English for Business
English is now the international language of the business world. People working in business need a sound knowledge of the language of meetings, presentations, negotiations and sales and an ability to understand and develop business reports. Our full-time, 15 hour per week Business English course responds to these needs, offering students 1 – 12 weeks of targeted practice in key business topics. Each week there is a new topic, with a different focus and associated vocabulary and grammar. Students may also take an extra 5 or 10 electives in complimentary areas such as grammar and writing, pronunciation and conversation fluency. The programme is designed for students with a B2-C1 level of English.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Age 16 + and have a B2 level of English.
Levels
B2 (pre-test required)
Schedule
Morning General: 09.00 – 12.15
Students taking 5 extra electives will also study from 8.00-9.00 or 12.25-13.25
Course start dates
Any Monday of the year, excluding Christmas vacation
Hours per week
15 or 20 or 25
Duration
1 – 12 weeks
Award
ISI Certificate in English
Weekly Modules
| TOPIC | FOCUS | LANGUAGE |
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Week 1 Competitive environment |
Concepts of competitive markets A highly competitive company Building relationships across companies |
Language to describe levels of competition Past tense review Making your feelings understood |
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Week 2 Future uncertainty |
STEEP analysis Global consumer good industry Presenting a case at a meeting |
Language of certainty/uncertainty Language to describe the consumer goods sector Discourse markers to link speech |
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Week 3 Rewarding performance |
Employee rewards Strategies Performance –Related Pay (PRP) in practice Negotiating a pay rise |
Vocabulary of pay and incentives Compound nouns Language for negotiations |
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Week 4 Fostering creativity |
Creative thinking and creative management Innovation in practice Decision making |
Word formations Past modals Evaluative metaphors and idioms |
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Week 5 Organisational cultures |
Understanding organisations Creating successful culture Dealing with problems across departments |
Vocabulary to talk about organisations Ways of asking questions effectively Language for making summaries in meetings |
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Week 6 Working across cultures |
Culture and individual strategies Multicultural merges International team-building |
Vocabulary for culture Reporting verbs Vocabulary to make positive and negative judgements Metaphors of movement |
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Week 7 Change management |
DICE theory Implementing change External negotiating |
Coherence and referencing language Present perfect tenses; non-verbal communication Ways to organise spoken language |
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Week 8 Project management |
The principles of project management Project management – case study Maintaining relationships |
Verb/noun combinations Future perfect and future continuous tenses Inclusive and exclusive language |
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Week 9 E-marketing |
The 4Cs of marketing and e-marketing The benefits of selling on- and offline Organising a presentation |
Vocabulary of marketing and e-marketing Review of standard conditionals Introduction to mixed conditionals Language for introducing and linking slides |
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Week 10 Branding |
What is branding? Famous brandings – project Using persuasive communication in meetings |
Vocabulary of branding Brand and product allocation Use if to persuade and direct Language to change features into benefits |
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Week 11 Accounting |
Activity-based costing (ABC) Cost and price Developing internal relationships |
Gerunds Financial vocabulary Vocabulary to describe different types of costs Polite language |
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Week 12 Microfinance |
The concepts of microfinance Delivering a presentation Functions of emails |
Used to, be used to and get used to Word formation about banking Good delivery techniques |
Hello!
My name is Zivile and I’m here to answer your questions about our Business English Courses!
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