English for Careers: Business, Professional, and Technical, 11th edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2022

  • Leila R. Smith Los Angeles Harbor College
  • Roberta Moore Los Angeles Harbor College

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Title overview

For courses in Business English, Business Communications, English Composition, Developmental Writing & English.

 

 English for Careers, 11e is designed to keep pace with changing student populations and current workplace trends. Appropriate for a wide audience, it helps students acquire fluency in Standard English and understand the basic principles of grammar, punctuation and writing. Offering a warm tone and accessible presentation, it focuses on the “real-world” English skills needed to get a good job, hold a job, and advance in a career. This edition offers a new and improved instructional design, career connection features, and more real-world assignments. 

Table of contents

Brief Contents

UNIT I: MASTERING THE ART OF GOOD WRITING

  1. References and Resources
  2. The Parts of Speech
  3. Sentence Fundamentals

UNIT 2: KNOWING YOUR SUBJECT

  1. Nouns: Forming Plurals
  2. Nouns: Forming Possessives
  3. Pronouns: Types and Their Uses
  4. Pronouns: Agreement and Writing Principles

UNIT 3: MASTERING VERBS & MODIFIERS

  1. Verbs: Types, Tenses, and Forms
  2. Subject-Verb Agreement
  3. Adjectives and Adverbs

UNIT 4: PERFECTING SENTENCE PUNCTUATION

  1. Punctuation: The Comma
  2. Punctuation: The Semicolon, Colon, and Other Marks
  3. Punctuation: The Fine Points

UNIT 5: WRITING FOR CAREER SUCCESS

  1. Polishing Your Writing
  2. Capitalization, Abbreviation, and Numbers

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