Effective Meetings [antikvár]

Introduction Introduction to the course Most learners of Business English need to participate in meetings of one type or another. They need to be equipped with a range of skills and language to help them anticipate and deal with many of the difficulties they will face. Effective Meetings is a practical and accessible course specifically designed to develop these essential communication and language skills. It is divided into eight units which deal progressively with the key stages of meetings, from preparation through to decision-making and follow-up action. The course aims to develop both competence and confidence in a variety of situations, so that by the end of their period of study learners will have acquired the necessary skills to play an active role in most kinds of meetings. Course components The course consists of four components: a video, this Student's Book, an audio cassette, and a Teacher's Book. The video The video is the central component of the course. It contains approximately thirty minutes of extracts from professional meetings, and acts as a focus for all the activities contained in the Student's Book. The Student's Book The book consists of eight units which correspond to those in the video. Each unit is divided into three sections: Communication skills. Language knowledge, and Meetings practice. These focus on the key meetings skills illustrated in the video and on useful language for performing these skills. The Meetings practice section allows learners to put both communication skills and language knowledge into practice in a variety of realistic tasks, using their own ideas and experience. The audio cassette This consists of extracts from additional meetings, and forms the basis of listening activities in the Language knowledge section. INTRODUCTION