Business English Links

Business English

Many if not most of you are studying English for professional reasons - to get a better job or to advance your careers. Here are a number of Business English resources for you to check out. Don't forget that every profession has its own specialized terms and language - also called "jargon." This list includes some glossaries but is not a comprehensive list of specialized glossaries. If you can't find a link to your own "workplace word needs" here, try an internet search.

Glossaries

• Glossaries & Dictionaries on all subjects from Glossarist.com. Searchable directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries containing terms and definitions on hundreds of subjects.
• Glossaries Collection of more than 2400 links to glossaries and dictionaries
• Glossaries by Language Directory of multilingual dictionaries and dictionaries on specific subjects, alphabetized by language

Links

• Talk in the Office. Each lesson contains multiple sentences that you can click on to learn how to say that sentence.

• Business English Podcasts. Learn Business English at your convenience with free MP3 Business English Podcasts.

• BBC Business English. English for work and business: from writing a CV to job interview techniques, and from business travel to working abroad.

• American Business Jargon. Colloquial American Business Jargon with definitions.

• Business Jargon Dictionary. The Ridiculous Business Jargon your co-workers use all the time.

• EnglishClub Business English. Business English Correspondence, Business English Vocabulary, Business Presentation, and Business News in English.

• English for Business. Business vocabulary, writing, reading, and speaking skills.

• Business English. Including advertising, accounting, and banking.

• English for Work. Very good free online English learning materials for nurses, police, travelers, hotel staff, and airline staff.

• Business English for Different Topics. A large collection of English reading materials and quizzes under different topics.

• TESL: Business English. The Internet TESL Journal's Business English page.

• BBC Business English. Business Section of the BBC News with current news articles.

• Business English Exercises. Exercises and games to test your business English, grammar and vocabulary.

• Business English for Teachers and Learners. This is a page maintained by Linda Thalman, with a big collection of links to business English sites.

• Bull's Eye Business Writing Tips. An archive of over 300 tips on how students can improve their business writing skills.

• Guide to Basic Business Letters. It provides the phrases that are usually found in any standard business letter.

• Business English Market. The site provides an Instructor's Guide and Lesson Modules that include plans, exercises, and ideas.

• Trading Glossary. Trading, Financial, and Business Glossary for traders of stock and investment market.

• Accounting Terminology Guide. An educational tool for journalists who report on and interpret financial information.

• The Devil's Derivatives Dictionary. A huge online Business English dictionary.

• Business Meetings. A hypertext program that takes the form of a decision maze.

• Business Week Online. The online magazine carries news articles on current business affairs.

• BizWeb. A web business guide to 46290 companies listed in 208 categories.

• Business English Links for ESL. Including Mock Job interview, Business Meeting Quiz, Business Writing Links, and Professional Organizations.

• Best Practices, China International business skills, free newsletters by email.

• MBA Programs The #1 MBA programs guide.

• ESL Business Links. Tracy Schall's page for students and teachers. This web page serves as both a source of activities and lessons and as a guide to resources that may be adapted to business lessons for English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language.

• Dave's ESL Cafe's Web Guide!: Business English. Annotated and rated Business English links
  

• Telephone English - How to Telephone in English for Business. Guide to the special language of telephoning in English including standard English phrases and practice exercises.

• Arlyn Freed's ESL/EFL English for Specific Purposes Business English; Military English; English Exams; Banking and Finance; Medical English