(Not so) Basic Business English

Do you want to move beyond the basics of business English? To feel confident using English in a business context? Would you like to discover a range of expressions and structures that will make your business English richer, more fluent and more engaging? Do you wish to learn how native speakers communicate when doing business and add these skills to your repertoire? If the answer to any or all of these is yes, then this is the course for you.

In this course we’ll build upon the basics of business English and expand your knowledge to ensure you have the words and techniques to feel self-assured when communicating in English in a work environment, whether you’re participating in a meeting, giving a presentation or solving a problem. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to both use and understand a wide range of more complex, but useful expressions native English speakers employ in a variety of different business situations. This will mean you’ll be more confident, fluent, accurate and engaging when using English in a business environment.

More specifically you will learn how to:

• structure and give coherent and engaging presentations
• describe statistics and data
• request, give and clarify updates
• resolve problems
• offer opinions and make suggestions
• lead and manage a meeting or discussion

This course is for everybody who:

• wants to expand their knowledge of business English
• would like to feel more confident about their business English
• wishes to improve their fluency and accuracy when using English in a business context
• wants to learn more advanced and idiomatic ways to communicate in business English
• wants to add greater variety to the way they use English in a business environment

As a special bonus, there is an e-book with all the phrases, expressions and structures.