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The term Business English can cover a multitude of things. When someone says they teach business English or they are studying business English it is quite possible that the speaker and the listener may have a different understanding of the term.

This is the second in a series of articles by our Guest Contributor Barry Tomalin.

This is the first in a series of articles by our third Guest Contributor Barry Tomalin.

Hyponyms are words that are the specific examples of a general word, a ‘superordinate’.

This is the last in a series of four articles which will explore how to integrate a task-based approach into a typical textbook to maximise learning opportunities for your learners and to save teacher preparation time.

This is the third in a series of four articles which will explore how to integrate a task-based approach into a typical textbook to maximise learning opportunities for your learners and to save teacher preparation time.

This article explores how to integrate a task-based approach in the language classroom and adapt typical textbook activities to maximise learning opportunities for your learners and to save teacher preparation time.

How can we identify tasks for a TBL approach? This article, which is the first in a series of four, highlights the characteristics of a task and gives advice on turning less task-like activities into tasks. 

This article is in three parts. Part 1 looked at what a speaker needs to be able to do to use spoken English as an effective form of communication. Part 2 looks at which elements can be evaluated formally, and suggests different ways in which it can be done.

Accuracy refers to how correct learners’ use of the language system is, including their use of grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary.