Business English Course
This Business English course is for professionals who want to stand out in the modern workplace. You will focus on developing your language and professional skills to help you further your career. A key part of the course is critical thinking and soft skills, and it includes training for the challenging situations people face in an international business environment.
Choose a Course
Basic Business
Basic Business is your introduction to basic English communication used in professional settings, providing insights on business language formalities.
Who’s it for?
This is for working adults who have little knowledge of business English, guiding them when it comes to communicating in English professionally.
The Benefits
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
- Differentiate professional conversation from the casual conversation
- Expand his knowledge of basic business vocabulary
- Familiarize himself with basic business jargons
- Share information and ideas about work, business, or career
- Ask and respond to questions in a formal, polite, and business-like manner
Equivalent to
- IELTS 2.5~3.5
- TOEIC 200~500
- CEFR A2~B1
Course Content – Your new Skill
Session A
- Meeting new colleagues
- Introducing yourself to co-workers
- Everyday work activities
- Talking about workplace routines
- Business around the world
- Vocabulary: Countries and continents
- Saying where things are from
- Asking questions at work
- Vocabulary: Office equipment
- Asking colleagues questions
- Office equipment
Session B
- Skills and experience
- Writing business profile
- Choosing a job
- Vocabulary: Jobs and employment
- Finding the right job
- Describing your workplace
- Describing a workplace
- Personal qualities
- Vocabulary: Money, pay, and conditions
- Describing your coworkers
- Describing your job
- Describing your job to someone
Session C
- Workplace routines
- Describing routines
- Hobbies and habits
- Vocabulary: Routines and free time
- -Talking about free time
- Past events
- Talking about past events
- Dates and times
- Making appointments
- Career history
- Describing company’s history
Session D
- Talking about your plans
- Vocabulary: Making arrangements
- Talking about your plans
- Giving opinions
- Giving opinions politely
- Agreeing and disagreeing
- Discussing opinions
- Health and safety
- Talking about safety at work
- Suggestion and advice
- Making suggestions
- Giving presentations
- Structuring a talk
Session E
- Rules and request
- Talking about rules and regulation
- Discussing issues
- Vocabulary: Work idiom
- Describing workplace issues
- Apologies and explanations
- Apologizing and giving explanation
- Tasks and targets
- Discussing achievement at work
- Dealing with complaints
Session F
- Making travel and arrangement
- Vocabulary: Transportation and travel
- Talking about actions and results
- Asking for directions
- Asking for and giving directions
- Describing your stay
- Using passive voice
- Conference and visitors
- Vocabulary: Eating out, food, and drink -Welcoming visitors
- Dining hospitality
- Offering and accepting hospitality
Session G
- Informal phone calls
- Calling your co-workers
- Formal phone calls
- Leaving phone messages
- Writing resume
- Making plans
- Making arrangements and plans
- Emailing client
- Vocabulary: Communication and emails
- Emailing client
Advance Business
Advance Business introduces practical business topics such as interpersonal skills, vocabulary for meetings, emailing a client, and attending interviews. This course aims to reinforce key language skills such as grammar rules, vocabulary, listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Who’s it for?
Advance Business is for working adults with a bit of a background in business English, enhancing their business communication skills.
The Benefits
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
- Differentiate professional conversation from the casual conversation
- Expand his knowledge of basic business vocabulary
- Familiarize himself with basic business jargon.
- Share information and ideas about work, business, or career
- Ask and respond to questions in a formal, polite, and business-like manner
Equivalent to
- IELTS 3.5~5.5
- TOEIC 500~850
- CEFR B1~B2
Course Content – Your new Skill
Session A
- Introductions
- Introducing yourself and others
- Getting to know colleagues
- Talking about past experience
- Talking about changes
- Vocabulary: Department and roles
- Talking about changes at work
- Delegating tasks
- Delegating tasks to colleague
Session B
- Writing report
- Vocabulary: Money and finance
- Writing reports
- Making apologies
- Apologizing on the telephone
- Making plans by email
- Vocabulary: Communication and technology
- Making plans
- Keeping clients informed
- Keeping clients informed
- Informal communication
- Keeping co-worker informed
Session C
- Describing process
- Vocabulary: Production
- Describing how things are done
- Describing a product
- Describing a product
- Marketing a product
- Vocabulary: Marketing and advertising
- Modifying description of product
- Advertising and product
- Adding emphasis to products
Session D
- Advice and suggestions Giving advice
- Giving advice
- Talking about abilities
- Vocabulary: Management, leadership, and skills
- Describing abilities
- Comparing and contrasting
- Expressing your ideas
- Planning events
- Talking about business events
Session E
- What people said
- Vocabulary: Meetings
- Reporting what someone said
- What people asked
- Reporting what someone asked
- Reporting quantities
- Talking about quantities
- Checking information
Session F
- Structuring a presentation
- Vocabulary: Office presentations equipment
- Structuring a presentation
- Developing an argument
- Pitching a product
- Comparing products
- Talking about facts and figures
- Describing facts and figures
Session H
- Plans and suggestions
- Negotiating politely
- Emphasizing your opinion
- Discussing problems
- Talking about past mistakes
- Discussing conditions
- Discussing possibilities
The Best Business English Course in Makati City
If you require English language training for your professional life or career and wish to study with highly motivated professionals, you have come to the right place. All our business courses in Makati City Philippines are intensive, dynamic, practical and skills-based.
Our trainers are very experienced – and they recognize that not all businesses are the same. So our courses are flexible enough to reflect the needs of participants.
Highly qualified and experienced teachers. Though tuition here is expensive, it is well worth it. Particularly when you consider all the time and travel money you invest to learn in Makati, paying just a bit more to get the right teacher and improving your English faster makes sense!
–Ritsuka, Individual English Training