General English Plus Business English

This practical course is designed to widen your knowledge of specific vocabulary in a work context and business situations. It comprises 15, 20 or 25 lessons of General English and 5 lessons per week of specialised Business English.

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Course Contents

The course comprises 15, 20 or 25 lessons of General English per week, depending on your learning needs, budget and daily routine. 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.

14:15-16:35, two 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, B25, B30
Available in London, Oxford, Brighton
Start dates Any Monday
Course duration 2-48 weeks
Minimum level Intermediate
Class size Average 10, maximum 14
Lessons per week 20, 25, 30
Lesson duration 50 minutes

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.