For the purpose of helping students at the Academy of Finance (AOF) improve their foreign language competence, Foreign Language Department, Foreign Language Faculty, AOF was assigned to design the textbook "Lectures on ESP Reading for Advanced Bachelor Education Program”

This textbook was written to meet the needs of the students of Advanced Bachelor Education Program who are intending to study business at the Academy of Finance. It is also suitable for students of English anywhere whose primary reason is learning English is for the purpose of conducting business. Many business professionals who need to conduct negotiations in English will find this textbook useful for learning business terminology and concepts. In addition, it can be used by an individual studying on his own or by an instructor as a classroom textbook.

The textbook "Lectures on ESP Reading for Advanced Bachelor Education Program" consists of ten Units which is suitable for the syllabus of 4 credits.

The topics which were selected for this text deal with basic areas of business: economics, finance, banking, accounting and so on, that this textbook is ideally suitable and useful for students of different majors at the AOF. The topics are common to many introductory textbooks on business, and therefore, a student who has completed this text will have an introduction to some of the material he will study later along with an understanding of the terminology of the field. There is a variety of topics which should be of interest to the businessman who is involved in finance, banking, accounting, international trade and negotiations.

This textbook emphasizes several skills which both the student and professional need to develop if they are to conduct business English. First, there are several types of vocabulary exercises. Emphasis is placed on developing the ability to learn meanings from the context. Next, reading exercises teach the student to grasp what the writer has said by analyzing the passages to find the main ideas, to note details and to make inferences. In addition, language focus exercises help the students to be more standard in writing academic English. Developing these skills will benefit the user of the book, no matter what type of business decisions he is called upon to make.

The variety and scope of the exercises, together with the information given in the reading selections, should further develop both English language skills and student comprehension of the basic elements of business. This book not only provides a good foundation for continuing a more specialized study in the field, it also illustrates techniques that will be useful to the professional in understanding and writing up presentations in the world of business.

Acknowledgement

We would like to thank the Administration of the Academy of Finance who provides us the great opportunity and much encouragement for designing the textbook. We also thank the Department of Scientific Project Management, the AOF for giving us suggestions for formats and procedures.

Special thank is given to the groups of authors of English Department, the Faculty of Foreign Language at the Academy of Finance who joined with us to provide reading texts and exercises for designing the textbook. The group of authors consists of:

1. Le Thi Huong Giang                      7. Vu Quynh Nga

2. Nguyen Xuan Huong Giang           8. Vu Thi Phuong

3. Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh                 9. Pham Thi Tam

4. Nguyen Thanh Huyen                    10. Pham Thi Thu

5. Nguyen Thi Thuy Huong                11. Bui Thi Bich Thuy

6. Dang Phuong Mai

Finally, we have to thank the students at AOF who usually send us their good appreciation and from whom we are much motivated to try our best to design a good product.

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