About the Book
Business Across Borders is a unique new series of bilingual books which combines the benefits of business, behavior and language in one volume. The English-French bilingual text is set face-to-face for easy reading and reference.
"More than a language guide, useful as a text book, and quite readable
This book will enable you to speak in public in French as well as English. Here is a step-by-step guide to the many communication techniques involved in public speaking together with a practical, easy-to-use approach to the language of speeches and presentations. The words and phrases you need in French are displayed facing the English equivalents.
Pamela Sheppard gives detailed advice on:
-- preparing, structuring and delivering speeches
-- managing questions and answering sessions
-- using rhetorical devices, proverbs and quotations
Whether you use the book for self-instruction, for reference or as part of a course seminar, it will make the difficult task of speaking in public easier and increase your confidence and fluency.