Target Audience: Secondary, tertiary.

Language Proficiency: Variable, according to task.

Learning Focus: Language support for other Business English activities.

Technology Needed: Web browser software.

Instructions:

The Internet offers a useful array of dictionary, reference, and language tools at no cost. Following are examples of some that may be of use in a Business English context.

Media-Based Activities and Lesson Plans for Business English

• BBC Learning English, Business English
• Breaking News, Business English Lesson Plans & Podcasts
• New York Times Learning Network, Lesson Plans on Global Economics
• VOA Learning English

Business-Specific Reference

• Britannica
  
• globalEDGE
  
• How Stuff Works, Money & Business
  
• Internet Public Library, Business & Economics
  

Business-Specific Dictionary and Thesaurus Tools

• Business Dictionary
  
• Financial Dictionary
  
• Online Business Dictionary
  
• Your Dictionary

Countries and Maps

• CIA World Factbook
• Google Earth
• MapQuest, Maps

Converters

• FX Converter and XE.com, currency converters.
• Time Zone Converter
• WWW Unit Converter
  

Translators

• Acronyms and Abbreviations
• iTools

Business Writing Resources

• Business Letter Writing Basics, from Kenneth Beare.
• Online Writing Lab (OWL) Purdue, from Purdue University.
• See, also: The Culture of Self-Presentation and Resume Writing from this web site.

Kay Westerfield, Global Communication Consulting,kwesterf@uoregon.edu