A Student's Guide to the Language of Finance : Essential Expressions for Business, Finance, and Banking Students

"An easily accessible guide for business and finance students to talk and write like professionals. It will assist students in building up language skills to excel at assignments, access textbooks on the subject and contribute effectively to conversations in the workplace". --Dr Jin Suk Park, Coventry University, UK. This book focuses on improving reading comprehension by targeting the jargon, idiomatic language and academic expressions used in the business world. A Student’s Guide to the Language of Finance is a reference textbook designed to unlock the jargon of the business and finance world for international students, improving the reading comprehension and writing skill of English language learners by targeting the jargon, idiomatic language, and academic expressions employed in the business, finance, and banking fields. Covering terms not always captured in business dictionaries or workbooks, the resource also contains sections on spoken business English, key academic terms found in textbooks and journals and useful expressions to employ when writing an academic paper. It is specifically targeted at students whose first language is not English. Steve Hart is an English language editor and resource writer. He has written number of textbooks for non-native readers. His latest publications include English Explained: Misunderstand and Confusing Elements of Grammar and Equip: English for Undergraduates.