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" Perfect phrases for ESL : "
Natalie Gast
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BL
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688776
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b510965
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Gast, Natalie
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Perfect phrases for ESL : : everyday business life : hundreds of ready-to-use phrases that help you navigate any English-language situation in the workplace /\ Natalie Gast
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| Publication Statement
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New York [N.Y.] :: McGraw Hill,, 2010
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Perfect phrases
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xv, 157 pages ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0071608389
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: 9780071608381
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| Contents
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Part 1: The global workplace. Find a mentor ; Observe, observe, and then observe some more ; Ask and answer questions and listen to others ; Avoid saying "In my country we ..." -- Part 2: Small talk. Interacting in a small group ; Giving and accepting compliments ; Giving, accepting, and refusing invitations -- Part 3: Using the telephone. Speak up and speak out ; Your voice mail ; Leaving messages ; Speaking with someone who is difficult to understand ; Speaking with someone who has difficulty understanding you -- Part 4: Presenting yourself. Before you present ; How to say it ; Answering questions ; Part 5: Networking within your organization and beyond. Whom do you know? ; How to network ; Follow-up -- Part 6: Stress at work. What is stress? ; Use the good stress ; Lose the bad stress -- Part 7. Directions. Directions on the job ; Giving and following directions to get somewhere ; Other directions to consider -- Appendix A: The American business culture in a nutshell -- Appendix B: Sports idioms and expressions -- Appendix C: Grammar notes
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| Abstract
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This book is for you if you are a high-intermediate or advanced ESL or EFL learner and now you need to master communication skills in order to function in diverse real-life work-related situations
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Adult education
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Business communication
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English language, Terms and phrases
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English language, Textbooks for foreign speakers
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English language-- Spoken English
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| Dewey Classification
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428.3/4
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PE1128.G344 2010
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