Success with BEC Higher Student's Book

Success with BEC provides a complete preparation for the BEC exams, but is also an ideal focus for in-company training courses and for business people and students wishing to improve their English and job prospects. The course covers the three levels of the exam:

BEC Preliminary

BEC Vantage

BEC Higher

Success with BEC offers:

Complete exam preparation

Each module is divided into:

o       Business Topic lessons which teach vocabulary from BEC topic areas

o       Business Skills lessons which focus on essential communication skills

o       Exam Spotlight lessons which present information about the exam, develop exam skills and provide exam practice

The core lessons all:

o       cover a carefully-designed grammar syllabus with extensive practice

o       introduce modern business issues of the day

o       include exam-type activities and tips for exam success


Units:

1.1       Working life

1.2       Asking and answering questions

1.3       Reading Test: Introduction and Part One

2.1       Growing the company

2.2       Presenting facts

2.3       Speaking Test: Introduction and Part One

3.1       Communication at work

3.2       Email exchange

3.3       Listening Test: Introduction and Part One

4.1       The art of selling

4.2       Presenting figures

4.3       Writing Test: Introduction and Part One

5.1       Money and finance

5.2       Discussing options

5.3       Listening Test: Part Two

6.1       Purchasing Power

6.2       Telephoning

7.1       Managing people

7.2       Report writing

7.3       Reading Test: Part Two

8.1       Being responsible

8.2       Formal meetings

8.3       Reading Test: Part Four

9.1       Innovation

9.2       Negotiating

9.3       Reading and Listening Test: Part Three

10.1     Travel and entertainment

10.2     The language of proposals

10.3     Speaking Test: Part Three

11.1     The economy

11.2     Effective writing

11.3     Speaking Test: Part Two

12.1     Crossing cultures

12.2     Social English

12.3     Reading Test: Part Five and Part Six