Reviews" . . . learn by reading and doing, and not just by reading. " — Joseph D. Chapman,Ball State University " This book does have a very rich section dealing with business words that I have either found lacking or inadequate in previous books ...This is a definite asset . . . " — Mary Walton,Trainer, ". . . learn by reading and doing, and not just by reading." Joseph D. Chapman, Ball State University "This book does have a very rich section dealing with business words that I have either found lacking or inadequate in previous books ...This is a definite asset . . ." Mary Walton, Trainer
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal650/.01/4
Table Of ContentIntroduction. I. CLUES FROM CONTEXT. Lesson 1. Commonsense Questions. Lesson 2. Definitions. Lesson 3. Comparisons and Examples. Lesson 4. Opposites and Contrasts. Lesson 5. Cause and Effect. Lesson 6. Section 1 Review. II. WORD FAMILIES. Lesson 7. Communication. Lesson 8. Size and Amount. Lesson 9. Importance. Lesson 10. Section 2 Review. III. WORD ANALYSIS. Lesson 11. Prefixes: Size and Negation. Lesson 12. Prefixes: Amount and Number. Lesson 13. Prefixes: Time and Place. Lesson 14. Prefixes: Relationships and Judgements. Lesson 15. Roots: Seeing and Communicating. Lesson 16. Roots: Doing. Lesson 17. Roots: Describing. Lesson 18. Suffixes: Describing and Doing. Lesson 19. Suffixes: Naming. Lesson 20. Section 3 Review. IV. TROUBLEMAKERS. Lesson 21. Troublemakers 1. Lesson 22. Troublemakers 2. Lesson 23. Troublemakers 3. Lesson 24. Troublemakers 4. Lesson 25. Section 4 Review. V. WORDS FOR WORK. Lesson 26. Employment. Lesson 27. Sales. Lesson 28. Marketing. Lesson 29. Accounting. Lesson 30. Finance. Lesson 31. Business Computing. Lesson 32. The Internet 1. Lesson 33. The Internet 2. Lesson 34. Leadership and Group Input. Lesson 35. Shipping. Lesson 36. Section 5 Review. Appendix: Working with Words Answer Key Index.
SynopsisIn this collection of stories, Dabydeen's characters live stretched between two worlds: one, an adopted home in Canada; the other, a birthplace in a tropical island., This book improves learners' communication skills, writing, and general language development by helping them understand and use English terms appropriately. Readers will benefit from this presentation and accumulation of adult learning experience-and by thinking, comparing, using, and rememberingA five-part organization assembles lessons of concept, examples, reviews, and exercises that in turn cover contextual clues, word families, word analysis, trouble makers (frequently misused terms), and business words.For corporate training of professionals, middle managers and non-management workers., For courses in Business English and Business Writing. This text improves students' communication skills by helping them understand and use English terms appropriately. It relies on principles of language development for effective learning, and approaches the process from various directions context, analysis, comparisons, and memory devices. Students will benefit from this presentation and accumulation of adult learning experience and by thinking, comparing, using, and remembering., For courses in Business English and Business Writing. This text improves students' communication skills by helping them understand and use English terms appropriately. It relies on principles of language development for effective learning, and approaches the process from various directions--context, analysis, comparisons, and memory devices. Students will benefit from this presentation and accumulation of adult learning experience--and by thinking, comparing, using, and remembering.
LC Classification NumberHF1002.5.C69 2003