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Essential Business English – Lesson 2 Self-study

This is the self-study guide for this lesson.

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Use this link - Online exercises - to do the following Career Express (B2) 2nd Edition online activities:

 
  • Unit 1: Grammar practice 4 - 5
  • Unit 1: Work skills: Writing an email enquiry (1 - 4)
  • Unit 1: How it works: Recruitment (1 - 3)

    • To continue your acquisition of new business and general vocabulary, do the following:

     
    1. Make (or complete, if you've already started) a list of new vocabulary from Unit 1. Use the word list at the back of your coursebook Career Express (B2) 2nd Edition (page 134).
    1. Use your preferred method for learning the new vocabulary (e.g. the Quizlet app, a vocabulary notebook or cards).
    1. Use this page to read about and practise Multi-word vocabulary.

    Use your coursebook - Career Express (B2) 2nd Edition - to do the following:

     
    1. Go to page 9, Section 7: How it works: Recruitment.
    1. Do reading activity A and make some notes to discuss the questions in class.
    1. Do reading activities B and C. We'll check the answers in class.
    1. Do activity D and make some notes to discuss in class the advice you would give the recruiter in the article.

    Emailing remains one of the most commonly used means of communictaion in business. In this course, we will be taking a look at language that can be used to write both formal and informal emails. Use this activity to begin our review of email writing: Standard formal email.

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