Ian MacKenzie

English for the Financial Sector is a coursc for business students and people working in finance. The book covers a wide range of topics and practises the skills essential to operating successfully in the financial industry.

The coursc helps students to prepare for a career in finance and enables those already working in the industry to improve their financial English. The 24 units build vocabulary and develop key language functions while also providing extensive practice in business communication skills.

English for the Financial Sector is suitable for students with an intermediate or upper-intermediate level of English and provides approximately 50 hours of classroom material.

The Teacher’s Book provides:

• an introduction to the coursc and how to work with it

• full and detailed notes on every unit in the Student's Book

• suggestions for further communicative activities.

Key features:

• Covers key areas of finance including international trade, accounting, asset management, foreign exchange and central banking.

• Includes a wide variety of activities to practise essential skills such as telephoning, negotiating, presenting and socialising.

• Features task-based activities professional situations at

• Provides extensive guidar^^^HpRrcticc in writing emails, letters and reports on finance-related subjects.

• Offers clear and concise explanations of specialist vocabulary.

• Includes listening material based on authentic interviews with financc professionals.

Course components:

• Student’s Book

• Audio CD

• Teacher’s Book

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