A Student’s Guide to the Language of Finance : Essential Expressions for Business, Finance, and Banking Students

This book focuses on improving reading comprehension by targeting the jargon, idiomatic language and academic expressions used in the business world. A Student’s Guide to the Language of Finance is a reference textbook designed to unlock the jargon of the business and finance world for international students, improving the reading comprehension and writing skill of English language learners by targeting the jargon, idiomatic language, and academic expressions employed in the business, finance, and banking fields. Covering terms not always captured in business dictionaries or workbooks, the resource also contains sections on spoken business English, key academic terms found in textbooks and journals and useful expressions to employ when writing an academic paper. It is specifically targeted at students whose first language is not English. Preface Contents 1 Part A: Financial Language—Expressions from the Media Set 1 Financial Language: Expressions from the Media Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9 Set 10 Set 11 Set 12 Set 13 Set 14 Set 15 Set 16 Set 17 Set 18 Set 19 Set 20 Set 21 Set 22 Set 23 Set 24 Set 25 Set 26 Set 27 Set 28 Set 29 Set 30 Set 31 Set 32 Set 33 Set 34 Set 35 Set 36 Set 37 Set 38 Set 39 Set 40 2 Part B: Financial Language—Expressions from Spoken Exchanges Expressions from Meetings and Interviews Expressions in Informal Conversations 3 Part C: Financial Language—Expressions from the Textbooks 4 Part D: Financial Language—Expressions for Written Assignments Opening Statements Opening Paragraphs Adverbials (Sentence Starters) Literature Review: Summarising Sources Reporting Verb Selection The Language of Mathematics Results: Describing Trends and Outcomes 5 Answers Part A Performance Indicator: Sets 1–5 Performance Indicator: Sets 6–10 Performance Indicator: Sets 11–15 Performance Indicator: Sets 16–20 Performance Indicator: Sets 21–25 Performance Indicator: Sets 26–30 Performance Indicator: Sets 31–35 Performance Indicator: Sets 36–40 Part B Performance Indicator: So Which Term Should I Employ? Works Consulted Index