Hi dear besigers Could I ask your ideas on this one? I have been asked to organize an intentsive communication course (40 h) for people working in the travel, ...
Hello Svenja, I work at a univeristy school of tourism, and so have lots of experience with this. There are books at low levels that you might want to check...
On the subject of tourism, see the review article by Jesús García Laborda in the December 2005 issue of the ESP Sig Newsletter. He analyses the contents of...
Ruth Breeze
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Apr 3, 2006 12:05 pm
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Hi Besigers This week, yet another of my students included in a written report the expression "many researches show...". Not content to simply apply the red ...
Ann Seppänen
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Apr 7, 2006 6:43 am
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Oh! How interesting! And presumably 'equipments' and 'informations' would draw similar results. I think English is just a means to an end for most of my...
Dear all, We are delighted to announce that this year's conference will take place in Milan, Italy on 8 - 10 December 2006. For more information and a speaker...
Eric Baber
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Apr 7, 2006 2:59 pm
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Hi again all, We have now enabled an Events Calendar attached to the BESIG website. As you probably know, the website has always contained information about...
Eric Baber
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Apr 7, 2006 3:58 pm
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Dear Eric Baber ! The announcement is welcome! Can't wait! Congratulations! Best regards Gunvor Sarelin-sjoblom http://www.cop.fi/becop ... Lähettäjä:...
gunvor.sjoblom@...
Apr 7, 2006 7:52 pm
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Hi, a friend of mine who is a lexicographer told me (I had a similar problem; I don't remember what the word was but it was an uncountable noun which seemed to...
Irene Ofteringer
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Apr 7, 2006 7:52 pm
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Dear Friends, This may not be of direct relevance to the course of discussion but I was asked by one of my students to change the following sentence into...
Hi, What is the exact address of British Council Milan and any information about accommodation close to the conference itself Thanks Dianne ... ...
Dina Mazal
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Apr 10, 2006 11:44 am
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I have a student (German) who is studying for her LCCI English for Business Examination. Is there a preference for LCCI over BEC for Business Qualifications?...
Hello to everyone, I need to prepare a personalized university placement exam for business administration students. The purpose of the test is to assess their...
It seems to me that psychologists have already had "behaviours" for some time now. I work a lot with auditors and they have "evidences". (I'm talking of Native...
Michael Ashworth
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Apr 10, 2006 11:52 am
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Dear Anthony LCCI business qualifications are certainly very popular in Germany - they are well recognised by employers because of the link to the...
Emma-Sue Prince
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Apr 10, 2006 5:34 pm
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Hussein You might like to join http://www.lydbury.co.uk/grammar/ (free of charge) where this and other similar language questions can be asked. Duncan...
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Dina Mazal
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Apr 10, 2006 6:20 pm
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I need to prepare a personalized university placement exam for business administration students. The purpose of the test is to assess their reading ...
Dear Sara, Macmillan has a grammar book called Language Practice. It comes along with a placement test CD-Rom that can be of great help for you. Best, ...
Hi Sara OUP offer a Short Placement Test (photocopy or pc version) that you might want to take a look at. They have reading comprehension and gap fill...
Sara, Why not have a look at DIALANG as well. < http://www.dialang.org/english/index.htm> Andreas ... Von: besig@yahoogroups.com [mailto:besig@yahoogroups.com]...
Hi Dianne, ... The full address is: British Council Milan Via Manzoni, 38 20121 Milan Italy Tel:+39 02 77 22 22 26 Fax: +39 02 781119 ... We'll be adding...
Dear Anthony, I work with BEC within Siemens and we prefer the exam because the tasks mirror the real needs of business people - at least our ones! I know it ...
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Dina Mazal
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Apr 12, 2006 10:16 am
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Dear Anthony, Even in Ex-Eastern European countries (don't worry Eastern European is just fine, even though I must admit Slovenians get a real huge smile on...
karin zontar
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Apr 12, 2006 1:11 pm
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Dear Anthony, As a Cambridge ESOL BEC examiner in Germany and also in-company trainer (Merck, SoftwareAG), I find BEC extremely relevant to the language needed...
Maria Keller
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Apr 12, 2006 5:26 pm
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Hi Sara Every good bookshop should be able to get you a copy. Have a look at OUP's website: http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue [British English exams: Quick ...