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American English speakers use many phrases and expressions on the job. If you don’t know these expressions, you’re left out of the conversation. You’re out of it. This book & CD will help you speak business English like an American — quickly and confidently. Once you have the knack, no one can take it away from you. With this book and CD, your career will benefit for years to come.

You’ll learn the idioms & expressions that you hear at work. What do your colleagues and coworkers, your customers or clients really mean? How can you use these expressions too?

Language is always changing and business English changes especially fast. That’s why we’ve explained the most up-to-date expressions — today’s business English. Now you’ll be able to use these expressions, too. People will marvel at your command of English.

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Great book for intermediate ESL students	Customer Rating:
I found that this book is very useful. It did improve my business English a lot. But, I hope there would be more examples in the book for practice.

Useful toolbox	Customer Rating:
I'm Chinese, English isn't my mother language, so sometimes speak like Chinese english, this book would help me to speak/understand especially business english better, some phase are very useful, but a personal wish, if your price would be lower or furnish larger disaccount,that would be great for me that those location are far from American. Thanks.

A "must" for any non-native business English learner

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Although many of the idioms and expressions Ms. Gillett brings to the page are typical in non-business usage, the huge number of idioms and expressions related to American business English (as opposed to British business English--in some cases they are quite different!) is an asset to any student of this subject. The contents are grouped in chapters by common subject, e.g. Discussing a New Ad Campaign, Motivating A Co-Woker, and Conducting a Performance Review. Learning new idioms and expressions is made simple by an easy-to-read dialog that demonstrates (and can be used with a partner) the usage of each idiom, and then is followed by self- or partnered-checking and review. The accompanying CD clarifies pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation. I highly recommend this text to all--native or non-native speakers of English--who want to fast-track themselves into usage of the American business vernacular. My qualifications to review this book? I teach this subject, among others, at UCSC Extension.

An excellent book for improving business English

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I used this book and CD system with my students, a group of adults in an ESL class at a community college. They really enjoyed it! They found the dialogues interesting and realistic. The idioms in this book are excellent. The exercises are helpful too, and we appreciated being able to go to the publisher's website (Language Success Press) and getting supplementary exercises for this book for free.

The ultimate instructive guide to the hundreds of expressions and idioms heard at the workplace daily

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Enhanced with the addition of an audio CD, Speak Business Like An American is the ultimate instructive guide to the hundreds of expressions and idioms heard at the workplace daily. Amy Gillet's provides the language student wanting to gain fluency in doing business in the American marketplace with consistent, easy to use constructs that are accurate, appropriate, and effective. Speak Business English Like An American is very highly recommended for those new to the business workplace and in need of being able to communicate fluently in standard American English.