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dragonpiwo · Joined: 04 Mar 2013 Posts: 1650 Location: Berlin

Can anyone recommend something? Preferably a short 40-60 hour course. Need to make a purchase order, so an ISBN would be handy too.

I usually teach Oil and Gas and Technical English, so I haven't really done this kind of stuff for many moons and would like summit up-to-date.

dragonpiwo · Joined: 04 Mar 2013 Posts: 1650 Location: Berlin

So this forum's just for whining then?

grahamb · Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 1945

When I taught short courses, I selected from standard course books to suit my students' needs. Anything but Headway! As you're looking for something off the shelf, take a look at Move by Macmillan:

http://www.macmillanenglish.com/courses/move/

I've never used it, but the Macmillan materials I've come across in the past have been better than most.

Brunouno · Joined: 18 Apr 2013 Posts: 129

Hehe. Well, it certainly seems that way sometimes. 'Admin staff' is a pretty generic term, but it sounds like a GE coursebook would do the trick. I like using New Total English and New English File. They're both very common and popular coursebooks. Some may say to use a BE coursebook, but I find many of them to be very unauthentic, and it seems as though many of them almost preach the audio-lingual method.

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

I do not adhere to the Heresy of ESP.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 2:09 pm Post subject:

Have a butcher's at this then:

http://vk.com/wall-51506472?q=File%20Third%20Elementary

You can download a PDF to help you decide if you want to make a purchase. And the audio too : )

But it is just general English. Nothing in it for business administration as such. For A2 I have never really seen the point...

MuscatGary · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:40 am Post subject:

Market Leader

dragonpiwo · Joined: 04 Mar 2013 Posts: 1650 Location: Berlin

Thanks for the replies. Know Market Leader well and English File.

Dedicated · Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 972 Location: UK

You could check out the new series of 'International Express' by Oxford University Press which is specifically written for adult professional learners. It is a blend of general and business English.

The student's book is combined with the workbook allowing classroom use and self study.

ISBN - 978-0-19-459774-6

Sashadroogie · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 9:07 am Post subject:

English Unlimited?

Here's a look at the B1 book. Can't find the A2, but it is floating around somewhere.

http://vk.com/doc-30642473_217038443?dl=41b83b927adc797ccc