The Business Student's Phrase Book: Key Vocabulary for Effective Writing

ISBN-13: 9781137587077 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 252 str.

Jeanne Godfrey

Opis

To write successfully in business - both at university and in the workplace - you need to communicate your ideas clearly and correctly; imprecise or incorrect word use will lessen the clarity and credibility of your work. This book gives you an accessible 'way in' to the words and phrases you will need to use in essays, case studies and reports.

Spis treści

Why use this book? Aims and arguments Definitions, groupings and characteristics Events, situations and business contexts Size, amount and distribution Time, trends and change Business strategy, models, methods and results Analyzing and identifying common themes Evaluating ideas, evidence and impact Concluding, applying ideas and making recommendations Appendix: Latin phrases and abbreviations Index.

O autorze

Jeanne has been teaching and managing in the field of English language and academic writing for over twenty years and currently lectures at the University of Leeds UK. She has been Chair of the British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes and set up one of the first academic writing centres in a UK university. Jeanne is author of The Student Phrase Book, How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays, Reading and Making Notes and Writing for University.

Blurb

To write successfully in business – both at university and in the workplace – you need to communicate your ideas clearly and correctly; imprecise or incorrect word use will lessen the clarity and credibility of your work. This book gives you an accessible ‘way in’ to the words and phrases you will need to use in essays, case studies and reports.

 

The Business Student’s Phrase Book:

 

Presents nearly 1,500 academic words commonly used across business and management Shows you these words in the context of key writing functions and sentences from sample assignments so that you can see when, why and how words are used 

Gives simple, clear definitions, concentrating on those words that most often cause problems

Explains the differences between commonly confused words

Identifies common mistakes in word use so that you can avoid similar errors in your own writing

This is an essential companion for business students who seek to express their ideas, arguments and evaluations more clearly and precisely.

Jeanne Godfrey has been teaching and managing in the field of English language and academic writing for over twenty years. She set up one of the first academic writing centres in a UK university and is a Teaching Fellow in the Language Centre at the University of Leeds, UK. She is the author of Writing for University, Reading and Making Notes, How to Use Reading in Your Essays and The Student Phrase Book.