Absolute Legal English is a comprehensive course book for students of law and practising lawyers who wish to work in an international legal environment and need to extend their language skills. Absolute Legal English consists of nine units which cover the main areas of international law. Each unit gives practice in all four key language skills and all skills work is closely related to real working practice. Absolute Legal English is suitable for students preparing for the ILEC exam, with additional exam-type tasks for each ILEC paper plus specific exam advice. Absolute Legal English is written in an accessible style by authors who combine experience in language teaching and legal authority. It is informative and engaging and uses a variety of proven techniques from the field of language teaching combined with an authoritative knowledge of appropriate legal matters. Absolute Legal English contains a glossary of additional useful terms as well as all the audio transcripts, answer key and Audio CD, making it suitable for both class and self-study. Areas of Law covered: - Intellectual property - Competition law - Employment law - Contract law - Real property law - Company law - Environmental law

Absolute Financial English is a new coursebook for students following a course of study in Financial English, written in particular for candidates preparing for Cambridge ICFE. Written by Julie Pratten it contains 10 units which provide over 60 hours of teaching material. Each unit is divided into four ections with each section covering one of the four skills; closely following the organization of Cambridge ICFE. Absolute Financial English - contains an introductory unit which describes the ICFE exam in detail including an introduction to each paper. - includes a SKILLS focus and an EXAM focus in every section of each unit, so both language and exam skills are introduced and practiced in a stimulating and methodical way. - provides extensive practice of the text types and tasks featured in the exam. - contains tips and hints to assist candidates with each section of the exam. - focuses on training, not testing. - can be used successfully in class and also for self-study. - comes with an Audio CD and includes a Language Bank of Useful Language, as well as all tape scripts and the answer key.

Absolute Banking English is written for upper-intermediate and advanced learners of English who work in banking or the financial sector. It is designed for people who need to communicate internationally in English on a daily basis. Absolute Banking English: - discusses topics which reflect the ever-changing language of banking English and shift in priorities of bankers in the last decade - aims to develop the core skills required by international bankers in their day-to-day working life: reading financial texts; developing key banking vocabulary; listening and responding to presentations and talks; and communicating in a variety of job-specific situations - contains the specialist terminology, synonyms, abbreviations and idiomatic expressions of a particular topic area of banking in each unit - offers a balanced range of exercises and communication activities in each unit - contains 12 thematic units, each divided into four key skills sections – Listening file, Vocabulary file, Reading file and Communicator file – plus four Review sections