Category Archives: Business English and ESP

New Teaching Negotiating e-book

Posted on 06/02/2024 by alexcase

Over 300 photocopiable pages on the most important tactics and language for the vital skill of negotiating, including much improved versions of some of my favourite activities ever and stacks of new materials: Teaching Negotiating: Interactive Classroom Activities – NEW … Continue reading →

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Business communication reviews (TEFLtastic Classics Part 51)

Posted on 10/01/2023 by alexcase

Often after my last TEFLtastic Classic (needs and instant personalised practice), I often start business courses with a big review of the basic language for electronic and face-to-face communication, with materials like these: First contact and further contact picking roleplays … Continue reading →

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Needs analysis and instant personalised practice (TEFLtastic Classics Part 50)

Posted on 05/01/2022 by alexcase

Back when I was studying to teach English for Business for the first time, what I most appreciated and gained from were lessons on doing needs analysis and on planning first lessons that cover things that most students are likely … Continue reading →

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Xmas activities for Business and ESP classes

Posted on 07/12/2021 by alexcase

I don’t see any reason why ESP classes can’t also have a bit of seasonal cheer, as long as you manage to tie it in with something useful such as meetings roleplays, pronouncing numbers, talking about trends, or telephoning practice. … Continue reading →

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New Teaching Meetings e-book

Posted on 11/10/2021 by alexcase

Over 300 pages of classroom-tested photocopiable activities on starting meetings, chairing, turn taking, giving and responding to opinions and advice, smoothly progressing through the meeting and bringing them to an end, etc, etc. Includes stacks of roleplays and meetings language … Continue reading →

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Recommended free Elementary and Pre-Int business self-study materials

Posted on 13/09/2021 by alexcase

This is a list of the best A1 and A2 level materials I could find online. I made this for my students to use while they were waiting for their one-to-one tutorials, to discuss afterwards, and hopefully to use to … Continue reading →

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New Teaching Presentations Skills e-book

Posted on 01/09/2020 by alexcase

Like all my e-books for teachers, this new one has over 300 pages of photocopiable worksheets for just three quid, with a mix of polished up classics and totally new materials, and with detailed indexes and instructions to help find … Continue reading →

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New small talk games/ worksheets page

Posted on 15/01/2016 by alexcase

My Business English students often complain that the most difficult part of using English in their jobs is not making presentations or chairing meetings but the networking, chatting and bumping into people in the lift that can happen before and afterwards. There … Continue reading →

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New Market Leader Elementary materials page

Posted on 22/04/2015 by alexcase

Only up to Unit 5, but 22 relevant links so far, including a fair few worksheets written specifically for use with this book: Market Leader Elementary photocopiable classroom activities Pages for the other ML books here.

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Collins Academic Skills: Presenting and Group Work review

Posted on 17/12/2014 by alexcase

Another MET one. This time the reviews editor added words that suggested I’d still recommend the Group Work title, which is a rather “generous” reading of what I wrote… Group Work by Graham Burton: ISBN 978 000 750714 6 Presenting by … Continue reading →

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