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Business
English
Intermediate
B1 - Finance & Accounting
Balance Sheet
Objectives
To be able to understand financial language used in balance sheets: i) While and Whereas. iii) Vocabulary for the balance sheet
Grammar
While and Whereas to show contrast: i) While we did well in Europe, we struggled in Asia. ii) Whereas our menswear division made a profit, our children's wear division made a loss. iii) Our compact car did well while our saloon did brilliantly. iv) We did well with 18 to 24 year old whereas we struggled with over 40s.
Description
The balance sheet is one of the most important elements of the work of any finance or accounting department. This unit will look at the language to describe a balance sheet and will allow learners to debate and discuss issues around balance sheets.