Cert IBET: Certificate in International Business English Training
Next course dates: 09 January 2009 - 26 March 2009
Term: 70 hours over 10 weeks
Fee: € 795

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Published Articles & Books

• Baber, E. 2007. 50 Ways to Improve your Business English Using the Internet. Summertown Publishing.
• Barrett, B and Sharma, P. 2003. The Internet and Business English. Summertown Publishing.
• Donna, S. 2001.Teach Business English. Cambridge University Press.
• Emmerson, P. and Hamilton, N. 2005. Five-Minute Activities for Business English. Cambridge University Press.
• Frendo, E. 2005. How to Teach Business English. Harlow: Pearson Education.
• Goddard R.J. 2007. Teaching English for International Business. Authors OnLine Ltd

Online Resources

• The Times 100: A Student and Teacher Business Studies Resource Centre http://www.thetimes100.co.uk/index.php
• English 360
  Ready-made materials on business skills for online learning [this site to be launched in late 2007]
  http://www.english360.com
• Business English Online
  Carl Dowse’s wiki has categorised links to BE materials
  http://beo-businessenglishonline.wikispaces.com/
• TESL: Business English
  The Internet TESL Journal provides some useful links to BE-related materials
  http://iteslj.org/links/TESL/Business_English/
• IATEFL BESIG
  A list of useful links provided by the IATEFL Special Interest Group for Business English teachers
  http://www.besig.org/links.htm
• Onestopenglish
  Articles, materials and lesson plans for BE teachers provided by the MacMillan site Onestopenglish
  http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp? sectionType=listsummary&catid=58015
• Business English WebQuests
  A number of WebQuests available for teachers to use with BE learners, on topics such as digital brand management, preparing CVs, and e-business. Scroll down the page to find the BE WebQuests.
  http://www.theconsultants-e.com/webquests/
• BusinessEnglishPod
  A series of Business English podcasts on business-related issues and topics
  www.businessenglishpod.com
• Language of writing business letters, holding meetings, negotiations and more
  http://www.englishclub.com/business-english

Useful business related websites

• BBC News business articles
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/default.stm
• BBC Radio 4 In Business programmes
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/inbusiness/inbusiness.shtml
• CNN Money
  http://money.cnn.com
• Yahoo business news
  http://dir.yahoo.com/News_and_Media/Business
• Bloomberg news
  http://www.bloomberg.com
• The Financial Times
  http://www.ft.com
• Reuters business news
  http://today.reuters.co.uk/News/newsChannel.aspx?type=businessNews
• US News & World Report
  http://www.usnews.com & http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/archive.htm
• Time Magazine
  http://www.time.com/time/magazine