English Business Comunication

This intensive course which is available for a fairly lower level, is less commercially focused on the International Business Communication course. Participants come from both business and a wide range of other professional backgrounds. The course develops practical skills such as the English used for meetings and presentations alongside more general communication skills.
Fact sheet
All of the key information you need to know about this course
Group size:
Maximum 10
Course level:
required level Intermediate
Participants’ age:
Minimum age: 16
Course length:
 8 weeks
8 hours per week (8 X 2 hours)
Who's it for?
Find out if this course meets your needs.
This course is considered for professionals who want to develop their English at work and social contexts. They may work in business and need a strong commercial focus. Typical participants include:

  • Academics
  • Administrators
  • Architects
  • Automotive engineers
  • Business people
  • Charity workers
  • Consultants                                                                                                                                                                  
  • practitioners and healthcare professionals
  • Trained/Training professionals
  • Engineers
  • Fashion designers
  • Hospitality and tourism industry professionals
  • International executives
  • IT professionals
  • Journalists
  • Legal professionals
  • Media communications professionals
  • Military, police and security guards
  • Public officials
  • Sales people
  • Secretaries
  • Professionals at sports
In fact, we welcome all employees who need to develop their professional English communication skills.

Course content

Course participants can expect the following areas to be covered by this course.
  • presentation about one's own work and organisational structure
  • simulated meetings
  • communication in a professional environment
  • presenting figures and graphs and describing social and political trends
  • comparing national economies, working practices and social conditions
  • describe different aspects of international relations including intercultural understanding 
  • While speaking with counterparts discussions turn to broader matters 

The course reflects in a range of topical issues such as
  • current affairs
  • social, political and environmental issues
  • political systems and developments
  • education and training
  • advertising and the media
  • technology and society
In order to grant participants greater confidence in taking part in discussions and handling meetings and negotiations, time is usually considered for preparing and monitoring appropriate communication strategies such as:
  • pros and cons
  • argumentations upon business issues
  • clarifying and confirming
  • asking for comments
  • summarizing
  • asking appropriate questions
  • challenging/defending an opinion
  • persuading and compromising
  • making proposals, offers, suggestions
  • opening/closing meetings
Professional hospitality, recreations and entertainments for visitors and handling social situations are important to many professional people. Areas include:
  • meetings and greetings
  • dealing with enquiries and offering advice
  • arranging and cancelling appointments/social engagements
  • travel arrangements, bookings and reservations
  • giving and understanding directions
  • restaurants and pubs
  • short talks

What you can expect to achieve from your course

By taking either of effectively communicating course in English you are expected to improve your English in the following ways:
  • communicate more confidently
  • speak more accurately and fluently
  • participate more successfully in meetings
  • improve your written English including emails
  • expand your professional vocabulary
  • improve your grammar knowledge
  • socialize and build up networks with greater confidence
  • work successfully in a crossed-cultural environment
In addition to the benefits outlined above, you can expect to communicate more confidently in a range of life and work situations, do better presentations, and use telephone for effective communication.
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