To be ready to use English in the workplace, students need to
‧ be exposed to a variety of business and workplace situations
‧ build confidence in using English communicatively for work
Get Ready for International Business helps students prepare to use English in the workplace by
‧ exposing them to English being used in a range of different business contexts
‧ offering a variety of different accents in the listening exercises and the cross-cultural Viewpoints sections that feature a wide range of people talking about aspects of business and culture
‧ focusing on developing learners’ listening and speaking skills through carefully graded activities
‧ explicitly teaching key conversation strategies to help them manage conversations in business settings
providing In business tasks that allow students to use the language studied in business simulations to develop their own professional language skills
‧ supporting grammatical usage with a Grammar reference section