Book review: Short Course Series by Cornelsen Verlag

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Hi everybody,

Have you ever tried any of these text books in your classrooms or for self-study? What do you make of these materials? Many thanks, Torsten

Short Course Series English for Emails Cornelsen Verlag
Short Course Series English for Telephoning Cornelsen Verlag
Short Course Series English for Meetings Cornelsen Verlag
Short Course Series English for Socializing and Small Talk Cornelsen Verlag
Short Course Series English for Negotiation Cornelsen Verlag
Short Course Series English for Presentation Cornelsen Verlag
Short Course Series English for Accounting Cornelsen Verlag
Short Course Series English for Customer Care Cornelsen Verlag
Short Course Series English for Sales and Purchasing Cornelsen Verlag
Short Course Series English for Marketing and Advertising Cornelsen Verlag
Short Course Series English for Human Resources Cornelsen Verlag[YSaerTTEW443543]

TOEFL listening lectures: Why does the lecturer mention Charles Darwin?[YSaerTTEW443543]

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Can you give me a link to some of these titles?

They sound similar to the Delta Business Communication Skills series.

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Here you are.[YSaerTTEW443543]

TOEFL listening lectures: A university lecture on Animal Behavior by a professor of Biology[YSaerTTEW443543]

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I’ve tried a few of their older, but I’m not a big fan of Cornelson. I’ve come across quite a few Denglish expressions in their books, and their schoolbook-like approach is not really my cup of tea.

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Hi Ralf,

Thanks a lot for your feedback. By the way, can you open their sample PDF files? Slava and I have tried to so and we keep getting the error message “file is damaged”.
Regards,
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]

TOEFL listening lectures: A university lecture in the Social Sciences Department[YSaerTTEW443543]

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Hi Torsten

I opened Adobe Acrobat first (I have an ancient version – 4.0) and then I was able to open the downloaded PDF file.
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Their site is so extremely slow that it’s not worth my time.