connects users to the skills they need . . .

. . . to succeed as communicators and contributors

in today’s workplace

Interactive lessons and exercises reinforce essential grammar,grammar, workplace writing,writing, and employabilityemployability skills

Skills are presented in the real worldreal world — making learning engaging and relevant

main menu, with tabs for each section

36 skill-building and reference lessons

13 lessons

12 lessons

11 lessons

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12 lessons that teach and reinforce the essentials

of proper grammargrammar and English usageusage

Lessons are filled with useful information

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More than 250 grammar and usage exercises 250 grammar and usage exercises with

immediate, extensive feedback. Thanksgiving XmasClick on the answerClick on the answer

The CD has 200 additional drills 200 additional drills for

the Grammar and Usage lessons

The Grammar and Usage self-assessment self-assessment

pinpoints topics to focus on

11 Workplace WritingWorkplace Writing lessons with guidelines and tips for preparing the most common workplace documentsworkplace documents

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The Writing lessons have dozens of examplesdozens of examples of workplace documents and writing strategies

More than 200 exercises 200 exercises for these lessons, including

short writing and editing exercises writing and editing exercises with feedback

30 longer writing exercises in Word.30 longer writing exercises in Word. Each exercise

has a worksheet with instructions and advice

13 lessons about today’s workplacetoday’s workplace, including self-

management and interpersonal issues. 9090 exercisesexercises

Lessons have real-world advicereal-world advice

Lessons have real-world advicereal-world advice

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The Workplace Success lessons have worksheets

for writing and critical thinking exerciseswriting and critical thinking exercises

Diversity in the Workplace lessonSimilarities and Differences

Think about someone you know of the same race and gender and someone of a different race and gender. How are these people similar to you? How are they different? Think in terms of what they like to do, how they relate to people, how they communicate, what their talents and skills are, what they care about, how they dress, and so on.

Person of same race/gender

Similarities Differences

so on.

The Daily PlannerDaily Planner simulates 2 typical work weeks,2 typical work weeks, with e-mail, voice-mail, memos, meetings, and other tasks

A realistic work environmentrealistic work environment — marketing

and PR assistant at a zoo

Realistic tasksRealistic tasks provide a context for lessons

Each task has a writing assignmentwriting assignment

ResourcesResources section with extensive

print and web-based resources

Lessons are indexedindexed for

immediate access to any topic

GlossaryGlossary has definitions and

examples of key grammar terms

Extensive built-in helphelp text can also be printed

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links to online resources galore!

helps users master the communication

and interpersonal skills they need in today’s workplace

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