For professionals of all levels or for students of business, the English for Business Course (EFB) is ideal to develop the necessary communication skills to succeed in the world of business by increasing your career prospects, developing key business skills, enlarging your knowledge of the business world, and assisting students in becoming more fluent and confident.
The course materials - Market Leader₢ and Business Partner - consist of listening activities, videos, interviews, articles from the Financial Times and other sources, real Case studies, assessment tests and glossary.
The course is intelligent, dynamic, communicative, and explores a wide range of business situations encouraging learners to take risks in speaking, in expressing their thoughts and opinions.
In addition to listening and conversation, EFB also helps learners to improve reading and writing, with an efficient and practical approach to grammar & structure and vocabulary acquisition.
The course starts with a placement test so we can decide which level is the right one for you. There are five levels:
- Elementary
- Pre-intermediate
- Intermediate
- Upper-intermediate
- Advanced
Lessons can be delivered in-company or online from any part of the country or abroad.
- making presentations
- taking part in meetings
- negotiating
- using English in social situations
- writing effective e-mails
- listening for information and note-taking
These are just a few of the unit topics presented in class:
- Marketing: customer relationship management
- Ethics: corporate responsibilities
- Finance: sustainable banking
- Online Business: developments in online business
- New Business: advice on startups
- Project Management: issues in project management
- Work and Leisure: what people want from work
- Travel: business travel
- Food and Entertaining: foods from different countries
- Buying and Selling: buying different products
- Cultures: tips for doing business in another country
- Money: attitudes to money
- Human resources: job interviews
