Professional English | The Financial Sector
Cambridge English for the Financial Sector provides around 50 hours of study material for English language students either working or studying in the field of finance. The book develops financial English vocabulary and also explains financial concepts.
It helps students acquire and develop essential communication skills for working within the financial sector and industry. Cambridge English for the Financial Sector presents a range of different topics related to finance and develops students' English communication proficiency in a range of financial contexts. It contains authentic texts and genuine interviews with various professionals working in the financial sector.
Contents of Cambridge English for the Financial Sector include: Organization of the financial industry: vocabulary of banking products and banking services, the development of the global financial industry, terms and conditions of bank accounts. Retail banking: vocabulary of retail banking, commercial and investment banking Business correspondence: formal and informal language, email etiquette, writing emails, letters of complaint, apologizing Loans and credit: vocabulary of loans and credit, banks and bonds, lending margins and decisions, advising on bank products and services Accounting: financial statements and accounting, types of accounting, statements, presenting financial statements Central banking: central banking and monetary policy, expressing figures/numbers in monetary policy, central banking decisions Business meetings: chairing a meeting, interruptions and digressions, controlling meetings, concluding a meeting, asking for and giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, summarizing action points, word combinations related to meetings Financing international trade: letters of credit and bills of exchange, clarifying Incoterms Foreign exchange: key vocabulary of exchange rates, currency trading, freely floating exchange rates, describing trends and graphs Writing reports: vocabulary of reason, consequence and contrast, facts and opinions, linking words, findings and recommendations Stocks and shares: key vocabulary of the stock market, understanding market reports, describing graphs and discussing portfolios Mergers and acquisitions: mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, role of banks, cause and effect, takeover bids Negotiating: conditional offers, making proposals, counter-proposals and conditional offers, dealing with conflict, negotiating a loan, concluding negotiations Derivatives: key vocabulary of derivatives, derivatives: and investment 'time-bomb', language of clarifying, criticizing, paraphrasing, summarizing Asset management: vocabulary of asset management and allocation, fund management, investment styles, diplomatic language Regulating the financial sector: conflicts of interest, ethical choices, Presentations: learning styles, visual aids, different parts of a presentation: preparing an introduction, body and ending.
It helps students acquire and develop essential communication skills for working within the financial sector and industry. Cambridge English for the Financial Sector presents a range of different topics related to finance and develops students' English communication proficiency in a range of financial contexts. It contains authentic texts and genuine interviews with various professionals working in the financial sector.
Contents of Cambridge English for the Financial Sector include: Organization of the financial industry: vocabulary of banking products and banking services, the development of the global financial industry, terms and conditions of bank accounts. Retail banking: vocabulary of retail banking, commercial and investment banking Business correspondence: formal and informal language, email etiquette, writing emails, letters of complaint, apologizing Loans and credit: vocabulary of loans and credit, banks and bonds, lending margins and decisions, advising on bank products and services Accounting: financial statements and accounting, types of accounting, statements, presenting financial statements Central banking: central banking and monetary policy, expressing figures/numbers in monetary policy, central banking decisions Business meetings: chairing a meeting, interruptions and digressions, controlling meetings, concluding a meeting, asking for and giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, summarizing action points, word combinations related to meetings Financing international trade: letters of credit and bills of exchange, clarifying Incoterms Foreign exchange: key vocabulary of exchange rates, currency trading, freely floating exchange rates, describing trends and graphs Writing reports: vocabulary of reason, consequence and contrast, facts and opinions, linking words, findings and recommendations Stocks and shares: key vocabulary of the stock market, understanding market reports, describing graphs and discussing portfolios Mergers and acquisitions: mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, role of banks, cause and effect, takeover bids Negotiating: conditional offers, making proposals, counter-proposals and conditional offers, dealing with conflict, negotiating a loan, concluding negotiations Derivatives: key vocabulary of derivatives, derivatives: and investment 'time-bomb', language of clarifying, criticizing, paraphrasing, summarizing Asset management: vocabulary of asset management and allocation, fund management, investment styles, diplomatic language Regulating the financial sector: conflicts of interest, ethical choices, Presentations: learning styles, visual aids, different parts of a presentation: preparing an introduction, body and ending.
