American business jargon and slang

[Eric]

Hi all, this is my first post here. Im a new teacher and I have some students that are visiting America for the first time. The purpose of their visit is negotiation. They are interested in American business slang and jargon that they cant encounter in a book. Ive taught them all I know, but know theres much more out there. Does anyone know of any good websites for this sort of information. Im located in Russia so the possibility of buying a book is out of the question. Thanks for the help, Eric Anderson

[dduck]

Here's one I found through google.com

http://www.buzzwhack.com/

I gave it a quick scan, it seems like a bit of a hoot, but you might have to spend a lot of time explaining the definitions too.

escape ring: A planned call or beep from a co-worker that allows you to feign an emergency in order to escape a particularly boring or meaningless meeting. This technique has lost some of its effectiveness since being the featured plot line of a popular car commercial.
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Iain

[Gian]

Hey Eric - I have a website which is primarily to help English learners but also has some great links that can help ESL teachers.

If you go to the ESL Links page on my site and scroll down to Business English - then you can find some cool links there.

http://www.eslagent.com/esllinks.html

I think EL Easton is the best I've seen on the web

Good luck,

Gian

[sita]

Hi Gian!

What a super link!

Thank you very much!

Siân

[Gian]

Hi Siân,

I'm really happy that you like the link. It took us some time to get it together, and I hope it's useful for both ESL students and teachers!!

If I can ever help you in any way, please let me know. [email protected] is my email address.

Gian