English for Communication and Business

These are some of the reasons why you may need to communicate with others in a business setting, EXCEPT ...

• To pass on information

• To persuade people to buy a product or use a service

• To persuade people to talk about the product or services negatively

• To discuss an issue

The word “communication” is derived from the Latin word ‘communicare’. It means ..., EXCEPT

• to participate

• to share

• to make common

• to make distinction

a process of exchange of facts, ideas, and opinions and a means that individuals or organizations share meaning and understanding with one another is ...

• compulsion

• community

• communication

• business

In an effective communication, you have to be able to transmit and interact ...

• facts, ideas, opinions, feelings, and attitudes.

• gossips, ideas, opinions, feelings, and attitudes.

• facts, dreams opinions, feelings, and attitudes.

• facts, ideas, opinions, feelings, and expressions.

A particularly interesting fact is that there are more native speakers of English than non-native English speakers.

• True

• False

English belongs to no single culture; instead, it acts as a bridge across borders and cultures in English for Business.

• True

• False

Written business English will ultimately be directed more at a non-native English (non-NE) audience than at a native English audience

• True

• False

The success of any business to a large extent depends on efficient and effective communication

• True

• False

Standard English is English routinely described in mainstream and grammar books

• English dictionaries and reading books

• English dictionaries and grammar books

• English dictionaries and novels

• English dictionaries and diaries

Chinglish (Chinese-English), Manglish (Malaysian-English), and Singlish (Singapore-English) are examples of

• differences in English

• similarities in English

• varieties of English

• localized English