Key Words For Retail (b1+)

Collins COBUILD Key Words for Retail is a brand-new vocabulary book aimed at anyone who wants to study or work in the retail industry. The title contains the 500 most important words and phrases you will need to succeed and includes practice material to make sure you really learn them.

Collins COBUILD Key Words for Retail is a brand-new vocabulary book aimed at anyone who wants to study or work in the retail industry. The title contains the 500 most important words and phrases you will need to succeed and includes practice material to make sure you really learn them.

This title has been specially created for foreign learners of English who want to improve their career prospects in retail by learning English. The title covers the most common words found in this area, and will give learners a solid grounding in the key words and phrases that they will need as they start their studies or career in the retail industry.
Collins COBUILD Key Words for Retail is unique in that the vocabulary items are organized alphabetically, in a dictionary style, and words are clearly labelled according to topic.

Vocabulary-building features, synonyms, and collocations help learners to enrich their vocabulary and increase their accuracy and fluency.
Vocabulary items are explained using simple language and are presented in a clear and easy-to-use format. Example sentences for every entry show how the word is really used in English and have been taken from subject-specific corpora from the 4.5-billion-word Collins Corpus.
To help users consolidate what they have learnt, the title also contains a thematic word list section, organized according to topic. There is a self-study section which includes practice material, which will ensure that users really learn these fundamental words and phrases.
The title also includes an audio CD, which contains audio of all 500 headwords and example sentences. Communication for work and study is crucial, so this additional help with pronunciation will help to build the learner’s confidence when speaking English.

• Suitable for intermediate learners of English who plan to use English in the retail industry

• Full coverage of the most common words that appear in this profession

• Simple definitions make words even easier to understand

• Topic-based wordlists ensure students feel fully prepared for their studies or job

• Hundreds of collocations and examples of real English help put words in context and illustrate how English is really used

• Language notes, synonyms, and collocations help build the learner’s vocabulary

• Clear and user-friendly layout

• Language level benchmarked against the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)

• Practice material ensures the user really learns the most important 500 words in retail

• Audio CD provides additional support for pronunciation and confident communication