Here are some decent websites for teaching business English:
BBC
1.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/
This website offers diverse resources for general and business English for both students and teachers. For students, there are series like "6 minutes English" where you can listen to podcasts on some issues like how to reduce pollution. The series "Talk about English" is where people share their experiences like reading English books, learning Engllish, livig in the UK, and so on. "Get the job" is particulary useful for those who is hunting for a job. If learners are travelling to London for business, "Welcome to London" has everything they need to know about London such as, transportation, accommodation, entertainment, shopping, working, and eating out. For those who want to improve grammar, vaocabulary, and pronunciation, they could also find tips in one of the other series.
For teachers, there are plenty of worksheets and activities available for downloading. Most of the worksheets and activities are designed based on the series metioned above. For example, teachers may have students read or watch something in "Talking business" series on their own beforehand and do some tasks relevant to the series afterwards in the class by using the worksheets.
MACMILLAN
2.http://www.businessenglishonline.net/resources.htm
This website offers some FREE resources exclusively for teachers to use with their business English students, including worksheets, wordlists, answer keys, e-lessons, and so on. On-line supplementary resources like podcast, PowerPoint presentations are also accessible. However, some of the resources like progress tests are only available by email request.
3.http://aei.uoregon.edu/esp/
This website offers projects that can easily be adapted to fufill the need of learners of different levels. Projects and resources are primarily for teachers who teach secondary level students and above. Within the category of "Project" there are five subcategories, including "Technology tips and strategies", "Language support", "Business communication", "Business research", "Business simulations, exercises, tutorials, and Lesson plans", and "Assessment". The section "Resources" is a collection of many websites that are related to Business English. Some of them offer general information about business in a particular region. Some of them are enterprises' webistes like Coca Cola. Some of them are for getting reports and statistics for business purpose like Consumer Reports. There are, of course, more about learning business English like Financial Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary, Business Presentations and Public Speaking in English, etc.
4.http://iteslj.org/links/TESL/Business_English/
A useful website for teachers to get ideas and resources for teaching a particular topic like body language in business English, writing a letter of complaint, business metting, etc.
5.http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/professional-english/bec.html
Teachers might need to know something about exams that are designed specifically for business English like "BEC-Business English Certificates" in order to prepare students for this sort of exam. It might also be a good idea to introduce the exams to student because getting a internationally recognized qualification will always add weight to their CVs.
BBC
1.http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/
This website offers diverse resources for general and business English for both students and teachers. For students, there are series like "6 minutes English" where you can listen to podcasts on some issues like how to reduce pollution. The series "Talk about English" is where people share their experiences like reading English books, learning Engllish, livig in the UK, and so on. "Get the job" is particulary useful for those who is hunting for a job. If learners are travelling to London for business, "Welcome to London" has everything they need to know about London such as, transportation, accommodation, entertainment, shopping, working, and eating out. For those who want to improve grammar, vaocabulary, and pronunciation, they could also find tips in one of the other series.
For teachers, there are plenty of worksheets and activities available for downloading. Most of the worksheets and activities are designed based on the series metioned above. For example, teachers may have students read or watch something in "Talking business" series on their own beforehand and do some tasks relevant to the series afterwards in the class by using the worksheets.
MACMILLAN
2.http://www.businessenglishonline.net/resources.htm
This website offers some FREE resources exclusively for teachers to use with their business English students, including worksheets, wordlists, answer keys, e-lessons, and so on. On-line supplementary resources like podcast, PowerPoint presentations are also accessible. However, some of the resources like progress tests are only available by email request.
3.http://aei.uoregon.edu/esp/
This website offers projects that can easily be adapted to fufill the need of learners of different levels. Projects and resources are primarily for teachers who teach secondary level students and above. Within the category of "Project" there are five subcategories, including "Technology tips and strategies", "Language support", "Business communication", "Business research", "Business simulations, exercises, tutorials, and Lesson plans", and "Assessment". The section "Resources" is a collection of many websites that are related to Business English. Some of them offer general information about business in a particular region. Some of them are enterprises' webistes like Coca Cola. Some of them are for getting reports and statistics for business purpose like Consumer Reports. There are, of course, more about learning business English like Financial Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary, Business Presentations and Public Speaking in English, etc.
4.http://iteslj.org/links/TESL/Business_English/
A useful website for teachers to get ideas and resources for teaching a particular topic like body language in business English, writing a letter of complaint, business metting, etc.
5.http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/professional-english/bec.html
Teachers might need to know something about exams that are designed specifically for business English like "BEC-Business English Certificates" in order to prepare students for this sort of exam. It might also be a good idea to introduce the exams to student because getting a internationally recognized qualification will always add weight to their CVs.
Great range of sources for Business English here. Thank you for collating them and posting them for everyone to access.
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