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Speak Business English Like an American: Learn the Idioms & Expressions You Need to Succeed On The Job! (Book & Audio CD)

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I used this book and CD system with my students, a group of adults in an ESL class at a community college. They really enjoyed it! They found the dialogues interesting and realistic. The idioms in this book are excellent. The exercises are helpful too, and we appreciated being able to go to the publisher's website (Language Success Press) and getting supplementary exercises for this book for free.

Although many of the idioms and expressions Ms. Gillett brings to the page are typical in non-business usage, the huge number of idioms and expressions related to American business English (as opposed to British business English--in some cases they are quite different!) is an asset to any student of this subject.
The contents are grouped in chapters by common subject, e.g. Discussing a New Ad Campaign, Motivating A Co-Woker, and Conducting a Performance Review. Learning new idioms and expressions is made simple by an easy-to-read dialog that demonstrates (and can be used with a partner) the usage of each idiom, and then is followed by self- or partnered-checking and review. The accompanying CD clarifies pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation.

I highly recommend this text to all--native or non-native speakers of English--who want to fast-track themselves into usage of the American business vernacular.

My qualifications to review this book? I teach this subject, among others, at UCSC Extension.

Enhanced with the addition of an audio CD, Speak Business Like An American is the ultimate instructive guide to the hundreds of expressions and idioms heard at the workplace daily. Amy Gillet's provides the language student wanting to gain fluency in doing business in the American marketplace with consistent, easy to use constructs that are accurate, appropriate, and effective. Speak Business English Like An American is very highly recommended for those new to the business workplace and in need of being able to communicate fluently in standard American English.

As an avid student of the English language, I find this book engaging -- perhaps, too quick of a read; I breezed through it in no time. If you are a nonnative speaker, concerned with fluency, bent on fine-tuning your speaking ability, then this could be a good starting point to begin with. The expressions in context on a CD are extremly useful. A great tool to practice your listening comprehention.

Some of the idioms might be hackneyed, but the author walks the extra mile explaining herself; in fact, you'll find some interesting details on the origin of a few expressions. The exersices are a plus: they seem realistic enough to be likable. And the repetion will reafirm many about the rarely-heard idioms, found only in certain context. A well-presented book--could have been a little more encompassing--again, maybe a bit assuming, but one that won't disapoint you.

I'm brazilian. This book is wonderfull and help me a lot. I recommend to everyone who want to learn more about expression. Audio quality is nice.

This book is an excellent reference for those who want to grab the business American expressions.
I liked the CD very mucn.
Jihad Mohammad

I bought these books and had my brother bring them to me in South Korea. I work for an American Company here and needed them for English Consulting. The books are amazing! Thank you!!

I'd like to recommend this book to every foreigner who wants to improve business Eng speaking and get familiar with the local business culture. Cheers!

Some idiomatic expressions are repeated. There are two or three typos. One printed expression is not the same as the audio version. I need to make sure most in the book are really found in practice, but the book looks good to me.

I found that this book is very useful. It did improve my business English a lot. But, I hope there would be more examples in the book for practice.