o the teacher is book is for professional people and business English students who wish to Hmpro¥E their networking skills. Iris pre-intermediate level students, but it can also be used at intermediate level. It is designed to be used flexibly. It roe used in class as a free-standing book on a short course on socializing, or as PT ofa business English course. van be used by students alone in self-study. The latter cannot participate in speaking tasks, but they can prepare hen. In one-to-one classes, the teacher can play the role of the other speaker in pairwork activities Syllabus TAs a starting point, the authors have éstablished the following characteristic ‘of good socializers: reasonably ecurate basic grammar; having the vocabulary to speak about a ange of topics; listening skills, such as listening to fect speech and extracting the message; using the same kinds ‘of communication strategies as good native speaker ‘communicators; knowing schema in various ‘situations; an adequate (intelligible) level of phonology (in both production and recognition); and sensitivity to cultural differences. Good socializers are also assurned to be fairly fluent speakers. “These factors have heen used asa bass for creating the modules. Gome areas of phonology have been collected na unit in the listening skills module. Other areas of phonology are integrated where appropriate, eg past simple dings with stories. Fluency is dealt wich in the many speaking activities throughout the book. Course features “The book covers both grammar and vocabulary. The focus on grammar for learners who may not have studied formally, who are inaccurate or whose English is rusty. In addition, a “lexically dense’ approach to socializing is taken, with two modules devoted to vocabulary. The book is accompanied by an audio CD. The listening material contains lexis which is frequently slightly above che vnget level of students to ensure the dialogues are realist and to give students practice in listening to slightly Challenging material in order to prepare them forthe real ‘world. The book also draws on material outside the teaching of language. It looks at effective communication “Els employed by good native speaker socalizers, as well as cultural awareness training materials. ‘To aid the provision of context, six characters appear throughout the book, The activities and interactions of these people do not form a storyline which has to e followed hronologically. Rather, they enable students to become rare ith certain voices and personality types and to bring the social situations to life “The book includes a range of ‘tip’ boxes including Networking te and Cultural tips. Learning tip boxes provide strategies which can help autonomous study. A unique ejaitional feature i the personalization section My soctal planner, allowing students to record useful personalized utterances. Students therefore finish the book with a bank Efreal phrases they can revise and use asa bridge to the wel world. We suggest that after each lesson, you ask the orgents to spend a few minutes completing the social planner at the back of the book. “The book is heavily cross-referenced. Internal signposting refers users to other relevant parts of the syllabus. How to use this book Ifyou are using the book in clas, we suggest You get YOU, students to complete the needs analysis on the next Page sre eTL help you Team more about the students” strengths, ‘yeaknesses and social enviornments. Each two-page sane designed to be used ina single lesson. Draw students ave to the ‘tip’ boxes and any activities linked to uni ving or afer a lesson. After roleplays and speaking activities 1% @ language feedback sheet to give learners feedback on their good use of language and their most common mistakes. “The book can be used in a self-access centre, or at home as 2 selé-seudy course. The answer Key is in the back, as ‘hell se che pairwork materials listening scripts and grammar focus tables. We hope you enjoy teaching with Networkingin Englsht