Business Listening and Speaking

Make it your business to succeed in Business English! This new course offers 60-90 hours of cutting-edge material focused on improving learners' listening and speaking skills in the business world. The 15 two-color units cover work habits, problems and benefits of running a business, planning a meeting, business and tourism, advertising strategies, evaluating potential new markets, the power of the Internet, and negotiating. Each unit is organized in three sections: Speaking Tasks; Listening Tasks (tasks featuring a balanced mix of American, British, and other English accents); and a Listening Clinic (focuses on a single aspect of connected speech). CDs feature the listening material in naturally spoken English, including American, British, and other world Englishes.