DBE: ABSOLUTE BANKING ENGLISH

Suitable for upper-intermediate and advanced learners of English who work in banking or the financial sector, this book contains 12 thematic units, each divided into four key skills sections - Listening file, Vocabulary file, Reading file and Communicator file - and four Review sections.

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Absolute Banking English is written for upper-intermediate and advanced learners of English who work in banking or the financial sector. It is designed for people who need to communicate internationally in English on a daily basis. Absolute Banking English: contains 12 thematic units, each divided into four key skills sections - Listening file, Vocabulary file, Reading file and Communicator file - plus four Review sections; provides extensive language practice in each unit, across a spectrum of core banking topics; aims to develop the core skills required by international bankers in their day-to-day working life: reading financial texts; developing key banking vocabulary; listening and responding to presentations and talks; and communicating in a variety of job-specific situations; offers a balanced range of exercises and communication activities in each unit; contains the specialist terminology, synonyms, abbreviations and idiomatic expressions of a particular topic area of banking in each unit; and discusses topics which reflect the ever-changing language of banking English and shift in priorities of bankers in the last decade.
A list of key banking terms is given at the start of the book. The transcripts of the audio CDs appear in full at the back of the book, where there is also a comprehensive answer key to all the exercises.