Publisher's Synopsis
The "Longman American Business English" series is designed to improve the communication skills of professional people involved in international business. The series is suitable for classroom use or self-study. Each title has a book and a cassette.;The subject matter is similar to that of the "British English Skills" series, but the books are not adaptations and have been written from scratch. They are at a slightly lower level than their British English equivalents and are less crowded and more guided, with the Asian market in mind.;"Stand and Deliver" aims to bring the skill of giving presentations in English within the reach of pre-intermediate and intermediate students. It features a wide range of activities encouraging students to use their own business experience to practise and improve their presentation skills. Focus is both on content - creating good introductions and conclusions, structuring the material, use of visual aids, dealing with questions - and on delivery - use of voice, pace, eye-contact etc. There is also plenty of listening practice and role play.;All this should build confidence through recycling of students' own material to gradually produce a polished presentation. The speakers are both native and non-native speakers of English, which gives an international feel. Also, the course aims to be practice - it shows students how to do it and then encourages them to have a go.
