Reading skills in business are just as important as writing skills. Understanding vocabulary and interpreting the meaning of texts is vital for effective communication. To respond to an email or summarise a report, you need to understand it first.
Reading business-related material will help you in many ways: you will have a greater understanding of what is happening in the business world, you'll be more able to make informed decisions and, crucially, you will gain confidence and independence to break away from translation tools.
Reading business texts will build your vocabulary, and introduce you to language not found so often in other types of writing. You will find idioms, metaphors and structures not found elsewhere, all helping to build your competence in English.
In your lessons you will learn how to:
skim read for the primary message / identify key points
understand the tone
summarise the text
develop active reading strategies