Professional English

Accounting basics, the accounting function, accounting systems, accounting standards, company finance, financial reporting, financial year, profit and loss account, balance sheet, cashflow statement

1. J Chilver. English for Business. A functional approach. Unit 12. Finance and accounting.

2. Bill Mascull. Business Vocabulary in Use. CUP. Unit 30, 31

3. Jon Marks. Check your vocabulary for banking and finance. Units 20, 21, 22

4. Ian Mackenzie. Financial English. Section 2. Accounting basics.

Lecture 4 Grammar

1. Raymond Murphy. Roann Altman. Grammar in Use. Reference and practice for intermediate students of English. CUP. Units 84-89. Relative clauses. Units 34-39. Conditionals. Units 104-108. Word order.

2. Betty Schrampfer Azar. The Fundamentals of English Grammar. 3-d edition. Slide shows for use with Power point presentation software. Longman. Chapter 8. Connecting ideas. Chapter 12. Adjective clauses. Chapter 14. Noun clauses.

Vocabulary

1. Stuart Redman. English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate. CUP. Units 70-71. Sports. Unit 43. Describing people’s appearance. Unit 58. Food. Unit 59. Cooking and restaurants. Unit 42. The body and what it does. Units 21-22 . Get: uses and expressions. Unit 25. Opinions. Agreeing and disagreeing

Pronunciation

1. I.G. Mkrtchan. Learn to read English words. Пособие по технике чтения на английском языке. Международные отношения. Москва. 1977. Глава 6. Чтение двусложных слов со слогообразующим –le, -re.

2. Mark Hancock. English pronunciation in use. Intermediate. Cambridge University Press. Word stress. Units 28-31.

Social English

Agreeing and disagreeing

I agree completely That’s just what I think, of course. I couldn’t agree more. You’re right. Sure. I am not sure I agree. I wonder if there’s a mistake. That really surprises me. I am sorry, but I have to disagree. No, you are wrong. No way!

Professional English

Investment basics; stocks, shares and take-overs, share capital, shareholders, security, leverage, investment ratios

1. J Chilver. English for Business. A functional approach. Unit 16. Stocks, shares and take-overs.

2. Bill Mascull. Business Vocabulary in Use. CUP. Unit 32

3. Jon Marks. Check your vocabulary for banking and finance. Units 23, 24

4. Ian Mackenzie. Financial English. Section 5. Company finance.

Lecture 5. Grammar

1. Raymond Murphy. Roann Altman. Grammar in Use. Reference and practice for intermediate students of English. CUP. Units 109-111. Prepositions of time Units 112-114. Prepositions of place Units 115-116. Nouns + preposition. Units 177-118. Adjective +preposition. Units 119-123. Verbs+preposition. Unit 124. Phrasal verbs.

Vocabulary

1. Stuart Redman. English Vocabulary in Use. Pre-Intermediate and Intermediate. CUP. Unit 14. Verb or adjective + preposition Unit 15. Preposition + noun Unit 16. Phrasal verbs: form and meaning. Unit 17. Phrasal verbs: grammar and style. Unit 63. Work: duties, conditions and pay. Unit 64. Jobs. Unit 65. The career ladder. Units 78-79. School and university education Unit 23. Apologies, excuses and thanks.