Business Fluency

These courses provide the student with the skills required for competent and effective communication in business. The emphasis in the course is on spoken communication in practical situations. Included in all programmes are sessions dealing with such areas as English for Meetings & Negotiations, English for Presentations and Telephoning in English.

Course contents

  • Discussion work & roleplay
  • Problem solving
  • Language functions
  • Vocabulary extension
  • Reviewing points of grammar
  • Writing assignments for homework

Levels: B (Upper-Intermediate) B2 plus C (Advanced) C1/C2

Business 1 & 2

These courses are designed for people who wish to refresh and develop their Business English for more effective and confident communication. Both courses are geared to improving all four language skills. Speaking, writing, listening and reading in international work environments.

Course contents

  • Building up better vocabulary
  • Development key grammatical structure
  • Problem solving discussions
  • Telephoning &  meetings
  • Functional language and appropriacy
  • Emailing &  Reporting
  • Practice writing for homework.

 

Levels: Business 1 B2+   Business 2 C1/C2

Cambridge Business English Certificates          

These courses prepare participants for the University of Cambridge BEC examinations. They are designed to cover the main topic and skills areas required by people working in a modern business environment. Topic focus areas are selected to match the needs of participants but normally include fields such as human resources, management, customer relations, finance, technology & innovation and marketing. All four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing are integrated to provide lively, stimulating and comprehensive classroom work. Emphasis is placed on both fluency and grammatical accuracy.

Sample activities

Speaking:
Telephoning, meetings and negotiations, problem solving discussions, role play and business simulations.

Listening:
Vocabulary development, note-taking, comprehension and interpretation tasks using specially designed (semi) authentic listening materials.

Reading:
Analysis of a wide variety of authentic and current business texts including reports, articles and company documentation literature.

Writing:
Emails, letters, short reports and proposals.

BEC Vantage Courses teach Business English in the context of the Council of Europe’s Vantage Level (B2) descriptors for language proficiency.

BEC Higher Advanced is taught at a C1 level.