English for Careers : Business, Professional, and Technical

by Smith, Leila R., Emeritus; Moore, Roberta

• ISBN13: 9780135023310
• ISBN10: 0135023319
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-09
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

For courses in Business English, Business Communication, or English.With a focus on mastering the fundamentals, English for Careers, 10e is designed to keep pace with changing student populations and current workplace trends. Appropriate for a wide audience, it helps students acquire fluency in Standard English and understand the basic principles of grammar, punctuation and writing. Offering a warm tone and accessible presentation, it focuses on the "real-world" English skills needed to get a good job, hold a job, and advance in a career. This edition features a variety of in-text and online exercises, a new co-author, updated chapter titles, integrated vocabulary development and more on punctuation.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

 

1.      Mastering Language: Resources and Words

2.      Getting to Know the Parts of Speech

3.      Writing Complete and Correct Sentences

4.      Mastering Nouns

5.      Mastering Pronouns

6.      Mastering Verbs

7.      Making Subjects and Verbs Agree

8.      Mastering Adjectives and Adverbs

9.      Using Commas Correctly

10.  Using Other Marks of Punctuation

11.  Writing Powerful Sentences

12.  Writing Business E-mail and Letters

13.  Writing for Multimedia

14.  Developing Oral Presentations

 

Appendices

A.     Pop Quizzes

B.     VOCABULARY AND SPELLING FOR CAREERS READ AND REPLAY

C.     REPLAY DRILLS

D.     MINI REFERENCE MANUAL

E.      FINAL REHEARSAL

F.      RECAP AND REPLAY ANSWERS

 

INDEX