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Contents
Best Practice is a business English series designed for both pre-work and in-work students. Its topic-based modules train students in the skills needed to communicate in the professional and personal sides of modern business life.
MODULE 1
PEOPLE
Business Inputs Language Work Communication
pages 433
Business across Cultures
1 2 3 4
Leadership
Listening: An interview about leadership styles Reading: Top Seven Leadership Mistakes Listening: A conversation about problems within a team Reading: An article about a teambuilding session Listening: Attitudes towards independent working Reading: Would you make a successful freelancer? Listening: An interview about private and public sector services Reading: A report on customer service in the UK
Grammar: Modals
International leadership
Dream teams
Expressions: Idioms
Independence
Grammar: Conditionals
Influencing
Motivation at work
Organisational cultures
MODULE 2
MARKETS
Business Inputs Language Work Communication
pages 3463
Business across Cultures
5 6 7 8
Listening: Different ways of getting into new markets Reading: Joint ventures in India Reading: Zara: The future of fast fashion Reading: Extending a brand Listening: Consumers compare local and global brands Reading: Product placement in films Listening: An interview about reaching the Hispanic market in the US
Grammar: Determiners and quantifiers Grammar: The passive Grammar: Making comparisons Grammar: Making predictions
India
Feedback
Global marketing
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MODULE 3
MONEY
Business Inputs Language Work Communication
pages 6493
Business across Cultures
9 10 11 12
A thriving economy
Reading: An article about the private sector in China Listening: The growth of the Chinese economy Reading: Foreign direct investment Listening: An interview with a country-risk analysis specialist Reading: Tips on how to beat a recession Listening: Talking about budgets Reading: Factors associated with poverty Listening: An interview about microfinance
Leading meetings
China
Foreign investment
Participating in meetings
Russia
Brazil Africa
MODULE 4
WRITING RESOURCE
Advertisements, Emails Business reports Press releases
pages 9499
13 14 15
Student B material Audio script Answer key Communication Business across Cultures Grammar overview Glossary
pages 100111 pages 112125 pages 126147 pages 148150 pages 151153 pages 154165 pages 166170