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 Business
communication
 | Try an Internet activity for intermediate level Business English
students.The context of the activity is a business meeting and the following language
situations will be practiced:
Starting meetings |
| Presenting opinions |
| Accepting and rejecting proposals |
| Presenting alternatives |
| Building up arguments |
| Summarising and concluding |
Business meetings are a decision maze. You are given a situation and
offered a number of alternatives from which to choose your next course
of action.
| If you want to learn some more
useful idioms connected with business situations then go to Business
Expressions 1, 2, 3. eg: "We've
been working on this for 14 hours now.
Isn't it time we called it a day?" Did you that such an idiom existed? |
 Reading
| If you are looking for a job,
enter the
site and then go to the section A Job Interview. Also check out the
strategies you need to have for Getting Ready for a Job Search,Searching for a Job,
Applying for a Job.
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| Go to the e-zine section of its-online
to check out this week's activities on current events. Or go to the archive section
to engage in some of the very interesting texts and activites that have been published in
its-online.
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| If you are an intermediate level learner who needs to be able to understand and use the
English of computing for study nd work then try Infotech which covers a wide
range of subjects such as: Internet TV, Millenium bug, Windows '98 etc. Each unit includes
both the text and comprehension exercises.
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|  New Interchange is a series
which offers fresh new topics and real-world information of interest to
adults and young adults. Go to the Additional business content
from the section New Interchange CD-Rom 1 to practice on the sixteen units offered
on-line. Each unit focuses on business issues and is structured in a different way
emphasizing vocabulary, speaking,
grammar.
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| Join Online English
for free and get a lesson sent to you every week: lessons have exercises on
useful vocabulary, grammar, reading and listening. The
answers will be sent four days after the lessons so that you can correct
yourself. Lessons at all levels are available.The subjects covered will
increase the students' confidence for their future in the Information
Age. |
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| Writing
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| Business
Writing Help includes information on Letter Writing (letter writing rules on
business letters and business letter styles) information on writing a resume or
CV-Check: An example of a CV, CV Writing Guide, Resumes and Cover letters, etc.) More
useful information on Business Writing can be accessed through the Technical Writing Help
section (eg: Online Technical Writing: Online Textbook includes several examples of
business letters.) Notice: you will have to scroll down the screen to find this one.
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| Case studies
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|  These case studies have
been specially commissioned for Heinemann
World. There is special guidance for teachers wishing to use the case studies in the
classroom and help for students using them for wider study. They cover both Economics and
Business subjects (intermediate, advanced).
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| Vocabulary
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| PC Webopaedia is the #1
online encyclopedia and search engine dedicated to Internet and computer
technology. You can search by keyword or category. Don't forget to check
out the recently added terms.
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| Go to the glossary section in the Washington
Post newspaper to find more than 1,250 business terms, organized and
cross-referenced for your convenience. You can search the glossary for a
particular word, the full text of the glossary or go through the index.
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| If you want to learn more computer-related terminology you can do a word formation
exercise (Computer
English 1) or a multiple-choice exercise (Computer
terminology exercises).
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| Go to Business English Crosswords, Business English Hangman and Text Exercises within
the Business English Exercises
to check out some of the trendiest business vocabulary while having fun doing that.
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| Internet
Aided Learning English (INTALL) through a multiple-choice exercise provides you with
information as to how to start a meeting, how to state a
meeting's objectives, how to ask for someone's opinion etc.
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| Listening
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|  Interactive
Listening Comprehension Practice for computer users. Choose from the list of current
topics available such as "Internet TV"
"Millenium bug" "Windows '98" "Security on the Net" etc. to
practice on
your listening skills. |
| Learning Oral English Online A list
of ready-made dialogues with audio files. The dialogues concern everyday situations of a
foreign student in America (shopping, at the library, at a party, etc. |
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