"Undercover Boss"

Read the review and advice for bosses. In Costa Rica you can watch the first season on cable tv Be an "Undercover Boss" - Robert M. Galford - Harvard Business Review
Advanced Business English students should have plenty to say about this reality tv show.

Cars and Business Alliances

Relevant article for Business English advanced students. Read the BBC article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14877009
and identify words used to talk about alliances and projects.

Nouns and determiners

Following on from the positive response for help for Spanish speakers check out http://percybal.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/nouns-and-pronouns.pdf.
http://percybal.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/nouns1.pdf
http://percybal.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/nouns-in-groups1.pdf

Verb Patterns

Everthing that you need to know about verb patterns with help for Spanish speakers. http://percybal.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/verb-patterns1.pdf

Creating timelines online

An advanced English student gave a fabulous presentation of his life using http://www.tiki-toki.com/
The other students in the group couldn't wait to get home and start creating their own timelines.

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I'm tweeting  general English news articles for advanced English students rather than adding them to the Financial English blog
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