3/2010

In Skill Up! (9), our Small Talk section focuses on the language you will need for dining out. In this test, we look at a typical dialogue at the start of a business dinner.

Small Talk: Dining out with business partners

We focus on the language you will need for dining out. In this test, we look at a typical dialogue at the start of a business dinner.

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Whom do you trust?

The lesson plan is based on an article is written by an American career coach and asks the question, "Whom can you trust?" It talks about practices and methods used by police and in business to tell when someone is lying. However, it also warns us that excessive vigilance can make us suspicious and cynical.

China's first automobile. Photo: Joyce Yao/aquacypress.wordpress.com

Cars, culture and the Chinese

I have a confession to make. Some of you might find it shocking. I’m not really interested in cars. In fact I don’t even own one.

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E-mails: framing

Before you reply to an e-mail or forward it to somebody, there are a number of things you should be careful about. What are they?

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A quiz on signatures in emails

How should you end your business emails? You can't sign them, but you can add your signature. In our quiz, you can find out if you know the rules for writing the best kind of signatures.

Tiger Woods has stopped cheating. Foto: K. Allison/wikipedia

Did you cheat?

Is it really true that nobody likes a cheat? Tiger Woods and the Greeks have both been criticized for cheating in their own unique ways. However, they appear to have got off lightly!

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Business Spotlight Vocabulary List 3/2010

Here is the entire list of vocabulary items from the 3/2010 issue of Business Spotlight magazine. We hope that you will find this service of use in your language learning.

Personal banking

Here are some more ideas on using Skill Up! (2) in the classroom for vocabulary-building exercises.

Managing emails

We focus on the different purposes of an email — it's not just about transferring information — in the magazine and in our workbook. For teachers, here's a lesson plan on how to integrate the two elements.

Audio Transcript 3/2010

The complete transcript from Business Spotlight Audio 3/2010

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