Business Benchmark Advanced: Teacher’s Resource book PDF
The Business Benchmark Advanced/Higher course is crafted as an engaging and dynamic Business English program for students at the Common European Framework (CEF) level C1. It integrates lively, authentic materials from a broad range of business sources and is suitable for individuals already working in business, as well as pre-service students (younger individuals planning to enter the business world in the future).
This course equips learners with the essential practical skills in writing, reading, speaking, and listening required in a business environment. It also enhances students’ knowledge of crucial business vocabulary and grammar through 24 concise units, each designed to take approximately three hours of classroom time.
For students aiming for a Business English qualification, this course offers thorough preparation for the Business English Certificate (BEC) Higher level or the Business Language Testing Service (BULATS) test, including a complete practice exam for both BEC and BULATS.
What the Course Contains
Student’s Book: The Student’s Book includes:
- 24 topic- or skills-based units designed to cover a wide range of essential topics and skills needed in modern business. The units are organized into “clusters” of four, with each cluster focusing on a broad topic area. Each cluster is structured as follows:
- The first unit emphasizes reading skills.
- The second unit focuses on listening skills.
- The third unit highlights writing skills.
- The fourth unit emphasizes speaking skills.
All units, however, are designed to be lively, stimulating, and varied, requiring all skills for effective classroom work. The units feature:
- Discussion and role-play activities to develop vital business speaking skills, such as those needed for meetings, conferences, negotiations, and presentations.
- Step-by-step writing exercises to enable learners to write emails, memos, faxes, letters, reports, and proposals.
- A wealth of authentic business articles from well-known publications, along with examples of letters, reports, and proposals to teach essential business reading skills.
- Specially designed listening materials and authentic interviews with business professionals to improve students’ listening proficiency and confidence.
- Numerous vocabulary exercises to ensure students build a robust business vocabulary suitable for most general situations.
- Grammar explanations and exercises to extend and reinforce students’ knowledge of English grammar at this level in a business context.
- Many activities also prepare students for either the BEC Higher level or the BULATS test.
- Grammar Workshops: These workshops offer additional grammar explanations and exercises linked to the grammar work presented in the units.
- Exam Skills and Practice Section: This section provides detailed advice on the structure of the BEC Higher exam and BULATS test, including what each section tests and step-by-step guidance on how to approach each question. It also includes exercises to build up students’ exam skills, a complete BEC Higher exam (BEC Higher edition), or relevant parts of the BULATS test (BULATS edition).
- Answer Keys to all exercises in the book.
- Transcripts for all listening materials.
Personal Study Book: The Personal Study Book includes:
- 24 units, each corresponding to the 24 units of the Student’s Book. These units offer:
- Vocabulary revision and consolidation.
- Grammar revision and consolidation.
- Further reading and writing exercises.
- A Word List of core business vocabulary and expressions featured in the Student’s Book.
Recorded Materials: The recorded materials for the Student’s Book are available on audio CD or cassette.
Teacher’s Resource Book: The Teacher’s Resource Book includes:
- Information on how each unit’s activities relate to the BEC exam and BULATS test.
- Notes on each unit in the Student’s Book, with advice on handling activities and suggestions for alternative approaches to certain exercises.
- A large number of extra photocopiable activities, including additional reading texts, discussion activities, games, and case studies to supplement and extend the Student’s Book content.
- Answer Keys to all exercises in the photocopiable activities and the Student’s Book, including the Exam Skills and Practice section.
- Complete Student’s Book transcripts with correct answers for the listening exercises underlined.
- Information about the Common European Framework and how this course aligns with it.
- A Checklist of Can Do statements for students at C1 (advanced) level.
Website: Additional information and resources are available online.
BULATS CD-ROM (BULATS Edition): The BULATS edition of Business Benchmark Advanced includes skills advice and exam practice for all parts of the BULATS test relevant to advanced-level students. A complete BULATS test is included on CD-ROM for students who want to familiarize themselves with the computer-based test.
Business English Certificate (BEC) Higher Exam
The BEC Higher exam assesses language ability in a business context at the Council of Europe’s Effective Operational Proficiency Level (C1) for general language proficiency.
- Reading Component: Six tasks, including multiple-choice, matching, word-level gap-filling, sentence-level gap-filling, multiple-choice gap-filling, and error identification. This component accounts for 25% of the total marks.
- Writing Component: Two tasks:
- Part One: Produce a short report (based on graphic input, approximately 120-140 words).
- Part Two: Write a report, proposal, or business correspondence.
The Writing paper accounts for 25% of the total marks.
- Listening Component: Three tasks, including gap-filling or note completion, matching, and multiple choice. Texts include monologues, dialogues, interviews, discussions, telephone conversations, and messages. The Listening paper accounts for 25% of the total marks.
- Speaking Test: Conducted by two external examiners, candidates are tested in pairs. In cases of an uneven number of candidates, the last candidate is tested in a group of three. The test includes responding to questions, a one-minute mini-presentation, a collaborative task, and interaction with the interlocutor. The Speaking Test accounts for 25% of the total marks.
Business Language Testing Service (BULATS) Test
BULATS includes several tests:
- The Computer Test
- The Standard Test
- The Speaking Test
- The Writing Test
These tests can be used independently or in various combinations, covering areas such as job descriptions, companies, products, travel, management, marketing, customer service, planning, reports, phone messages, business correspondence, and presentations. The tasks are practical, assessing candidates across the six levels of the ALTE Framework (A1-C2).
Contents
- Business Benchmark Adv TB.pdf 21.07 MB
Format:PDF
Size: 21.07 MB
Series:Business Benchmark
Level:Advanced
Date: 2007
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