Courses for Business & Professional PeopleThe Executive Group or Combination Course
The Executive Group Course is an intensive programme created to improve communication in the world of work. Combination Courses feature both group and individual lessons to meet your specific needs.
The Executive Group Course is ideal for clients who want to improve their all-round fluency in a general business context. We recommend a Combination Course for clients who have a specific need that is unlikely to be met in a group situation.
The Executive Group Course
2011 prices held
The Combination Course
Anyone thinking of a one-week course of study should choose a combination course. Where there is one person at a particular level, we reserve the right to offer the cost-equivalent number of individual lessons.
Sample timetable
This timetable is a sample course programme for a student with 30 group lessons and 5 one to one lessons. The content of one to one lessons will be negotiated by the student.
| Lesson | Type | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09.30 - 11.00 |
English for business and professional purposes | Chairing a meeting | Telephoning: dealing with communication problems | Negotiating: being diplomatic | Presenting key information | Meeting role play and feedback |
| Break | ||||||
| 11.30 - 13.00 |
Social English for Business | Cultural awareness | The art of small talk | Formal and informal e-mail style | BBC News listening and discussion | Business travel - travel situations |
| Lunch | ||||||
| 14.15 - 15.45 |
Language Work in a professional context | Job satisfaction and motivation | Past tenses review | Prepositions review (location and dependent) | Phrasal verbs in business | Communication: explaining procedures (sequencing and passives) |
| 16.00 - 16.45 |
One to One lesson | The fall of Enron | Describing your career and experience | Pronunciation focus | Tense focus | Weekly review and Q&A |
- Lessons / hours per week
- 35 lessons / 26¼ hours
- Start dates
- Any Monday for 1, 2, 3 or 4 weeks
- Age limit
- 25+
- Maximum class size
- 6
- Levels
- Elementary to Advanced (A2 to C1)
- Special feature
- Inclusive weekly early evening social event
The Weekender
This course may be combined with The Weekender - an intensive long weekend course.
On our Courses for Business & Professional People there will be no lessons on the following public holidays:
- 4 June 2012
- 27 August 2012
Students on all Courses for Business & Professional People will have free access to our new internet-based e-learning materials, before, during and for a 6-month period after their course.
