Teach Yourself Business Mandarin Chinese is a three-hour, all-audio, straightforward course that will help you to acquire essential up-to-date business language to use in China. You can use the course at any time – to dip into in the office or as a refresher before travelling to a meeting. Through realistic conversations and authentic material, the ten Business Zones will give you all the specialist terms you need for your role or your project.

The three CDs come with a booklet containing the transcript of the recorded material in pinyin as well as a glossary listing all the vocabulary from the course. The accompanying culture book contains tips on etiquette and business culture so you will never be stuck for something to talk about or worry about committing blunders.

Teach Yourself Business Mandarin Chinese is perfect for intermediate and advanced learners of Mandarin Chinese.

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Does your business have an effective online strategy for boosting overseas sales?  Is your site optimised for international search engines?  When Googled internationally, is your company found?

The workshop will explore practical steps you can take to boost your international business performance online. You will receive the latest web knowledge and tips so you can grasp the international opportunity that web 2.0 presents:

- choose an international strategy that is best for your business

- utilise free tools and applications

- avoid costly trial and error approaches.

The workshop will show you:

- how to develop credibility

- ways to ensure customer satisfaction

- ways to get more traffic

- ways to convert more customers.

This workshop will include an introductory presentation about the UK Trade & Investment Website Export Communications Review (ECR) service, by Sarah Carroll, a registered export communications consultant and will show you how to get your website ready for international business.

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That’s TWO full years at an already reduced rate! Think French is a complete online learning package of monthly articles, audio, lessons and more. An engaging approach to language learning, Think French is designed to improve your French while teaching you about life and culture in French speaking countries.

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Justin arrives in Tokyo to learn more about the people and customs behind Japan’s often baffling image, but it may not go well for him: “I don’t like robots, I don’t have an MP3 player and I hate manga,” he confesses. “So I hope there is more to Japan than that.”

He starts in Tokyo’s most fashionable hangouts, the bustling Harajuku district. Every Sunday, young people dressed in a range of outlandish costumes meet to socialise.  He heads on to what we’ll call a ‘more adult shop’ and the plot gets more frisky, with Justin investigating a school that offers ‘dating classes’.

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