Career Express: Business English B2

Book excerpt: Career Express Level B2 Course Book Career Express Business English B2 is the first part of a two-level multimedia course, for students on a Business English language course at university level. It offers a wealth of material and enables you to learn the communication skills you need to be successful in the globalized world of business. Reading -The texts focus on the most interesting topics from the world of business. They provide the springboard for a discussion of contemporary business issues. Listening -Realistic conversations, presentations and lectures expose you to a variety of native and non-native speaker accents and help you to develop core listening comprehension skills. Business Skills -This section introduces you to the skills most needed in business, such as taking part in meetings, using diplomacy at work, describing charts and presenting products. Discussion and Role-Play -These features give you the opportunity to pick up on issues raised in the reading and listening sections, and to practise functional language. Company Case -These task-based case studies have been inspired by real business scenarios. They require you to work in teams, find strategic solutions to real-life problems and present them to the class. Audio CDs -Complete recordings for all the listening activities in the Course Book. Career Express Self Study Online -This website offers an abundance of additional material: Electronic Workbook with interactive practice exercises to consolidate vocabulary, grammar, reading and skills Self-assessment tests for each unit Tailor-made videos with interactive exercises The complete Course Book listening material as MP3 downloads