Business English writing for the global workplace

PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Unit one LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT
E-Mail Essentials
Basic Parts of E-Mail
E-Mail Format
CHAPTER ONE English for Business Today
Objectives and Learning Inventory
Section A: What Is English?
Language Is a System
Varieties of Standard English
English Readily Adapts to Change
Formal English Is the Global Standard
Section B: What Role Does Local Language Play?
Formal and Informal Language
The Bidialectal Approach: Being Versatile with Language
Language Variety in Your Life
Section C: Learning Language in Context
How to Use This Book
A Problem-Solving Process: Explore, Practice, Apply
The Challenge of Changing Language Patterns
Some Techniques to Get You Started
Practice in Writing Skills: Composing Versus Editing
Pronunciation Lessons
Chapter 1 Summary and Checklist
Chapter 1 End-of-Chapter Activities

CHAPTER TWO Writing Effective Sentences
Objectives and Learning Inventory
Section A: What Is the Sentence Core?
The Verb as Predicate
The Subject
The Sentence Core
Section B: How Do Parts of Speech Work?
Nouns
Verbs
Pronouns
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Adjectives and Adverbs
Articles: Definite and Indefinite
Section C: What Is a Sentence?
Clauses as Fragments
Phrases as Fragments
Chapter 2 Summary and Checklist
Chapter 2 End-of-Chapter Activities
Unit Two ENGLISH IN ACTION
Unit Three PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
GLOSSARY
INDEX