For business students of English at intermediate level, each of the 15 units presents a topic of relevance to modern business conditions and the activities all develop different aspects of the theme. The text may be about a new trend, a dramatic event a controversial issue or just the problems facing a particular company. A typical unit includes discussion work; reading and listening comprehension; vocabulary-building exercises; review and practice of points of grammar; presentation of language functions; a problem involving a role play or simulation exercises; additional discussion topics and a writing assignment.