Dear Anne,

We have a BESIG wiki we use to share information and knowledge.
http://besig.wikispaces.com/

There you can find a list of books and internet resources you can use.

There are some book your student can use for self-study: English for
Business life. Publisher: Marshal.

The Skills Books of Intelligent Business have units of Socializing,
Meetings, Presentations, etc.

I hope this information helps you.

All the best,

Mercedes





Arq. Mercedes Viola Deambrosis

Directora

4D Content English

Circunvalación Durango 1429 of. 501

Montevideo - Uruguay

Tel: (598 2) 9161496

<http://www.4d.edu.uy/> www.4d.edu.uy



De: besig@yahoogroups.com [mailto:besig@yahoogroups.com] En nombre de Kevin
Westbrook
Enviado el: Lunes, 06 de Julio de 2009 05:43 p.m.
Para: besig@yahoogroups.com
Asunto: [besig] Re: Need Recommendations for Book(s), Other Materials for
Quick, Intense Study BE








Dear Suresh,

Having a keen interest in second language acquisition, I wasn't aware that
anybody knows what the best way is to learn. Can you give any objective,
independent research that supports your, somewhat adamant, statement, that
content-based learning is the best way to master a second language? I would
be most interested in any sources.

As to the original question from Anne, I see you are a relatively new
teacher of BE, but how much do you know about business? If the answer is
"not much", and you will be starting quite soon, I would personally use my
student as the source of as much information as possible. What exactly does
he want? If it is only English for social situations with colleagues,, that
shouldn't be too difficult to put together from scratch for a short course.
Either way, he should be able to describe situations, activities, etc. that
he wants to be able to deal with.

Best regards,

Kevin

--- In besig@yahoogroups.com <mailto:besig%40yahoogroups.com> , Suresh
Namboothiri <surnam@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Anne,
>
> I think someone has written earlier in this forum, this person needs
> supplementary educational aids - not formal.
>
> I strongly recommend the latest in second language education - "*content
> based learning"*. Just go to google and search for *"Content Based
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> a second langauge - especially English.
>
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>
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> Cheers,
>
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>
>
> On 7/4/09, worfies <worfies@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm a relatively new Business English teacher and need some advice.
> > I have a student who needs to do a quick "course" in BE that will
include
> > several lessons with me but, then, several weeks of self-study.
> > He's not a grammar freak -- instead, he wants to speak and to feel
> > comfortable in social situations with business colleagues. He's
somewhere
> > between being a false beginner and pre-intermediate. I've tried some
> > beginner-type books (Side by Side, English for Everyday Activities) and
> > they're not quite right. Which of the many BE texts are tried and true?
In
> > Company? Quick Work? The Business?
> >
> > Can anyone recommend some books, hopefully books that work in
conjunction
> > with materials such as student workbooks and online supplementary work?
> >
> > Thanks! Anne in Germany
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Suresh Namboothiri, Creative Director and Chief Mentor, Espoir
Technologies
> Private Limited. Pune India 9822032929,(O)020-40788787 www.espoirtech.com
>
>
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