Some Top Online Business English Sites

I want to point out some useful and interesting Business English sites on the internet that I have found and/or used.  The sites range from brick and mortar schools, through online schools, to sites with helpful information or exercises.  Below I have only listed five such sites, even though we all know that there are many more. 

·        British Council http://www.britishcouncil.org/learn-english

o   An organization that holds its teachers to high standards and as a result has high standards for its students

o   More known for having physical classrooms

·        Businessenglishsite.com http://www.businessenglishsite.com/

o   Many different lessons for teachers and students

o   It has grammar, reading, and comprehension tests

o   Has many different business English segments (Finance, Medical, etc.)

·        John’s Online English http://johns-online-english.com

o   Online Business English courses

o   One to one customized courses

§  Job Interviews in English

§  English for Presentations

§  English Emails and Business Writing

§  Business English

·        Breaking News English has been one site that I have used in teaching Business English www.breakingnewsenglish.com

o   This site provides a two paragraph audio file on current news events as well as a thorough lesson, complete with transcript and exercises

o   Has many lessons with audio files on its website

·        Esllibrary.com http://www.esllibrary.com/

o   Very good resource for teachers and students

o   It has a library of lesson plans for use by teachers

o   There are many flashcard for different uses 

There are other websites that are useful in regard to Business English, but I have only picked these five because I was impressed by them, and I was limited by time and space.