Business English

Communicaid's Business English courses are highly practical, individually designed, goal-orientated training to rapidly improve your Business English skills. Whether you require training at one of our training centres in London, Paris or Frankfurt or prefer Communicaid to come to you, Communicaid will provide you with a Business English course that meets your unique requirements.

Our wide range of Business English courses is delivered by some of the UK's most experienced and successful Business English trainers.  From Business English for Beginners to advanced Business English, Communicaid and our in-house team of Business English trainers will design a course to meet your unique Business English language needs.

For those who choose to follow a Business English course with us in London, we offer you the chance to mix with other international business people and continue to practise your business English outside the training room. For an even greater exposure to the language and a full immersion in English cultural life, Communicaid also provides a full social programme and carefully selected hotel and executive home-stay accommodation.

Benefits

A Communicaid Business English course will provide you with:

- More confidence in your ability to conduct business in English

- Greater verbal fluency for face-to-face business situations

- More professional approach and interaction with clients

- Greater confidence to effectively represent your organisation at an international level

- Improved cross-border communication with colleagues and clients

- Enhanced comprehension skills and clearer pronunciation 

Who should attend

To suit the wide ranging needs of our clients, Communicaid offers a wide choice of Business English course formats: 

Individual

An individual Business English course is ideal for international businesspeople who require a tailored and flexible solution to their English communication needs. 

In-company group

Cost effective, in-company team training format for groups with the same needs and objectives.  Ideal for physical or remote teams who wish to combine team-building with language development. 

Combination

Specially designed combination - individual and group training - aimed at providing Business English training to professionals or organisations that require an economical and effective solution to their English language needs.

Foundation

Aimed at adult professionals who need a cost-effective business English course tailored for the needs of lower level learners, the foundation Business English course is a public group course ideal for professionals starting or changing their international business career who require a comprehensive business English communication skills programme. This four-week intensive, delivered at our London centre, course is an ideal first step prior to attending one of our more advanced English communication courses. 

Course content

All our Business English courses are designed to meet the specific needs of our clients and will be determined by personal/organisational requirements, existing level and end objectives.   However, core subject areas for a Business English course will include:

- Fluency enhancement

- Improved listening skills for meetings and teleconferences

- Role, company and sector-specific vocabulary

- Achieving clarity in written English

- Listening skills for meetings and teleconferences

- Effective written communication techniques

Approach

Individual and in-company group Business English courses are available seven days a week, 365 days a year.   Courses take place between 08:00 and 20:00 although training is also available outside of these hours upon request.  Please refer to course dates for Combination and Foundation formats.

We usually recommend an intensive course but can also offer a more flexible format to suit your schedule.  Business English is available as an intensive course although the most appropriate formats and learning platforms will be discussed during your diagnostic consultancy (please click here to read more about our approach).

Suitable tailored and published materials will be used throughout your course, with recommendations on self-study material and extra reading made at the beginning and throughout the duration of your course.

Business English course trainer

Your Business English course trainer will be assigned to you following the results of your diagnostic consultancy according to your objectives and areas of focus.  Detailed below is a sample profile of a member of our Business English training team.

GM

Based at our London training centre, GM has extensive experience in managing and implementing English training and English development courses and projects, including advising staff and managers.  Her work has helped her to develop the cross cultural interpersonal skills invaluable in her present role.  GM has worked almost exclusively for Communicaid for a number of years and has experience training both groups and individuals across a wide variety of levels and cultural backgrounds. Recent clients who have benefited from GM’s training in London include Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; XL Insurance; Control Techniques; Sanofi-Aventis Pharma