level: Upper intermediate to proficiency
CEF: B2 to C2
IELTS: 5.0 to 7.5+English for Business Studies is a skills-based course designed specifically for students of business who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. It provides carefully graded practice and progressions in the key academic skills that all students need, such as listening to lectures and speaking in seminars. It also equips students with the specialist business language they need to participate successfully within a business studies faculty. Extensive listening exercises come from business studies lectures, and all reading texts are taken from the same field of study.ContentsUnit 1: The business of business
Unit 2: The organization of work
Unit 3: Getting the work done
Unit 4: The world of technology
Unit 5: People and markets
Unit 6: Products and strategies
Unit 7: Operations: producing the goods
Unit 8: Operations: efficiency, costs and quality
Unit 9: Managing financial accounts
Unit 10: Funding company activities
Unit 11: External influences
Unit 12: Strategy and change
