Oxford Business English Skills (5 Parts)

Synopsis

Language and skills training for specific areas of business, presenting models of good and bad practice.
1 (1995): Each of nine units focuses on a specific area, from planning and structuring a presentation, through to concluding and handling questions effectively.
2 (1996): Eight units covering preparation for a meeting, making one’s views heard, asking the right questions, seeking consensus, clarifying action to be taken. Meetings take place in an between two companies, giving examples of both formal and informal meetings.
3 (1996): Ten units showing two companies, one based in New York and the other in the UK, in telephone contact about a forthcoming delegation, involving conversations between a number of different speakers. Covers: preparing and structuring a call, dealing with messages and answerphone, and leading or responding appropriately.
4 (1997?): Eight units include introductions, small talk, dealing with awkward situations, giving and reacting to invitations, and keeping a conversation flowing. The scenarios revolve around two foreign visitors to a British company and the social situations they encounter.
5 (1998): Units focus on the need to develop the language and skills needed to prepare for negotiations, establish positions, clarify problems, make and respond to proposals, and arrive at a mutually beneficial agreement.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 5 x 30 min.

Year of production

1998

Availability

Sale

Documentation

Optional student’s book, teacher’s book and audiocassette available for each title.

Uses

Intermediate to upper-intermediate learners of English.

Subjects

Languages

Keywords

business communication; English language

Credits

Writer

Derek Utley; Jeremy Comfort

Sections

Title

Effective presentations

Synopsis

1 (1995): Each of nine units focuses on a specific area, from planning and structuring a presentation, through to concluding and handling questions effectively.

Title

Effective meetings 1

Synopsis

2 (1996): Eight units covering preparation for a meeting, making one's views heard, asking the right questions, seeking consensus, clarifying action to be taken. Meetings take place in an between two companies, giving examples of both formal and informal

Title

Effective telephoning

Synopsis

3 (1996): Ten units showing two companies, one based in New York and the other in the UK, in telephone contact about a forthcoming delegation, involving conversations between a number of different speakers. Covers: preparing and structuring a call, dealin

Title

Effective socialzing

Synopsis

4 (1997?): Eight units include introductions, small talk, dealing with awkward situations, giving and reacting to invitations, and keeping a conversation flowing. The scenarios revolve around two foreign visitors to a British company and the social situat

Title

Effective negotiation

Synopsis

5 (1998): Units focus on the need to develop the language and skills needed to prepare for negotiations, establish positions, clarify problems, make and respond to proposals, and arrive at a mutually beneficial agreement.

Sponsor

Name

Oxford English Video

Distributor

Name

Oxford University Press, English Language Teaching Division

Email

elt.enquiry@oup.co.uk

Web

http://www.oup.co.uk/elt External site opens in new window

Phone

01865 556767

Fax

01865 556646

Address

Great Clarendon Street
Oxford
OX2 6DP