Module : English                           Level : 2nd year  Financial sciences + Commercial sciences 

Abbreviations and acronyms .

Abbreviations are an important and expanding feature of contemporary English, widely used for convenience and space - saving. Students need to be familiar with general, academic and business abbreviations .

Abbreviations take the form of shortened word . Ex : ‘Ad’ and ‘advert’ come from ‘advertisement’ .

Acronyms are made up of the initial letters of a name or phrase (e.g. SWOT = Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats). They are pronounced as words.