Business Partner A1 DACH Coursebook & Standard MEL & DACH Reader+ eBook Pack

Real life business content¿ Authenticvideo content introduces unit topics, exposing students to real English and the sorts of issues they mayencounter in their careers. ¿ FinancialTimes articles provide reading practice to build on the topics discussed in thevideos, further exposing students to authentic English.¿ Studentswork on case studies that allow them to practise their business andcommunication skills in realistic professional contexts.Building communicative and business skills¿ Thecourse builds two sets of skills - communication and practical business skills- which students practise together in the business workshop case studies. ¿ Practicalskills training includes negotiating, presenting, building relationships andsmall talk.¿ Aninnovative video-based training programme helps build the communication skills,including supporting teamwork, listening actively, collaborating, solvingproblems, and influencing.Building language skills¿ Studentsacquire functional language and practise all the skills, including writing,grammar and pronunciation.¿ Thetask-based approach incorporates presentation and practice, with a lot ofcommunicative pair and group tasks and projects.¿ Thereare multiple opportunities for writing practice across all the lessons, with afull writing lesson in each unit.Flexibility for teachers and learners¿ Thecourse allows teachers to pick and choose their lessons to suit their students.While units are linked by theme, each lesson stands alone and can be taughtindependently. ¿ Additionalresources, such as the Reading Bank, Writing Bank and Functional Language Bank,provide extra support for students, while teachers can use a range of extraactivities to extend and add variety to a class. ¿ BusinessPartner is a blended course where the coursebook works as a standalonecomponent with signposts to a range of supplementary digital materials.