General English Plus Business English with BULATS Preparation

This practical course is designed to widen your knowledge of specific vocabulary in a work context and business situations.

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Our four schools are official agents and test centres for students who wish to take the BULATS (Business Language Testing Service) exam. The BULATS exam is an online test involving reading, use of English, and listening, and is a very useful certificate for students who wish to extend their visa and need to show proof of having taken an exam.

Course Contents

This course comprises of 15, 20, or 25 lessons of General English and 10 (London) or 5 (Oxford, Brighton & Bournemouth) lessons per week of specialised Business English in the afternoon. Please see G15am, G20am or G25 course details to find out what you will be learning as a part of the General English course component.

09:15-12:05, Mon-Fri: In the morning this course follows the same pattern as the Morning General English course (G15am) and we work with a coursebook concentrating on the four main skills - speaking, listening, reading and writing.

12:25-13:15, Mon-Fri: Students who wish to join a more intensive programme can attend the Speaking & Listening lessons for an extra opportunity for fluency practice.

14:15-16:35, 4 (London) or 2 (Oxford, Brighton & Bournemouth) afternoons a week: specialised Business English where we cover all the skills but focus more on speaking and listening. Emphasis is placed on communication tasks which give you the opportunity to practise fluency and build confidence in business situations. The list of main topics is by no means exhaustive and can be adapted to cover other topics which you would like to focus on:

  • Meetings
  • Negotiations
  • Advertising
  • Marketing
  • Global tourism
  • Presentations
  • Visiting
  • Business travel
  • Business communication
  • Email, internet
  • Organisations
  • Cultural comparisons
  • Globalisation
  • Motivation & team building
  • Company profiles
  • Describing and comparing towns & cities
  • Economics & ecology
  • Recruitment, job profiles & descriptions, job satisfaction
  • Ethics
  • Giving opinions
  • Decision making
  • Dealing with complaints & crises
  • Management do's and don'ts, roles and relationships
Course Summary
Course code B20 (not in London), B25, B30
Available in All centres
Start dates Any Monday
Course duration 2-48 weeks
Minimum level Intermediate
Class size Average 11, maximum 14
Lessons per week 20 (not in London), 25, 30
Lesson duration 50 minutes

Please note that at our schools in Oxford, Brighton & Bournemouth we offer 5 Business English lessons per week.

If you already have a good intermediate level of English why not consider studying our Summer Business Programme instead. You will study for 4 or 8 weeks a combination of many different Business subjects in English at university level.