Commerce

Author(s)

    • Hobbs, Martyn
    • Keddle, Julia Starr

Bibliographic Information

Commerce

Martyn Hobbs and Julia Starr Keddle

(Oxford English for careers)

Oxford University Press, 2006-

  • 1. student's book
  • 2. student's book

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Description and Table of Contents

Volume

1. student's book ISBN 9780194569750

Description

Commerce is ideal for pre-work students, studying at pre-intermediate to intermediate levels, who will need to use English in work situations. Commerce develops the vocabulary, language, and skills that students need to communicate effectively in both formal and informal scenarios in the workplace. These include taking part in meetings, giving presentations, and socializing with colleagues.

Table of Contents

  • 1. The business environment
  • Getting on in business, researching a well-known company.
  • 2. The company
  • How to manage your time, researching a company's structure
  • 3. Travel
  • Travelling tips, researching an airline
  • 4. Sport
  • How to concentrate, researching sports sponsorship
  • 5. Sales
  • Find your own USPs, researching Ebay
  • 6. Cultural awareness
  • How to make a good impression, researching advice on how to behave in a particular country
  • 7. Trade fairs
  • Attending a careers fair, researching an entrepreneur
  • 8. Advertising
  • Improve your creativity, creating an advert promoting careers in sport
  • 9. Fashion and style
  • How to dress for the international business world, presenting your company
  • 10. Technology
  • Staying up to date, email tips
  • 11. Job satisfaction
  • Researching good employers, talking about working conditions
  • 12. Market research
  • Be a good listener, interviews in the street
  • 13. Bright ideas
  • Become more inventive
  • 14. Dealing with people
  • Dealing with your anger, do an online test about Emotional Intelligence
  • 15. Getting a job
  • Key interview questions, finding a suitable job online
Volume

2. student's book ISBN 9780194569835

Description

Commerce is ideal for pre-work students, studying at pre-intermediate to intermediate levels, who will need to use English in work situations. Commerce develops the vocabulary, language, and skills that students need to communicate effectively in both formal and informal scenarios in the workplace. These include taking part in meetings, giving presentations, and socializing with colleagues.

Table of Contents

  • 1. New jobs
  • How to avoid time-wasting, writing a report on a magazine
  • 2. Buying and selling
  • How to get energized at work, writing a report about purchases
  • 3. Marketing
  • Mobile phone etiquette
  • 4. Leadership
  • Are you a born leader?
  • 5. Changing the world
  • How to search on the Internet, reviewing and comparing two websites
  • 6. Working abroad
  • How to improve your English, talking about cultural issues
  • 7. Ethical trading
  • Green office tips, the ethics of a large multinational company
  • 8. Diversity
  • Meeting and working with disabled people, discrimination in the workplace
  • 9. Brands and values
  • Preparing a personal statement, inventing, naming, and presenting a new product
  • 10. Office life
  • Planning an ideal office space
  • 11. Workplace skills
  • How to work in a team, soft skills
  • 12. Presentations
  • Effective meetings, presenting and answering questions about a business idea
  • 13. Big business
  • Task management, SWOT analysis
  • 14. Entrepreneurs
  • Are you a born entrepreneur?
  • 15. Job hunting
  • Handling a challenging interview, advising an entrepreneur on a new product

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