Success with BEC Vantage 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       Ways of working

1.2       Making contacts

1.3       Speaking Test: Part One

2.1       Company benefits

2.2       Presenting your company

2.3       Reading Test: Part Five, Writing Test: Part One

3.1       Starting a business

3.2       Leaving and taking message

3.3       Listening Test: Part One

4.1       Advertising

4.2       Delegating

4.3       Reading Test: Part One

5.1       The workplace

5.2       Participating in a meeting

5.3       Speaking Test: Part Two

6.1       Recruitment

6.2       Emailing

6.3       Reading Test: Part Two

7.1       Sales

7.2       Selling

7.3       Reading Test: Part One

8.1       Training

8.2       Showing you’re listening

8.3       Listening Test: Part Two

9.1       Branding

9.2       Getting through

9.3       Writing Test: Part Two

10.1     Management

10.2     Solving problems

10.3     Listening Test: Part Three

11.1     Ethical economics

11.2     Discussing trends

11.3     Reading Test: Part Three

12.1     Business law

12.2     Handling questions