Absolute Banking English + CD

Key features

Absolute Banking English is written for upper-intermediate and advanced learners of English who work in banking or the financial sector. It is designed for people who need to communicate internationally in English on a daily basis.

Absolute Banking English:

• * discusses topics which reflect the ever-changing language of banking English and shift in priorities of bankers in the last decade
• * aims to develop the core skills required by international bankers in their day-to-day working life: reading financial texts; developing key banking vocabulary; listening and responding to presentations and talks; and communicating in a variety of job-specific situations
• * contains the specialist terminology, synonyms, abbreviations and idiomatic expressions of a particular topic area of banking in each unit
• * offers a balanced range of exercises and communication activities in each unit
• * contains 12 thematic units, each divided into four key skills sections – Listening file, Vocabulary file, Reading file and Communicator file – plus four Review sections

Key features:

• suitable for class or self-study
• comes with audio CD and includes audio transcripts
• provides a comprehensive list of key banking terms
• includes answer key

Contents

Introduction

Key banking terms

1 Banking today

2 Central banking issues

3 Services and procedures in the digital age

Review A

4 International trade operations

5 Money markets

6 Fraudulent activities

Review B

7 Failures, crises and bailouts

8 Financial prudency

9 Financial performance

Review C

10 Regulation and deregulation

11 Alternative approaches to banking

12 Banking review

Review D

Communication activities

Audio transcripts


Contents in pdf

Sample Unit in pdf