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Let's Do Business Grammar
Level: Low
Intermediate to Advanced
Total Hours of Tuition: 30 hrs average
Total Number of Units: 83
Total Number of Pages: 175
Be accurate!
Abacus' course is the first On-Line Spoken English Grammar course. Traditional
Grammar courses are designed to help learners develop their written language
skills. Abacus content designers have created a course that will help
learners focus on grammar that can help them develop their spoken language
skills. There is an emphasis on developing the discoursal (conversational)
aspects of spoken English. There is a lot of work on appropriacy and politeness
strategies of spoken English. Again, exercises are presented in order
of difficulty, easy to advanced. The exercises have been taken from all
of the modules (Meetings, Negotiating, Presentations and Telephoning)
in the Let's Do Business series. Learn how to be polite, handle hostile
situations and make a positive impression.
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Let's Do Business Grammar Content Pages
The
15 categories for the Grammar section are (they are listed in order of
difficulty);
Stage 1
Articles, Determiners & Nouns
Verb forms & tenses
Adjectives & Adverbs
Question forms
Modals
Stage 2
ing & infinitives
Conjunctions
Pronouns & determiners
Conditionals
Discourse markers
Stage 3
Understanding people
Patterns with the word "what"
Reporting Speech
Passives
Relative clauses
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Let's Do Business Vocabulary
Level: Low
Intermediate to Advanced
Total Hours of Tuition: 30 hrs average
Total Number of Units: 83
Total Number of Pages: 198
Be precise! Abacus' Vocabulary course is based on analysis of the
most frequently used words, phrases and idioms in typical spoken business
situations (using the telephone, attending meetings, participating at
presentations and buying and selling scenarios) and in the English speaking
world (Australian, British and American). In addition, many of the exercises
focus on the appropriate use of words, phrases and idioms in a spoken
business context. Again, exercises are presented in order of difficulty,
easy to advanced. The exercises have been taken from all of the modules
(Meetings, Negotiating, Presentations and Telephoning) in the Let's Do
Business series. Learn how express your ideas clearly and accurately.
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Let's Do Business Vocabulary Content Pages
The 20 categories for the Vocabulary section are (they are listed in order
of frequency displayed in a range of corpora);
Stage 1
Uses of the word "get"
Make and Do
ed & -ing endings
High frequency words like "have got", "right", "just"
Use of quantifiers
Stage 2
Verbs used to express
time
Words used as substitutes in sentences
Uses of the verb "to see"
Common business terms
Affixes
Stage 3
Want, need and look
for
Verbs of speaking
Positive words
Negative words
Degrees of certainty & verbs of thinking
Stage 4
Infinitive forms and
-ing forms
Common collocations in business vocabulary
Idiomatic phrases
Phrasal verbs
Compound words
Let's Do Business Listening & Pronunciation Practice
Level: Low
Intermediate to Advanced
Total Hours of Tuition: 30 hrs average
Total Number of Units: 83
Total Number of Pages: 170
Be understood!
The Listening and Pronunciation Practice course is designed both to help
the learner to understand the most frequently used spoken idioms,
phrases
and at the same time to give them the opportunity to practice these frequently
used expressions in a relevant context. Again, exercises are presented
in order of difficulty, easy to advanced. The exercises have been taken
from all of the modules (Meetings, Negotiating, Presentations and
Telephoning)
in the Let's Do Business series. Understand native speakers of English
more quickly and learn how to present yourself clearly.
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Let's Do Business Listening & Pronunciation Practice
Content Pages
The pronunciation
exercises focus on spoken language at a sentence level rather than the
sounds of specific words. The 15 categories for the Pronunciation section
are (they are listed in order of difficulty and in order of frequency
as displayed in a range of corpora);
Stage 1
Contracted forms of
"to have & to be"
Present simple and present continuous (-ing) forms
Pronunciation of regular/irregular past forms
Contracted forms of "will & going to"
Intonation of question forms
Stage 2
Stressed and unstressed
sounds
Pronunciation of modals
Intonation of conditionals
Intonation of question tags
Discourse markers
Stage 3
Signalling agreement
& disagreement
Confirmation checks & clarification requests
Common presentation phrases & expressions
Common expressions used at meetings
Common telephone expressions
Let's Do Business Achievement tests
Level: Low Intermediate to Advanced
Duration of Each Test: 12-15 minutes
Number of Attempts: Unlimited
Number of Questions per Test: 15
Achievement tests have been developed to measure students knowledge of
key English for Business Grammar, Pronunciation and Vocabulary areas.
The tests are divided into stages 1,2, 3 etc. Stage 1 is the easiest,
Stage 2 is more difficult and so on.
The tests consist of 15 randomly selected questions from a bank of relevant
test items.
Students/Learners that achieve 80% or higher on 3 consecutive tests can
advance to the next stage.
Tests should take no more than 12-15 minutes to complete.
Students can review their test results at any point.
Students can exit tests at any point.
Students can repeat the test process as often as they like.
Teachers can review their students tests at any time.
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Abacus Placement Testing Service
Level: All
levels
Duration of Each Test: 15 minutes approx.
Number of Attempts: Unlimited
Number of Questions per Test: 15
Step 1
Become a registered user of the Abacus platform. Register here. Remember to select the Grammar, Vocabulary and Pronunciation options.
Step 2
Choose your level (basic, intermediate or advanced) and then start your test. For information on how to select the your level, click here.
Step 3
A report of your test will be stored in the User Record Manager. Log on and view the report (select the Test Results link). You can also contact your tutor here for support (select the Discussion Forum link).
Notes on the Placement Tests
The test is designed to help us select the best course that suits your business language requirements. Abacus personnel have extensive experience in Placement Testing services.
A range of tests are available to test grammatical knowledge, listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The tests are divided into stages 1,2, 3 etc. Stage 1 is the easiest, Stage 2 is more difficult and so on. The tests are based on the Business English Certificate model from the University of Cambridge.
Each test consists of 15 randomly selected questions from a bank
of relevant test items. To get a balanced view of your level, try
at least 1 Grammar, 1 Vocabulary and 1 Listening test.
Tests take 15 minutes to complete.
Students can review their test results at any point.
Teachers can review their students tests at any time.
NOTE:
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