My students want to write business reports!

[Burns]

Hi,
I惴 teaching ESL/EFL to college-aged students in an impoverished
3d world country. Sensibly, my students want to know how too
write business reports etc. so that they, and their country, can
stop being impoverished.
Naturally most of the language material I have is written by and
for people who love language and love teaching, but think of it
as an artistic activity, so that advanced students are lured
into an ever murkier world of meaningful literature, tortured
psyches, and obscurantist poetry (well, maybe I惴 exagerating a
little)when what they really, really dream of is getting a job.
(The use of the word "economy" where I am should be resticted to
meaning exclusively "frugality" as it is not meet to apply it to
the phenomna of actual movement of money, which is reputed to
happen in other countries but is now virtually unknown here
among ordinary people.
Can anyone help me find material on the web to help my students?
Most of my current students are from what remains of the middle
class here, but I扉e had students who cook with firewood,
perform nature愀 neccesities in the woods, and on weekends go to
town to bang their heads on a computer terminal until they learn
how to make the darn thing work.
What I悲 really like to find are model business reports. They
would be ideal if they were developed for educational purposes
and used at least slightly simplified language (or unusualy
coherent business-english). I can teach my students what I know,
but my experience in business is limited and obsolescent.
Thank you, kindly, for your help.
Mike Burns

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[Tom Reedy]

These are good, all-around sites to better writing:

http://webster.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/grammar.htm

http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/nb-home.html

Plain language resources (these may be exactly what your students need):

http://members.home.net/garbl/writing/plaineng.htm

Here's some business-specific pages:

http://www.duq.edu/facultyhome/stuartkurland/business/business.html

http://www.umass.edu/buscomm/assign.html

Job hunting:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/bw/introduction.html

ESL links:

http://www.acusysinc.com/English/

http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/EdPsy-387/Rongchang-Li/esl/

[Dave Volek]

I have an experimental online business English seminar which
your students may be interested to participate. There's a
few free spots yet, so this probably suits their budget.

Dave Volek
Instructor
Black Gold Online
www.ppent.ca/blackgold
Practise Your Business English with Students Around the
World

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[L R Hand]

Hi

I have a very good business report guide, however it is not on the web and I am
afraid I wouldn't have time to type it in for you. However, I would be more
than happy to photocopy it for you and post it to you if you can send me a
postal address. Reply in person to lynne...@online.de if you do not wish to
broadcast your address.

[L R Hand]

If you want a photocopy of a very good business report writing guide then just
send a postal address to lynne...@online.de.

PS did you know your email is not working?

[fariz...@gmail.com]

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