Why Choose A Professional English or Business English Course?
Our professional English or Business English courses give you the skills to perform successfully in a professional environment. We achieve this by teaching the necessary language through a variety of interactive tasks. These courses focus on developing the language skills necessary to perform successfully in a variety of work contexts and situations. Our experienced and dedicated teachers use many different methods, including realistic role-plays, case studies and general exercises to teach the language used in work environments.
Why study Business English? Have a look at our blog where we discuss this topic in greater detail.
This course aims to:
- develop students’ language skills in order to perform more effectively in any business or work environment.
- focus on language related to particular business subjects such as telephone English; giving presentations; and writing formal emails/letters.
Business English Course Syllabus Preview
Our teachers follow a set syllabus, and students follow along with a Business English coursebook. The book changes every 10 weeks. Each week, students can expect to cover a range of topics and skills. Normally, students will study grammar, reading, writing and vocabulary on a weekly basis.
Upper-Intermediate Business Class – Example Syllabus
| Reading | Speaking | Vocabulary | Grammar |
| A problem with Microsoft’s brand image(reading for gist and detail, understanding vocabulary in context) | Turning round a brand image(using vocabulary in context, presenting information, functional language: comparing and contrasting) | Understanding vocabulary in context, collocations and word formation | Question words, question forms (object and subject questions), word order |
| The approach to selling coffee taken by Nespresso(reading for gist and detail, understanding vocabulary in context) | Improving customer experience(using vocabulary in context, functional language: comparing and contrasting) | Word formation, collocations, using vocabulary in context (sentence completion) | Dependent preposition |
Study Options
Students can choose to study Professional English or Business English for as many hours per day as they like. Please see our course options below and decide how intensively you would like to study. Please note that if you need to apply for a student visa, you cannot study Standard (15 lessons). You must meet the minimum requirement of 15 hours per week (20 lessons)
Course Fees
Please refer to our price list for specific information. Alternatively, you can email us with your information and desired course and we can provide you with a detailed quote.
Contact us
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