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Hi all, I'm teaching a BEC Vantage course and using Pass BEC Vantage as a course book. Tomorrow's lesson is "Making Conversation". On page 22 of the teacher's book are instructions for a listening exercise about business travel. It says to make sure the students know the difference between "trip" an...

Hi Rob,

Let me think about this one. It's way over my head but I'm willing to jump.

Serendipity, thanks for the info. Bobs, I'm slowly limping along. I don't have that much but I'm willing to share also.

Hold up a second. I just checked the website. If you're using this site as a basis for your argument, then you may be a little off base. This site lists jobs that need to be filled by native English speakers. Of course, it's going to seem that these companies are only looking for native English spea...

Wolfstone, This just means you may have to work a little harder with your English so you can sound like a native speaker...or close to it.:-) Is it fair, nope. But as serendipity said, there are more issues that are not "fair" than others. English can be learned, and even though some companies say t...

Well, seeing as if no one around here has ever taught IT professionals, I'll go ahead and list some things I came up with on my own...just in case someone needs help in the future.:-) 1) ACM.org: A great site that has newsletters and the like. I'm going to try and use some of the articles for class....

Greetings everyone, I've just started teaching a BEC Vantage course at a financial institution. Both of my classes are made up of IT professionals. Are there any sites and / or texts I can purchase to supplement my lessons? I'm looking for materials geared towards the IT industry. Thanks and best re...