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Level: Intermediate to Upper Intermediate CEF Level: B1 – C1 The 50 ways to improve your… series provides a range of instant ways to improve your communications skills in business. Suitable for business people, language teachers, and trainers who wish to improve their communication skill competence through flexible and practical activities and thus ensure more successful business outcomes. 50 ways to improve your 50 ways to improve your Bob Dignen with James Chamberlain Bob Dignen This innovative title applies the theory of intercultural studies to the practice of communicating in English in a business and professional context. This title comes from an EFL tradition and blends: • An understanding of culture • An understanding of communication across cultures • Focus on traditional situations but with greater sensitivity to cultural/personal context • Examination of new areas such as team and leadership to broaden beyond traditional EFL scope Packaged with an Audio CD. This title will support those presenting internationally develop their language skills and presentation style to be effective with a wide range of audiences. The book covers essential areas such as: • Preparing, structuring and closing presentations • Cross-cultural communication • Why to present benefits not objectives • Building rapport with your audience • 10 ways to influence internationally • The value of improvisation and finishes with detailed advice on question handling. 50 ways to improve your Skills, Reference and Self-Study 50 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR… SERIES 50 ways to improve your Intercultural Skills Presentation Skills in English Telephoning and Teleconferencing Skills Business English Ken Taylor Provides instant ways to improve readers' business English skills. The 50 'tips' in this book include: • Networking • Socialising • Presentations • Telephoning • Meetings Containing a mixture of learning activities, the different learning styles allow students to concentrate on specific areas which work best for them. With the advent of sophisticated digital telephony technologies and the pressure on business people not to travel unnecessarily for environmental reasons, the importance of one-to-one phone calls and teleconferencing takes on a new dimension. This book provides a range of useful tips and tasks to help business people whose first language is not English prepare for that all-important phone call or teleconference meeting. Packaged with an Audio CD containing extensive listening practice. Ken Taylor For table of contents and sample pages visit ngl.cengage.com/50ways 50 ways to improve your Business English using the Internet Eric Baber The aim of this book is to develop specific English language skills frequently used online such as: • Reading and writing emails • Understanding websites • Taking part in online conferences and discussions Also to introduce ways to use the Internet to continue improving English via news websites, podcasts to improve listening or setting up e-learning exchanges to practise speaking English with a native speaker, online. 50 ways series 50 ways to improve your Business English 978 1 9027 41 82 6 50 ways to improve your Presentation Skills 978 1 9027 41 86 4 50 ways to improve your Business Skills using the Internet 978 1 9027 41 89 5 50 ways to improve your Telephoning and Teleconferencing Skills 978 1 9059 92 06 5 50 ways to improve your Intercultural Skills 978 1 9027 41 85 7 ngl.cengage.com 19