Get Ready For Business English

Jay’s Web Choices

English online

English Language Learning Bookstores in Paris

-WH SMITH

General, readers and English learning

http://www.whsmith.fr/

http://elt.oup.com/teachersclub/subjects/gradedreading/?cc=global&selLanguage=en

-ATTICA

English learning (plus most other languages!)

http://www.attica.fr/?sys=manifestation/index&id_manif=121

Online Dictionaries

-BUSINESS DICTIONARY.COM

Strictly Business English to English)

http://www.businessdictionary.com/

-BILINGUAL DICTIONARIES

Terminology for business, government & science by sector of activity

IATE

Published by the European Community

http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQueryEdit.do

LE GRAND DICTIONAIRE TERMINOLOGIQUE

Published by the State of Quebec

http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/ressources/gdt.html

LAROUSSE English/French

Classic & Free!!!!!!!!!

http://www.larousse.com/en/dictionaries/french-english/support

-MACMILLAN PUBLISHING

Good general “English to English” dictionary; it has an audio pronunciation feature and links to interesting subjects

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/

-COLLINS

Great general “English to English” dictionary for phrasal verbs, compound words and pronunciation. It’s free online!!

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/

-LEXILOGOS

All the dictionaries in the world collected in one place just for you!

http://www.lexilogos.com/index.htm

TOEIC

Official ETS-Toeic preparation site for France

Have Fun!

http://www.fr.toeic.eu/

FAQ about English

-ALT-USAGE-ENGLISH

All kinds of tips about the correct usage of the English language. Have you ever asked yourself “What exactly is the United Kingdom”? It’s in there!

http://alt-usage-english.org/index.shtml

Grammar Exercises and Explanations

-ANGLAISFACILE.COM

Hundreds of grammar exercises. it corrects your mistakes, too!

http://www.anglaisfacile.com/

-4U ENGLISH GRAMMAR ONLINE

Very easy to navigate with clear and easy grammar explanations & instructions. It corrects mistakes as well.

http://www.ego4u.com/

-BBC THE British site!

Grammar Challenge is very good with podcast grammar lessons!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/

Listening

-BBC 6 MINUTE ENGLISH

Easy listening programs on various subjects that be podcasted

Text scripts can be downloaded if you don’t understand

Mostly British Accents

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/

-NPR National public Radio

American national radio

American accents, podcasts, music, news, business, science, etc.

Lots of subjects for any field of activity

http://www.npr.org/

-ESL POD

English for podcasts. English read at slow speed. You can download to a podcast and listen on your smart-phone. It comes with a lesson plan and is easy and interesting to use. Good for pre-intermediate learners. It does cost a little bit of money but it is worth it!

http://www.eslpod.com/website/index_new.html

-Simple English Videos

Free videos by Vicki Hollet

http://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/

Management

-Geert Hofstede™ Cultural Dimensions

Cultural differences that should surprise you!

http://www.geert-hofstede.com/

Communication

-Steve Jobs’ Presentation Style

Find out how he got so rich and famous!

http://lifehacker.com/5449141/deliver-polished-presentations-steve-jobs-style