The January
2007 issue of Workplace
English Training E-Magazine is now live.
Our speaking topics this month
are Negotiating
Agreements and Telephone
Sales Techniques. The negotiating topic includes
a bumper 15-minute-long podcast lesson which we
hope you'll download to your PC or mp3 player and
listen to when you get a few spare minutes.
In the writing skills section
our main topic is Using
Linking Words and Phrases in business documents.
We've also added an interesting new exercise type
to the Common
Errors in Business Writing section (exercises
3-6), which we think you'll find challenging yet
enjoyable.
The first of this month's reading
articles concerns the strenthening value of
China's currency, the yuan, and how this is
worrying Hong Kong. The second article is about
the Hong Kong government's abandoned plan
to impose a sales tax.
Our revamp of the Subscriber's
Area is almost complete. From next month, all the
community features, including the blog and help
forum, will be active. And, after downloading a
small setup programme, you'll be able to record
your own voice directly from the site and compare
it with the original recordings we use in the speaking
section. This will be a great way for you to improve
your pronunciation and intonation!
Finally, I and my production
team would just like to wish you a happy New Year
and good fortune throughout 2007.
Tania Roberts
Editor
Workplace English Training
E-Magazine
