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Ask your student: “If youfound a magic lamp with a genie in it and could wish for one thing, what would it be?”

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Talk about the factors that prevent effective communication.

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Authentic English: Storytelling

We all love stories, it seems, and learning how to tell stories can be a valuable business skill. Communications skills expert Ken Taylor is here to guide us through an exercise on storytelling.

Head-to-Head

This is easily a full 90-minute lesson which covers speaking skills, listening skills, reading skills, note-taking skills and language analysis. And it's all available in one small package.

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How to exploit our magazine, audio and exercise booklet in one lesson.

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Topical listening activities for elementary and intermediate students.

Dictogloss for business English

Business Spotlight provides many short texts ideal for dictogloss activities — in the magazine, online and on Business Spotlight Audio.

It’s important to listen actively on the phone. One way to show you are listening is to use empathetic words or phrases. This way you encourage the other person and you share emotions with your speaking partners. Here's communication skills expert Ken Taylor with more.

Audio materials

Business Spotlight provides a lot of audio material aimed at various levels and for various purposes, and all of it includes transcripts.

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