If you ask most EFL teachers about what their favourite Business English coursebooks are there, nine times out of ten they will mention the 'Market Leader' series which certainly is a useful teaching-learning resource.
However, I would have to say that 'Business Benchmark Advanced' by Guy Brook-Hart is the most useful Business English coursebook that I've ever encountered. First, I really like the fact that the book is self-contained with all the answers being readily available at the back of the book. Second, there are 24 short but well-designed chapters in the book, perhaps offering a wider topic variety than the traditional 10-12 topic coursebooks. Third, what I like most is the eclectic design of the individual chapters themselves which include concise sections on gambits for speaking; topic collocations; not excessively long reading tasks from which additional collocations can be extracted; and business writing models (e.g, reports) that are not excessively long.
Which is my favourite chapter from the book? Well, that's probably 'Unit 4: Chairing Meetings', as I've seen many materials on participating in meetings, but not that many on chairing them, and this unit gives a short but concise list of gambits for chairing meetings which can be easily added to with a bit of thought from the teacher.
So there you have it, just a quick concise appreciation of my favourite Business English coursebook: 'Business Benchmark Advanced'.
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