Business Explorer
Author: Gareth Knight, Mark O’Neil
Publisher: Foreign Language Study - Cambridge University Press (2004)
ISBN: 0521777801
Chapter divisions: “Part A”- Vocabulary, Language Focus, Communication Activity, Culture Focus” and “Part B”- which is more or less the same.
As a foreign teacher, many of us have experienced this before: You get a call asking to fill in for a class. There is a book, a time, a room, a group, and nothing else. No curriculum or expectations. There is no register of students. And when you show up to the class, the students bring the wrong book! All of this happened last week while I was trying to help a Chinese college that had an overbooked English program.
As for the book itself, it’s colorful and is rather advanced for being Book 1. Maybe I got this impression because I was expecting my Freshmen students to be familiar with business situations. It really is a series meant for working professionals, not young college students. Specifically, it asks questions like… “in your office…” , and “with your colleagues/boss…” which requires some imagination. (And that’s too much to imagine for some folks!)
If you or your student are preparing for BULATS, (Business Language Testing Service) then this probably is appropriate for you. I assume my students will be using it for those purposes, but still, I’m sure I won’t be told until the day of that test!
Buy “Business Explorer” series at DangDang.com (Chinese Link)
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