• INTRODUCTION

    Hi,

    Welcome to our Business Club Intermediate course. This course is open for all of you who would like to improve your knowledge of English language.

    The course is divided into topics, each of which deals with different segment of the language. New exercises are periodically added to each topic.

    If you are a guest user you will have only a limited access to just a few topics and exercises.
    However, if you would like to join the course please write to office@eltisi.com.


    Should you have any comments or suggestions just post them on our forum.

    We hope you will find the course useful and enjoyable!

  • Common Business Vocabulary

    The following topic deals with various vocabulary used in every day business. 

    PART 1

    We are going to start with OFFICE SUPPLIES. 

    Office Supplies or stationery  are all things regularly used in offices or classrooms.

    Click on the task below to learn about some of the most common supplies used in offices.

  • E-mailing

    E-mailing

    This topic should help you write better, more convincing and effective e-mails.

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      In order to write a successful e-mail, we should know some basic rules.

      In following tasks you will learn more about how to write a successful business e-mail. 

      If you wish to learn more about this topic, you can join our course on WRITING E-MAILS by sending an e-mail to office@eltisi.com with this enquiry.
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      Lesson
      General tips on how to write an email Lesson

    • WRITING STYLES

      Three different writing styles are usually identified when writing e-mails. However, in everyday correspondence these differences are sometimes not so clear. The styles are:

      1. FORMAL

      2. NEUTRAL

      3. INFORMAL

      The neutral style is most commonly used in business e-mails. However, formal and informal should not be neglected. 

      In the following task you will try to choose phrases with the same meaning but written in different styles. 

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      HotPot module
      Formal or Informal HotPot

    • PURPOSE OF E-MAILS

      People write e-mails for various reasons: to request an information, to order a product or service, to invite to an event, to arange a meeting and many more.

      The following exercises are examples of e-mails where the sender wants to discuss and agree on terms of business dealings and make some enquires regarding a product or service 

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      HotPot module
      Discussing terms HotPot
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      HotPot module
      Letter of enquiry HotPot

    • MOST COMMON MISTAKES

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      In the following task you will try to correct commonly made mistakes in e-mail correspondence.
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      HotPot module
      Common mistakes HotPot

    • W R I T I N G

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      You are now going to write a short e-mail on a given topic. 

      Try to use as many words and phrases as possible which you have learnt in this topic.

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      Assignment
      In answer to your letter Assignment

    • welldone

      You have come to the end of this topic! You can now go to the next topic and try to revise some grammar. 

  • Grammar Reminder

    You can use this topic to check your knowledge of some basic GRAMMAR in English language. If you need some more exercises and explanations regarding this topic, please write to office@eltisi.com and we will recommend a course for you. 

  • Telephoning

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    As we all know, telephoning is probably the most frustrating part of using a foreign language. Reasons for that are numerous. In this topic, we are going to try to reduce the level of frustration and increase your confidence.

    R E A D I N G

    reading In the following task you are going to read an article about the phone etiquette and do the exercises which follow it.