ESL Guide to American Business English

ESL Guide to American Business English
Author: Andrea B. Geffner
Publisher: Barrons Educational Services
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-10-01
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780764105944

Focused especially to fit the needs of ESL students, this handbook for communicating in business situations describes a wide variety of business writings, and recommends appropriate styles and formats for each. Samples and instruction cover sales and public relations letters, reports and proposals, resumes, job applications, and much more. A section on usage reviews basics of English grammar, emphasizing sentence construction and verb forms. Students of English as a second language who plan to do business in North America can become confused by jargon and formalisms that sometimes invade business correspondence. Author Andrea Geffner's advice to them is to relax and stop worrying about sounding "business-like" or "official." Correct but relaxed English is always preferable. This book will meet the needs of all ESL students--especially those in business schools--but can also serve as a general quick reference guide in any business office.

American Business English

American Business English
Author: Eric Thomas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2020-08-13
Genre:
ISBN:

Business English is key in our globalized world. Learning English for business is not only a good skill, it is essential!This book was written by a Business English trainer with over 10 years of experience. Eric has contracted with huge multinational organizations such as Airbus, the UN, Chevron, GM, Johnson & Johnson, Inditex, Syngenta, National Instruments, Doosan Infracore, Panalpina, Ferrovial, Lotte, and many others. In this short book, you will learn how to use business English in a variety of contexts, such as: We need to "take initiative" and do everything "ahead of time."Then you have to "follow-up" to "address" any concerns.We have to show the "pros and cons" and "come up with" new ideas. A "slump" in the market could be followed by "sharp" increases.You will learn how to speak about: - Greetings- Interviews- Work/life balance- Negotiation- Work Dinners- Meetings- Presentations- Business Trips- Innovation- Productivity- Startups- Sales pitch- Decision making- Creativity- Describing Personality- Emails- Stress Management- TrainingAnnual Employee Reviews- Leadership- Recruiting and Hiring

Business English

Business English
Author: María Isabel Castro Cid
Publisher:
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2005
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781400020867

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Speak Business English Like an American for Native Chinese Speakers

Speak Business English Like an American for Native Chinese Speakers
Author: Amy Gillett
Publisher: Language Success Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0981775411

Speak Business English Like an American for Native Chinese Speakers is a popular new book & audio CD set designed to help you succeed on the job - whatever you're doing, wherever you're working. The set is great for self-study, with dozens of helpful exercises to reinforce the material. American English speakers use many phrases and expressions on the job. If you don't know these expressions, you're left out of the conversation. You're out of it. This book & CD will help you speak business English like an American -- quickly and confidently. Once you have the knack, no one can take it away from you. With this book and CD, your career will benefit for years to come. You'll learn the idioms & expressions that you hear at work. What do your colleagues and coworkers, your customers or clients really mean? How can you use these expressions too? All expressions are defined in both English and Chinese. Language is always changing and business English changes especially fast. That's why we've explained the most up-to-date expressions -- today's business English. Now you'll be able to use these expressions, too. People will marvel at your command of English.

English at Work

English at Work
Author: Ellen Jovin
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2020-02-07
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1529384656

This Grammar Guru will solve the world's problems. Or, at least, help you figure out when to use an Oxford comma. - The New York Times Put your English skills to work for you! This book is ideal for intermediate and advanced (CEFR B1-C1) nonnative speakers of English seeking to increase their communication confidence and effectiveness in the workplace. Improve your precision and professionalism so your ideas shine! The book consists of 50 short quizzes which include the most common English errors made by nonnative speakers in professional environments. This fun format allows you to find your own frequent errors and fix them. You will test your skills quickly, daily, and build your language awareness and accuracy in writing and speaking English. Short, clear explanations after each quiz help you improve your knowledge of the grammar rules. Complementing the quizzes are Ellen says boxes with the same practical advice on good communication etiquette and habits that Ellen has been sharing for years with large corporate clients in New York City and beyond. Witty and humorous drawings illustrate confusing language and common misunderstandings. The focus of the exercises is on fixing your grammar and word-choice problems. Examples are pulled from every industry: finance, law, consulting, publishing, real-estate, retail, technology, energy, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, education, advertising, government, insurance, non-profit, and more. Whatever your profession or interest, you will benefit from the exercises contained in this book. If you are just looking to sharpen your English, this book is for you, too. This India-specific edition includes a special section of the most common English errors made in the Indian workplace and their standard equivalents, as well as a downloadable reference guide of frequently confused and misused words and expressions. You will be learning from a professional writer with two decades of experience teaching executives in a business setting. A language-learner herself who has studied some two dozen languages, Ellen Jovin has written this book to help motivated working adults advance their business English on their own time and at their own pace.

American Enterprise

American Enterprise
Author: Andy Serwer
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2015-05-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1588344975

What does it mean to be an American? What are American ideas and values? American Enterprise, the companion book to a major exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, aims to answer these questions about the American experience through an exploration of its economic and commercial history. It argues that by looking at the intersection of capitalism and democracy, we can see where we as a nation have come from and where we might be going in the future. Richly illustrated with images of objects from the museum’s collections, American Enterprise includes a 1794 dollar coin, Alexander Graham Bell’s 1876 telephone, a brass cash register from Marshall Fields, Sam Walton’s cap, and many other goods and services that have shaped American culture. Historical and contemporary advertisements are also featured, emphasizing the evolution of the relationship between producers and consumers over time. Interspersed in the historical narrative are essays from today’s industry leaders—including Sheila Bair, Adam Davidson, Bill Ford, Sally Greenberg, Fisk Johnson, Hank Paulson, Richard Trumka, and Pat Woertz—that pose provocative questions about the state of contemporary American business and society. American Enterprise is a multi-faceted survey of the nation’s business heritage and corresponding social effects that is fundamental to an understanding of the lives of the American people, the history of the United States, and the nation’s role in global affairs.