Monday, August 30, 2010

Writing- Business Expressions (Part 2)

The previous blog post let you check out 20 common business idioms. How about a look at another set of 20 to see which ones you know & which ones you don't know?

Check out this site:

www.teacherjoe.us/BusinessExpressions02.html.

Please review that list, post the 4 idioms that you're least familiar with, and include the meaning of each.

Writing- Business Expressions (Part 1)

There are some common business expressions that you may hear (or read or write). Do you know what they mean? Like some other idioms that we've explored, they mean something different than if you tried to literally interpret them.

www.teacherjoe.us/BusinessExpressions01.html

Check out the 20 business expressions. Pick the 6 that you were least familiar with, come back here, and post the expression with its meaning.

Business Vocabulary (Part 3)

With any discussion of business, it's important to include mention of money. Our next set of business vocabulary terms will relate to money! (Who doesn't love that?!)

Visit this link:

www.englishclub.com/business-english/vocabulary_money.htm

Find 4 terms that you don't know (or don't know well) and post the words with their definitions. Can you then write two sentences that incorporates both of those words used correctly? Give it a try!

Business Vocabulary (Part 2)

Next, let's explore some business vocabulary related to meetings. (At some point it seems like we're all in a meeting or hearing about a meeting that happened!)

Visit this link:

http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/vocabulary_meetings.htm

Pick 4 terms that you're not familiar with and post them to this blog. Then pick one word you are very familiar with and how/why.

Business Vocabulary (Part 1)

With so much emphasis today on the economy and the job market, let's spend some time looking over some important business vocabulary terms that relate to employment.

Visit this link:

http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/vocabulary_employment.htm

Find 4 terms that you're not totally familiar with and come back to this blog so you can post the words & definitions of each. Then try to use two of those words correctly in a sentence.