ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH SPEAKING TEXTBOOK “ENGLISH FOR ACCOUNTING”

Abstract

The article analyses the contents of English speaking textbook as effective mean of communication “English for Accounting” of publishing house “Oxford University Press”. Special attention is paid to correspondence of contents of textbook to its aim, purposefulness of usage of mentioned textbook at practical sessions at higher educational establishment. It is made stress on the most successful texts and exercises, placed in the book. The article deals with description of six units, page appendix, which includes tests, partner files, answer key, glos- sary of financial terms and transcripts. The author tries to indicate positive role of introduction to accounting, emphasizes the objectives of course for business students and people working in the field of accounting with an intermediate or upper-intermediate level of English. Given scientific paper specifies pluses and minuses of individual approach, envelops the whole material of textbook and concretizes levels of some tasks. Scientific research examines usage of the most spread tests: asking-answering questions, gap-filling, matching, complet- ing, table-filling, note-taking, labeling, quiz, etc. The article underlines functions of the textbook, necessity of its implementation into educational process with the set of following creative tasks for students as working out of portfolios, work in groups, making notes, making up dialogues, discussions, presentations, role-playings. It focuses on further development of four components of English language – audition, speaking, reading and
writing and four competences – language, linguistic, social-cultural and strategic ones.