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An easy and funny way to revise business vocabulary. Pearson and Caroline Brown are probably the most prolific writers of free English lessons on the Net today. They have been teaching people from all sectors of business to communicate more effectively in English for over twenty-five years. They have written exercises for their students to develop their language skills. Now you can use them too.
The theme of this collection is a discussion of the notions of 'norms' and 'standards', which are studied from various different angles, but always in relation to the English language. These terms are to be understood in a very wide sense, allowing discussions of topics such as the norms we orient to in social interaction, the benchmark employed in teaching, or the development of English dialects and varieties over time and space and their relation to the standard language.
Structured Tasks for English Practice (STEP) is a series of programmed workbooks designed to assist deaf adults and young people in writing better English. The books in the series include: Articles; Verbs: Past, Present, and Future; Nouns; Pronouns; Conjunctions; Adjectives and Linking Verbs; Adverb Clauses; Prepositional Phrases; Infinitives and Gerunds; and Writing Sentences. The workbooks are intended to be used in conjunction with classroom lectures or for independent study.
