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Shortlisted at HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH ENGLISH LANGUAGE BOOK AWARDS 2013 Be the best you can be in presentations, meetings, negotiations and networking. Collins Key Business Skills gives you the tools you need to succeed in business if English is not your first language. Written by an expert in business and international communication, Key Business Skills offers professional advice and practice in the following areas: * presentations * meetings * negotiations * networking Non-native English speaker executives working in international environments need more than Business English. They need the business skills to present, run meetings, negotiate and network in international environments and then master the language needed to use those skills successfully. Key Business Skills follows a unique 'Business Plus' approach, with a focus on business skills and advice plus English language support. It provides activities to develop key skills needed by executives, such as dealing with difficult questions in presentations, intervening successfully in conference calls and meetings, recognizing the signals in a negotiation in English and networking without causing offence. The 24 units include language and vocabulary practice, as well as cultural tips for interacting with colleagues and clients, to ensure you avoid embarrassment and to help enhance your business relationships. * All the fundamental skills needed for business in one book * Focuses on business skills and advice plus English language support * Audio CD features native-speaker models to help you improve pronunciation * Includes key vocabulary for each skill * Provides essential cultural awareness tips for working in international businesses * Suitable for self-study or can be used in the classroom with students of Business English * For CEF level B1-C1 (Intermediate-Advanced) A note on the author Barry Tomalin is a world-recognized writer, trainer and lecturer in language, cultural awareness and international communication. He has worked with the British Council and the BBC World Service, and is currently Director of Cultural Training at International House, London.

A lower-level exam practice book designed to improve the level of students who plan to take the IELTS test in the future. Collins Get Ready for IELTS Listening is the perfect book for lower level learners who want to develop the necessary skills to perform effectively on the IELTS Listening test. Perfect for self-study, the series follows a guided-learning approach that gives students access to a full answer key with model answers. Developed by experienced IELTS tutors, the series takes into account the specific language needs of learners at this level. * Twelve units of carefully graded material for lower level students, all supported with clear examples * Key IELTS grammar and vocabulary for the IELTS Listening test provided in each unit * Regular exam tips and information in each unit * 'Watch out!' sections that highlight common errors made by learners in the IELTS Listening test * Four review units to check and consolidate understanding of key language and skills for the IELTS Listening test * Complete IELTS Listening practice test, answer keys, audioscripts and audio CD provided * Vocabulary glossary for each unit provided at the back of the book CEF level: A2-B1 Ideal for learners with band score 3-4 who want to achieve a higher score. ALSO AVAILABLE in the Collins Get Ready for IELTS series: Get Ready for IELTS Reading Get Ready for IELTS Writing Get Ready for IELTS Speaking Through IELTS-style tasks and exercises, Collins Get Ready for IELTS Listening helps learners gain confidence in core listening competencies for IELTS.

Collins Pocket French Dictionary offers excellent coverage of today's language and usage. Clear presentation and colour layout allow maximum accessibility in a portable, hard-wearing format. Features include: * All the latest words in both languages, such as downloadable, Wi-Fi in English, and empreinte ecologique, podcaster in French * Full GCSE coverage * An in-depth and up-to-date supplement with information about France, its people and its language to help you take your learning to the next level * Help with French verbs * Clear, colour layout, useful examples, language and cultural notes Collins Pocket French Dictionary has been designed to give travellers, business people and the general user alike all the information they need in a portable, hard-wearing format. It includes all the latest words reflecting changes in modern lifestyle, as well as all the features you would expect from a Collins dictionary: an easy-to-read colour layout, special treatment of key words such as can, that, mettre, que, notes about life in French-speaking countries and warnings on commonly confused words. An in-depth and up-to-date supplement helps you to develop your knowledge of French and your confidence in the language, with a section on common translation difficulties to guide you. There is information on pronunciation and improving your fluency, as well as the words and phrases you will need in different situations, like sending an email or making a phone call. The supplement also gives you an insight into France, its people and other French-speaking countries. Verb tables show all verb forms for the most common French verbs and give examples of how these are used. Also available in the Collins French dictionary range are Collins French School Dictionary, Collins Easy Learning French Dictionary, Collins French Dictionary & Grammar and Collins French Phrasebooks for mobile phone and iPod.

A lower-level exam practice book designed to improve the level of students who plan to take the IELTS test in the future. Collins Get Ready for IELTS Speaking is the perfect book for lower level learners who want to develop the necessary skills to perform effectively on the IELTS Speaking test. Perfect for self-study, the series follows a guided-learning approach that gives students access to a full answer key with model answers. Developed by experienced IELTS tutors, the series takes into account the specific language needs of learners at this level. * Twelve units of carefully graded material for lower level students, all supported with clear examples * Key IELTS grammar and vocabulary for the IELTS Speaking test provided in each unit * Regular exam tips and information in each unit * 'Watch out!' sections that highlight common errors made by learners in the IELTS Speaking test * Four review units to check and consolidate understanding of key language and skills for the IELTS Speaking test * Complete IELTS Speaking practice test, answer keys, audioscripts and audio CD provided * Vocabulary glossary for each unit provided at the back of the book CEF level: A2-B1 Ideal for learners with band score 3-4 who want to achieve a higher score. ALSO AVAILABLE in the Collins Get Ready for IELTS series: Get Ready for IELTS Listening Get Ready for IELTS Reading Get Ready for IELTS Writing Through IELTS-style tasks and exercises, Collins Get Ready for IELTS Speaking helps learners gain confidence in core speaking competencies for IELTS.

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Join the Collins English Club today and discover the new, exciting world of English that every child will want to be a part of! Collins English Club 1 is a new activity book for young learners of English to use at home alone or with their parents. Children can colour in, play games, use stickers, solve puzzles, and sing along to songs or listen to stories in English on the accompanying CD ROM. They will love the fun, colourful design and pages packed full of exciting activities! With Collins English Club 1 children will discover the basics of English, increase their confidence and remember what they learn. * Nine units covering topics such as 'What do you look like?' and 'At the zoo' * CD ROM containing songs and stories *Two pages of colourful stickers * 'Close up' sections focus on the target language * Word bank to consolidate and revise new vocabulary * Answer key for parents to correct the activities * Helpful notes for parents in 11 different languages (English, Arabic, Chinese (traditional), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish) Other titles in the series: Collins English Club 2

More fun activities in Collins English Club Book 2 Collins English Club 2 is an activity book for young learners of English to use at home alone or with their parents. Children will love the fun, colourful design and pages packed full of exciting activities, puzzles and jokes to help support the English they are learning at school. Collins English Club 2 will help increase your child's confidence when speaking and writing in English and help them to remember what they learn. *CD ROM with example dialogues, model language, jokes and tongue twisters * 'Close up' sections focus on the target language * Word bank to consolidate and revise new vocabulary * 'Did you know?' sections with fantastic facts about the world, the English language and the people who speak it * Answer key * Helpful notes for parents and teachers in 12 different languages (English, Arabic, Chinese (traditional), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish) Join the English Club today and discover the new, exciting world of English that everyone will want to be a part of! Other titles in the series: Collins English Club 1

To understand all the documents you come across at work you need to practise reading different kinds of text. This brand new self-study book is the ideal way for business people to refine their reading skills in English. It provides practice reading the kinds of texts that business people come into contact with at work every day, using authentic examples from real business situations. It is aimed particularly at executives who communicate in English frequently or work in foreign or multinational companies. The twenty 4-page units focus on a wide variety of texts, which are useful as a quick-reference guide or for more in depth study and practice: * Section 1: Emails * Section 2: Business documents such as agendas, CVs, job descriptions and annual reports * Section 3: Marketing and advertising, including company websites, brochures and social media such as Twitter * Section 4: Business media, for example reading newspaper reports, financial news and business blogs * Each unit contains practice activities and exercises; key vocabulary and phrases and grammar tips, with notes on American English variants * Includes helpful advice on different reading styles, such as reading for gist and reading for detail * Reference section with advice on how to improve your reading speed, and tips to help you choose the best reading method to find the information you need * Also focuses on useful skills not covered in traditional reading courses, such as 'reading between the lines' or understanding the true meaning behind the message * Includes an answer key, making it ideal for self-study * Powered by COBUILD - using the real language of business English Collins English for Business is an innovative series of self-study skills books which focus on the language you really need to do business in English - wherever you are in the world. Each title includes tips on how to communicate effectively and how to communicate inter-culturally. Other titles in this series are Speaking, Listening and Writing.

Collins Skills for the TOEIC Test: Listening and Reading is a unique skills-based exam preparation course. TOEIC ('Test of English for International Communication') is a test of English proficiency for people in the workplace seeking to work in an international environment or looking for promotion within their organisation. The TOEIC test questions simulate real-life situations relevant to the global workplace. Score reports for candidates provide accurate, meaningful feedback about a test taker's strengths and weaknesses. Collins Skills for TOEIC is a two book series (1 Listening/Reading; 2 Speaking/Writing) and focuses on helping learners handle the integrated skill aspect of the TOEIC test, where they are required to produce responses based on mixed input. Each book in the series therefore will contain all four skills but in different weightings. Summary *Quick Guide: question overviews give learners an easy reference to the characteristics of each question type *Challenges and Solutions: these sections offer strategy and skills reviews to help learners learn how to overcome the most common challenges. *Get it right: gives a quick overview of the most important steps for doing well on each question type and includes useful vocabulary and expressions *Answer Analysis: teaches learners how to rule out distracter answer options *Progressive Practice: encourages independent learning by offering a graded progression of content and task sets *Review sections: offer timed TOEIC test-taking guides and help learners practice what they've learned in a simulated environment *Audio CD: enables effective TOEIC practice *Highly experienced author team, who have written TOEIC materials before and have also worked as teachers themselves, preparing learners for the test.

A dynamic visual guide packed with fascinating facts about the world. Get to grips with geography through more than 100 easy-to-read visualizations of world issues. Colourful, informative and fun to use, Collins World Watch will help you understand all the major issues from around the globe at a glance, without the need to read through long texts or analyzing statistics. Topics include: climate change natural resources population growth health and education poverty energy food and agriculture megacities migration Each topic is presented through maps, tables, graphs, fact boxes and photographs which illustrate the stories behind the statistics. This new edition contains 16 brand new infographic spreads drawn from the authoritative statistics of the World Bank's World Development indicators.

This new edition of the Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary offers comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the most important English idioms from around the world. Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary offers in-depth coverage of the most important idioms in English, and provides additional information about how common they are, in which contexts they should be used, what they mean and how to use them. This edition has been fully revised to provide learners with detailed information on idioms in a language that is easy to understand. The new, 2-colour layout of the dictionary means that it is easier than ever for students to find the information they need. With over a thousand new idioms, this major new edition is packed with information on what idioms really mean and how to use them. Many of the new idioms come from varieties of English spoken all over the world, from Britain to the USA, from South Africa to Australia. A new feature of this edition is the addition of helpful cross-references, making finding the idiom you need easy. There is also a self-study exercise section at the back of the book so that students can practise and consolidate what they have learnt. The fully-revised thematic index provides learners with the most useful English idioms, organized according to theme, along with real corpus examples. As with all COBUILD products, the Collins Corpus provides thousands of examples showing how the idioms are used in the English language today. In addition, there are hundreds of fascinating notes on the origins of idioms, which will allow students to gain a fuller understanding of the English language. Attractively presented, the Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary will prove to be a fascinating and invaluable resource for learners and teachers of English and anyone who wants to gain a greater appreciation of the English language.

A workbook that introduces the most frequently used idioms in English and shows you how to use them effectively. Collins Work on your Idioms is a new practice book for learners who want to increase the number of idioms they know and be confident in using them. Each unit presents students with a selection of idioms and clear examples of when and how to use them. This is followed by practice exercises to ensure the learner will be able to remember and use what they have learnt in their written and spoken English. Collins Work on your Idioms features the 300 most commonly used idioms, which have been carefully selected based on Collins Corpus research. It provides plenty of useful practice with authentic, up-to-date examples of usage in context, and is ideal for use alongside an idioms dictionary such as the Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary. * Focuses on the 300 most commonly used idioms * Twenty five 4-page units with clear presentation followed by practice exercises, which focus on showing students how and when to use the idioms they learn * Idioms are grouped into themes, making it easier to memorize them * Useful notes on American English variants * Helpful study tips on learning and remembering idioms * Contains an index for easy reference * Includes the answer key, making it ideal for self-study

Q: What's inside this book? A: More than 200 brand new quizzes covering everything from pop stars to death stars. The rounds are a mixture of themed and potluck and the questions go from friendly teasers to ones that will scramble even an egghead's brains. Q: Who is it for? A: You, your mum, your dad, your family and friends, the man down the road and two halves of the crowd at your local. Each quiz provides good clean fun for all. The answers are quick and easy to find so that anyone can pick this up and become a quiz master.

workbook that introduces the most frequently used phrasal verbs in English and shows you how to use them effectively. Collins Work on your Phrasal Verbs is a new practice book for learners who want to increase the number of phrasal verbs they know and be confident in using them. Each unit presents students with a selection of phrasal verbs and clear examples of when and how to use them. This is followed by practice exercises to ensure the learner will be able to remember and use what they have learnt in their written and spoken English. Collins Work on your Phrasal Verbs features the 400 most commonly used phrasal verbs, which have been carefully selected based on Collins Corpus research. It provides plenty of useful practice with authentic, up-to-date examples of usage in context, and is ideal for use alongside a phrasal verbs dictionary such as the Collins COBUILD Phrasal Verbs Dictionary. * Focuses on the 400 most commonly used phrasal verbs * Twenty five 4-page units with clear presentation followed by practice exercises, which focus on showing students how and when to use the phrasal verbs they learn * Helpful study tips on learning and remembering phrasal verbs * Contains an index for easy reference * Includes the answer key, making it ideal for self-study * Suitable for CEF level B1-C2

Clearer pronunciation for better communication If your English accent is letting you down, this is the perfect book for you. You'll see and hear how to soften the influence of your mother tongue and speak clear English everyone will understand. Professional accent coaches Sarah and Helen show you how to pronounce each sound and when to use them. They will help you recognize why your native language makes you mispronounce certain sounds and which sounds you therefore need to focus on. Collins Work on your Accent features: * Thirty-six units on the main consonant and vowel sounds in English * 'What am I doing wrong?' section looks at the mistakes you are most likely to be making based on your native language * Advice on rhythm, stress and pitch * Videos, illustrations and photos demonstrating the correct positions to produce accurate sounds * A DVD-ROM with video and audio clips providing clear native speaker model pronunciation * Extra practice sections concentrating on the most problematic sounds CEF level B1-C2 Suitable for self-study and classroom use.

This major new edition of the Collins COBUILD English Usage is a modern, easy-to-use and in-depth guide to English usage, aimed at upper-intermediate and advanced learners and teachers of English. Collins COBUILD English Usage has been designed to help learners to use individual words correctly, and choose the right words and structures for the meaning they want to convey. The title not only explains what English words mean, but also provides information on how the words actually work. The title covers a range of different areas of the English language, to help learners use the language naturally and effectively. It provides clear information on easily confused words, words with similar meanings, and help with words that are often tricky for learners to understand. Entries are organized alphabetically so that they are easy to find, and each has a clear explanation of when and how to use the word. Each entry also includes examples from the Collins Corpus, which show how the words are really used in everyday English. In addition to information on usage, the title includes helpful grammar boxes, which explain elements of English grammar which students need to be able to write and speak in English. A supplement of various topics, including punctuation and academic writing, will help to ensure that learners have all the information they need to be able to communicate effectively and accurately. Collins COBUILD English Usage has been thoroughly revised and updated, based on extensive corpus research and is now easier to use than ever. With additional information on American English, and warning notes highlighting particular problems, Collins COBUILD English Usage is an indispensible tool for learning English today.