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New! English for work!

English for Work

This 3 module course (30 hours each module) is primarily intended for those who wish to improve their knowledge of English in the world of work. The aim is to develop communication skills in work related areas through tasks and role plays as well as revision and extension of relevant grammatical structures and vocabulary.

Content includes:

  • Working life
    Professions and professional responsibilities
    Describing work experience
    Company structure
  • Communicating at work
    Formal and informal writing
    Making arrangements
    Participating in meetings
    Telephoning
    Meeting and Greeting
  • Socialising
    Travel
    The Media
    Cultural awareness

Participants:
The required language level is equivalent to British Council  B1/B2

Course dates and times:
Starts 6 October 2009. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 0800 to 0930
Fees: Termly fee (x3): EUR 345.00; Registration fee: EUR 60.00
Contact: Infoteca: 21 321 45 00 / 63

Courses

We offer courses in professional and business English, including:

Financial English
Legal English
Business Communication Skills
Translation

We can also provide specially designed courses for the specific needs of your employees, such as:

Negotiations and Meetings
Presentations
Letter and Report Writing

Approach and methodology
We help you feel comfortable expressing yourself in English and enable you to communicate effectively.

Lessons are student-centred and involve real language in real life situations.

We follow the CEF (Common European Framework) which describes in detail what learners need to do at various levels in order to use a language to communicate.

Assessment
You will progress at your own rate and will be assessed by your teacher in a number of ways throughout the course, including individual counselling and assessment of tasks undertaken in class.

You will be encouraged to take part in your own self-assessment and to work with your teacher to determine how best to progress.

International qualifications
We run exam preparation courses for the University of Cambridge Business English Certificates (Preliminary, Vantage and Higher) and ILEC (International Legal English Certificate).

Information for Employers
We provide training for groups or individuals either at one of one of our six centres, or at your premises if you prefer.

Our courses can be as long or short as you need and take place at the time of day that suits you.

Our customers include managing directors, board members of multinational organisations, lawyers, civil servants, people working in the areas of banking, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and many others.

For more information, please contact us:
Cesaltina Fragoso
T 21 321 4577
F 21 347 6151

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