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Global Links
English for International Business
Global Links 1
Keith
Adams and Rafael Dovale
Global Links 2
Angela Blackwell
Global Links: English for International Business is a two-level
course that teaches the basic language and grammar structures needed to
communicate in business. It is designed for adult students on the false
beginner and low-intermediate levels who are employed as executives and
are studying to enter the business world in that capacity. Global
Links covers all four language skills, with special emphasis on
the speaking and listening skills that managers need in international
language.
Focus and Approach
The goal of Global Links is to teach students the English
they will need to communicate effectively in a professional environment.
Students learn key vocabulary, social language, and structures through
a progression of models and practice activities.
Key language is recycled from module to module and from unit to unit.
Realistic tasks provide opportunities for students to produce the language
they will need in common business situations.
Global Links is designed to meet the specialized needs of
businesspeople and the instructors who teach them. Its modular design
can flexibly accommodate students who are executives or managers and whose
busy schedules may cause them to attend class irregularly. Although units
are sequenced and reinforce previous learning, each can stand on its own.
Within each unit, content is organized into self-contained two-page modules
so that each lesson can be completed in a single class.
Global Links is written with small classes in mind. All speaking
activities in Global Links center on pair work or tasks
for small groups. The Teacher's Manual provides suggestions and alternative
activities for teachers in one-to-one teaching situations and for teachers
with larger classes who may want to expand activities.
Features
- Low-level language for high-level business people. The clear,
controlled pedagogical design Global Links meets the language
needs of lower-level students. But its sophisticated business content
also acknowledges the high level of real-world knowledge and experience
that businesspeople bring to their study of English.
- International focus. Global Links exposes students to
English as an international means of communication.
- Authentic material about real companies. Global Links
offers authentic texts, documents, graphs, and charts with information
about real companies and activities that have practical, real-world
application.
- Cultural information for doing business worldwide. Global
Links provides interesting, relevant information about doing business
internationally and interacting with businesspeople from around the
world
- Practice with numbers. Many business situations involve numbers,
which businesspeople need—to set dates for meetings, discuss prices,
and understand sales results. Global Links makes sure that businesspeople
are comfortable using numbers in English by providing systematic practice
with numbers as used in business contexts.
Course Length
Each level provides 40 to 45 hours of instruction, but the material may
also be adapted to classes as short as 20 to 25 hours or as long as 50 to
60 hours of instruction. The course duration is flexible and is determined
by the learning pace of the students, the attention and time given to writing
in class, and the teacher's use of other supplementary materials.
Organization of Student Books
The Student Book consists of fourteen units. Each has three, two-page modules:
Business Talk
Business Connections
Global Communication
Objectives for each module appear on the page to focus students' attention
on their language learning target. Click
here for more information on the Global Links modules.
Each unit of Book 1 concludes with two Number exercises. Most students
are familiar with the basic numbers in English, but they may have difficulty
using them with ease in business situations. The listening and speaking
exercises in this section improve students' ability to use numbers in
a business context.
In Book 2, the Numbers activities are contextualized and may appear
with a reading in another module.
The Student Book concludes with the Activity File for pair work;
the Language Summary, which presents key vocabulary, expressions,
and grammar for each unit; and a Glossary of important business
terms contained in the text.
| Components
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| Complete
Audio Program |
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CDs and
cassettes provide recordings for the Getting Started, Conversation,
Pronunciation Focus, Listening, and Numbers sections
of the Student Book. |
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CD |
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Included in the Student Book. |
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Provides
recordings of the Conversation sections (with the exception
of the alternate phrases), the Pronunciation Focus, and one
of the exercises in the Numbers section. |
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| Phrasebook
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Included
in the Student Book. |
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Provides
a portable, easy-to-use reference guide to the key language and
structures needed in most business situations and a glossary of
business terms. |
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| Teacher's
Manual |
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Provides
general and page-by-page teaching suggestions. |
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Teacher's script of short, easy-to-understand instructions that
may be used in class. |
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Includes
tapescript of all recordings on the Audio CD. |
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Provides
answer keys to activities in the Student Book. |
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Includes
expansion activities and photocopiables for each unit. |
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| Tests
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Test
Package included in each level. |
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Provides
unit-by-unit assessment quizzes and two longer exams, one designed
to assess students at mid-course, the other at the end of the course.
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All
tests include TOEIC-type questions, which familiarize students with
the format of this widely used test in the business world. |
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A
set of Placement Tests will assist in placing students at the most
appropriate level of the Global Links program. |
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