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Business English Vocabulary for English for Special Purposes

Business English vocabulary reference lists for advertising, banking and stocks, bookkeeping and financial administration, business and commercial letters, human resources, insturance, legal, logistics, marketing, production and manufacturing and sales and aquisitions.

Costs - Business English Vocabulary Exercise

Advanced Business English financial vocabulary exercises focusing company costs and bookkeeping terms.

Nursing Vocabulary

List of 200 essential words for the nursing and health-care industry for English language learners.

Landscaping Vocabulary

List of 200 essential words for the landscaping industry for English language learners

Farming and Agriculture Vocabulary

List of 200 essential words for the farming and agricultre industry for English language learners

Information Technology Vocabulary

List of 200 essential words for the Information Technology industry for English language learners

Food Service Vocabulary

List of 170 essential words for the food service industry for English language learners

Standard Business Questions

This interview focuses on asking standard business questions in English. Each of the standard business questions then has a number of variations as well as related questions in the reference section.

Collocation Examples

Collocations are words that are located together. They are words that go together regularly. These collocations examples and pages will help you learn important collocations to improve your English vocabulary skills.

Collocations with Money

Collocations used with the noun money including an example sentence for each strong collocation pair.

ENG - What does ENG mean?

A short reference article discussing the current usage of the language code eng

EN - What does EN mean?

A short reference article discussing the current usage of the language code en

Sales and Aquisitions English Glossary

Sales and Aquisitions English Glossary - English for Special Purposes Core Vocabulary

Production and Manufacturing English Glossary

Production and Manufacturing English Glossary - English for Special Purposes Core Vocabulary

English for Marketing Glossary

Marketing Glossary - English for Special Purposes Core Vocabulary

Logistics Management English Glossary

Logistics Management English Glossary - English for Special Purposes Core Vocabulary

Legal English Glossary

Law - Legal English Glossary - English for Special Purposes Core Vocabulary

Insurance Industry English Glossary

Insurance Industry English Glossary - English for Special Purposes Core Vocabulary

Human Resources English Glossary

Human Resources English Glossary - English for Special Purposes Core Vocabulary

Book Keeping and Financial Administration Glossary

Book Keeping and Financial Administration Glossary - English for Special Purposes Core Vocabulary

Writing Business Letters

Writing Business Letters - English for Special Purposes Core Vocabulary

Banking and Stocks Glossary

Banking and Stocks Glossary - English for Special Purposes Core Vocabulary

Advertising

Advertising glossary- English for Special Purposes Core Vocabulary

Banking and Business Abbreviations

Handy interactive tool to look up meanings of abbreviations often used in business correspondence. By your About.com ESL guide.

Emphatic Expressions - Strong Collocations

A guide to strong collocating emphatic expressions used in formal written and spoken English for English learners and ESL classes.

Idiom and Expression Resources

Idiom learning and teaching resources including quizzes, reference sheets, idiom themes for the ESL classroom.

Improve Your Vocabulary

A guide to a number of methods to help you improve your vocabulary.

Customer Service - Dealing with Complaints

Key vocabulary and phrases for customer service representatives dealing with customer complaints for English as a Second Language learners.

Driver Education - DMV - Key Vocabulary

Many ESL speakers and learners are required to take driver education courses to obtain their driver license from the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles). Study these key words to help you or your classes better understand driving manuals and driver education courses.

Job Interview Vocabulary

This final section provides a list of appropriate vocabulary for use in your cover lover, resume and during the interview. The focus is on using verbs to express responsibilities and tasks performed and adjectives for describing your skills.

Leading a Meeting

Appropriate phrases and vocabulary used when leading a meeting: From opening the meeting, to introducing participants, introducing new items, setting the date for the next meeting and more.

Linguarama Business English Magazine

A truly fantastic English zine that focuses on business English. Quizzes, reading, specific business vocabulary and much more.

Participating in a Meeting

Appropriate language used to actively participate in business meetings. Language includes useful language for expressing your point of view, making objections, asking for opinions and more.

Phrasal Verbs: MONEY

A look at the most common phrasal verbs used in speaking about one of the world's favorite subjects: MONEY

Vocabulary Building Books

A guide to top vocabulary building books to help you improve and expand your English vocabulary skills.

Review Quiz on Phrasal Verbs Concerning Money

A review quiz of phrasal verbs used in discussions about money and finance.

Phrasal Verb Quizzes

Phrasal verbs can be very challenging for English learners. Phrasal verbs are often used in business English settings to apply to specific routines, actions taken with money, etc. These resources will help you continue improving your understanding of phrasal verbs. Start off with four exercises designed to build up a good range of basic...

Separable Inseparable Phrasal Verbs

Guide to separable and inseparable phrasal verbs focusing on phrasal verbs relating to money and financial transactions. This separable inseparable phrasal verb guide can be used in both traditional English classes as well as English for specific purposes classes.

Insurance Industry

This introduction to the insurance industry has been provided for English for specific purposes classes in an insurance company setting. It provides basic overviews of principal types of insurance, as well as key vocabulary to help students begin discussing the insurance in English.

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