Giáo trình tiếng Anh chuyên ngành thương mại II

AIMS OF THE BOOK
English for Business II is a course book in English designed for students who are learning courses on business application. The book covers the four language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing, as well as improving pronunciation and building vocabulary. Particular emphasis is placed on reading. The primary goal of the book is to provide grammatical knowledge, some technical terms, words relating to business area, that is, to better the students’ ability to use the language according to professional situations and apply to practical job.
COURSE LENGTH
The course contains 150 hours of class instruction time, of which hours for theory and 80 hours for practice.
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK
The book is divided into 10 main units and 2 review units. Each main unit focuses on a topic related to a professional situation and follows the same teaching sequence.
Keys, wordlist, appendix, tape-script, information file and language reference are at the back of the book as the reference for teachers and students.
Structure of a main unit
Presentation includes suggested questions aiming to provide useful information involved in the topic given in the unit and to develop vocabulary as well as speaking skill.
Listening The listening activities develop a wide variety of listening strategies, including listening for gist, listening for details and inferring meaning from context. Charts or graphics are often accompany red with these task-based exercises to lend support to students.
Reading The reading has two parts: a text and introduction to different kinds of business level. The readings develop a variety of reading strategies, including reading for details, skimming, scanning and making inferences. Sometimes included are pre-reading and post-reading questions in which the topic of the reading is used as a springboard to discussion.
Language Study The new grammar of each unit is presented and is followed by practice activities. Different kinds of exercises for speaking and grammatical drills such as pair work, group work, or role-play provide more opportunities for student practice of the new language items that have just been presented.
Vocabulary develops students’ vocabulary through a variety of interesting tasks, such as word map and collocation exercises. Vocabulary activities are usually followed by written or oral practice that helps students understand how to use the vocabulary in context.
Speaking teaches students how to present an issue. Speaking tasks involve the use of new structures and words, concentrating on the topic of the unit.
Writing The writing exercises include practical writing tasks that extend and reinforce the teaching points in the unit and help develop students’ writing skills.
Review units
The review units consolidate the students’ knowledge learned from five previous units with a variety of practical exercises.