Conversational English
for Business

Content
Language and Social Skills
Purpose
Communication in Business and Professional Life


Twelve Topics

•The Shape of Conversation
•Meeting People
•Small Talk
•Appointments & Invitations
•Asking for Information & Directions
•Traveling
•The Weather
•Restaurants
•Discussion & Negotiation
•What If ?
•Parties & Social Events
•Holidays & Celebrations

Each Topic Has Five Sections

Core Conversation
The model conversation.

Key Phrases
The essential language you need to know plus several variations.

How It Works
Information to help you understand the logic and structure of the conversation.

Speaking & Listening
Practice in understanding rapid speech with guidelines for pronunciation. This section includes online sounds that you can hear if you computer has sound capability,

Social Strategy
Cultural hints on how to use language in a social context to communicate appropriately.

Icons Point Out Features

Important information about language or culture,

Sounds that are left out, changed, or made shorter.

A good idea. hint, or suggestion.

AND Interesting, useful, or entertaining information.

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Materials on this site from the FAST FLUENCY textbook and audiotapes
are copyright © 1991 by Logos International, and used by permission.
All other materials copyright © 2001 by William Boletta. All rights reserved.