Vol. 4 Issue 4. – TeachingEnglish Article: Aspects of Business English

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#4 | January 23, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036

The term Business English can cover a multitude of things. When someone says they teach business English or they are studying business English it is quite possible that the speaker and the listener may have a different understanding of the term. In fact, I recently did a training session with a group of 20 teachers and when I asked them to complete the sentence ‘Business English is………….’ They came up with a diverse range of sentences, encompassing language, business communication skills needed for the world of work like telephoning, and aspects of culture. In this article, I will attempt to clarify the term business English and discuss some of the pros and cons of teaching it.

Read the full article here: teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/aspects-business-english

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