This textbook addresses generally the specialized linguistic needs of students studying Financial Accounting, Business Administration, Logistics, Marketing, Commerce and generally business related areas. It aims at learners from intermediate to high intermediate level of competence and focuses on the technical language used in the field, in thematic areas that students are already familiar with, since they are taught them during their studies.
The book is also useful to professionals who work either nationally or internationally and need to develop their ability to communicate in their workplace. It is suitable for self-study since it includes a broad bilingual glossary of technical terms and an answer- key of all the activities included.
More specifically, the book consists of five different structural sections.
It is hoped that the book will contribute essentially to covering the increased linguistic needs of the students studying business and will serve as a first step for further learning and
development of their language communication skills.
Table of Contents
SECTION I: Teaching Units
Chapter 1. Types of Accounting
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
Social English 1
Language Function: Verb Tenses
CROSSWORD PUZZLE 1
Chapter 2. The Income Statement
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
Listening Comprehension Activity: Listening to numbers
Language Function: Infinitive and Gerund
Chapter 3. Revenues and Expenditures
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
CROSSWORD PUZZLE 2
Language Function: Modal Verbs
Chapter 4. The Balance Sheet
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
Social English 2
Listening Comprehension Activity
Language Function: Passive Voice
Chapter 5. Double Entry Book keeping System
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
Social English 3
CROSSWORD PUZZLE 3
Language Function: Conditional Sentences
Chapter 6. Business Graphs and Charts
How to describe a Bar Graph
How to describe Line Graphs: Vocabulary used to describe trends
How to describe Pie Charts
Vocabulary Practice
Language Function: Comparisons of Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 7. Supply and Demand
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
Social English 4
Listening Comprehension Activity:
Language Function: Indirect Speech
Chapter 8. Types of Organizational Structure
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
CROSSWORD PUZZLE 4
Language Function: Indirect Speech
Chapter 9. The Employee Handbook
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
Social English 5
Listening Comprehension Activity
Language Function: Subordinate Clauses
Chapter 10. Human Resources Management
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
CROSSWORD PUZZLE 5
Language Function: Articles
Chapter 11. Inbound and Outbound Logistics
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
Social English 6
Language Function: Nouns
Chapter 12. Product Distribution Channel
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
Listening Comprehension Activity
Language Function: Comparisons
Chapter 13. Marketing Mix
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
CROSSWORD PUZZLE 6
Language Function: Adjectives, Adverbs
Chapter 14. E-Commerce
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
Listening Comprehension Activity
Language Function: Wishes
Chapter 15. Computers in the Business World
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
Listening Comprehension Activity
Language Function: Inversion
Chapter 16. Computer Architecture
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
Listening Comprehension Activity
Language Function: Prepositional Verbs
CROSSWORD PUZZLE 7
Chapter 17. The successful Resume
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Practice
Listening Comprehension Activity
CROSSWORD PUZZLE 8
Chapter 18. Job interview
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary Recycling
SECTION II: GRAMMAR PRACTICE
Verb Tenses
Infinitive
Gerund
Modal Verbs
Passive voice
Conditional Sentences
Wishes
Indirect Speech
Relative Clauses
Time Clauses
Clauses of Contrast
Clauses of Purpose
Clauses of Result
Inversion
Articles
Nouns
Comparison of Adjective and Adverbs
Prepositions of Time
Prepositional Verbs, Adjectives, Nouns
Table of Irregular Verbs
SECTION III: ENGLISH-GREEK GLOSSARY
APPENDIX A: LISTENING TRANSCRIPTS
APPENDIX B: Answer Key
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