Market Leader - Upper Intermediate - Teacher's Resource Book [antikvár]

Introduction i Course aims Markét Leader is an extensive new Business English course designed to bring the real world of international business into the language teaching ctassroom. It has been developed in association with the Financial Times, one of the world's leading sources of professional information, to ensure the maximum rangé and authenticity of business content. The course is intended for use either by students preparing for a career in business or by those already working who want to improve their English communication skills. Markét Leader combines somé of the most stimulating recent ideas from the world of business with a strongly taskbased approach. Role plays and case studies are regular features of each unit. Throughout the course students are encouraged to use their own experience and opinions in order to maximise involvement and leaming. An essential requirement of Business English materials is that they cater for the wide rangé of needs which students have, including different areas of interest and specialisation, different skills needs and varying amounts of time available to study. Markét Leader ofFers teachers and course planners a unique rangé of flexible materials to help meet these needs. This book makes suggestions on how to use the unit material extensively or intensively and indicates how the material in the Practice File integrates with the Course Book. There are optional extra components including Business Grammar and Usage, videós and a series of special subject books to develop vocabulary and reading skills. This book contains extensive extra photocopiable material in the Text bank and the Resource bank. 2 The main course components Course Book This provides the main part of the teaching material, divided into 12 topic-based units, plus four revision units. The topics have been chosen following research among teachers to establish the areas of widest possible interest to the majority of their students. The Course Book provides input in reading, speaking and listening, with guidance for writing tasks as well. Every unit contains vocabulary development activities and a rapid review of essential grammar. There is a regular focus on key business functions, and each unit ends with a motivating case study to allow students to practise language they have worked on during the unit. For more details on the Course Book units, see Overview of a Course Book unit below. Practice File This gives extra practice in the areas of grammar and vocabulary, together with a complete syüabus in business writing. In each unit students work with text models and useful language, and then do a writing task to consolidate the learning. Additionally, the Practice Filejjrovides regular selfstudy pronunciation work (with an audio CD and exercises), and a valuable survival language section fór students when travelling. Audio materials All the listening activities from the Course Book Gnterviews with business practitioners and input for other activities such as role plays and case studies) and the Practice File (pronunciation exercises) are available on cassettes and audio CDs, depending on the user"s preference. Teacher's Resource Book This book provides teachers with an overview of the whole course, together with detailed teaching notes, background briefings on business content, the Text bank (24 optional extra reading texts) and the Resource bank (photocopiable worksheets practising communication skills). Test File Five photocopiable tests are available to teachers and course planners to monitor students' progress through the course. There are an entry test, three progress tests and an exit test, which reviews the work done throughout the course. 3 Overview of a Course Book unit A typical unit consists of the following sections: Starting up Students have the opportunity to think about the unit topic and to exchange ideas and opinions with each other and with the teacher. There is a variety of stimulating activities such as answering quiz questions, reflecting on difficult decisions, prioritising options and completing charts. Throughout, students are encouraged to draw upon their Iife and business experience. Vocabulary Essential business vocabulary is presented and practised through a wide variety of creative and engaging exercises. Students learn new words, phrases and collocations, and are given tasks which help to activate the vocabulary they already know or have just learnt. There is further vocabulary practice in the Practice File. Discussion There are a number of discussion activities in the book. Their main purpose Is to build up students' confidence in expressing their views in English and to improve their fluency. 11