English for Business and Economics. Building up

English for Business and Economics: Building Up helps learners move beyond basic proficiency toward confident, precise, and globally aware communication in professional settings. Through authentic materials, integrated skills practice, and real-world tasks, the course supports steady progression and practical mastery, making it suitable for both self-study and classroom use.

Key highlights:
• Advanced vocabulary and grammar for professional contexts
• Authentic business texts and listening materials
• Speaking and writing tasks based on real workplace situations
• Intercultural insights for global communication
• Clear self-assessment tools and flexible study pathways.

Adina Oana Nicolae is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philology at the Faculty of Letters and Sciences, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploieşti, Romania. She holds a Ph.D. in Philology from the West University of Timişoara, awarded in 2011. Her scholarly work spans several areas, including cognitive metaphor theory, cognitive linguistics, multimodal communication, sociolinguistics, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), and translation studies. She is the author of several books, including English for Business and Economics: Establishing Foundations (2023), Metaphor in the Written Business and Economics Discourse (2015), and English Phonetics and Phonology: A Primer (2011).