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Helping you help your learners: Using the Internet

for Business English

Eric Baber

www.ericbaber.com * [email protected]

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Resources & technologies for…

• Business skills

• Reading & writing

• Listening & speaking

• Grammar & vocabulary

• Learning from and with others

Overview




• Websites with language for specific business skills:

• Running a meeting

• Taking part in a meeting

• Example meeting dialogue

• Language for formal & informal parts of meeting


Business skills

http://esl.about.com/cs/onthejobenglish/a/a_runmeet.htm

http://esl.about.com/cs/onthejobenglish/a/a_meetphrases.htm

http://esl.about.com/cs/onthejobenglish/a/a_meetex.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/meeting.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/words/meeting.htm



Podcasts

• http://www.englishpod.com/podcast (Example 1, Example 2)

Mini Courses

• http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/meetings.htm


Business skills, cont.

http://www.englishpod.com/podcast

http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/meetings.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/meetings.htm



Good websites for

• Presentations - http://www.effective-public-speaking.com

• Negotiations - http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/negotiations-vocabulary.htm

• Telephoning - http://www.learn-english-today.com/business-english/telephone.html www.ericbaber.com * [email protected]

Business skills, cont.

http://www.effective-public-speaking.com/

http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/negotiations-vocabulary.htm

http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/negotiations-vocabulary.htm

http://www.learn-english-today.com/business-english/telephone.html

http://www.learn-english-today.com/business-english/telephone.html



Email writing:

• Tips on e-mail writing styles (Example 1, Example 2)

• Practical use: E-mail discussion groups (Example 1, Example 2)

• E-pals (Penpals Network, PenPal Palace …)


Reading & writing

http://www.webfoot.com/advice/email.top.html

http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/subjectareas/business/professional.asp#Business

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Biodiesel

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/RiskManager/

http://www.tpn.info/

http://www.tpn.info/

http://www.penpalpalace.com/

http://www.penpalpalace.com/



Blogs

• Learners can read professional blogs (Techcrunch, A PR Guru’s Musings)

• Private/humorous blogs (Jonny’s private secret diary). Good for slang/informal English, especially good for advanced levels

• Can keep their own blog (www.blogger.com )


Reading & writing, cont.

http://www.techcrunch.com/

http://www.stuartbruce.biz/

http://privatesecretdiary.com/

http://privatesecretdiary.com/



Extensive reading

• News websites (http://news.bbc.co.uk ,

http://money.cnn.com

• Online magazines (National Geographic)

• Webquests (http://www.webquest.org )


Reading & writing, cont.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

http://money.cnn.com/

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/2007-11/tonga/teague-text.html

http://www.webquest.org/



• Online audio/video news

• Podcasts

• Webcasts

• Produce own podcast

• Use Skype and find a Language Partner


Listening & Speaking

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/video_and_audio/default.stm

http://www.podcast.net/cat/1

http://www.bnet.com/webcasts.html

http://www.language-exchanges.org/



• Keep own online glossary/dictionary using e.g. Google docs

• A Word a Day (Web-based or by e-mail)

• Online quizzes (Vocabulary, Grammar)

• Lydbury Grammar clinic


Vocabulary & Grammar

http://docs.google.com/

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/

http://www.oed.com/services/email-wotd.html

http://www.better-english.com/grammar.htm

http://forums.lydbury.co.uk/grammar/





• Sharing bookmarks (Del.icio.us, IKeepBookmarks)

• Second Life


Learning from & with others

Any comments or questions? Please contact me!

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