Overview of Business English Materials

Abstract

Business English represents an ever-growing area of research within the broader field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). In recent years, the publication of teaching materials in the area has become a booming industry. In order to help teachers in the process of materials selection, we present an overview of recently published Business English materials available in the market according to catalogues from Cambridge, MacMillan/Heinemann, Heinle & Heinle, Longman, Oxford and Prentice Hall/Simon & Schuster released in 2000-2001. First we present background information on Business English within EFL teaching and then proceed to discuss the materials available.