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Effective communication in English

-Is your English good, but you feel you could use it to greater advantage?
-Do your conversations come to an unsatisfactory conclusion too often?
-Do you need to speak more effective English?

Overview

This intensive 3 day course is designed to improve inter-personal communication skills, both within organisations and in the international business environment.

Following the latest research into effective communication sponsored by British Telecommunications plc, the course is essentially practical in nature.

"Talk Works At Work", the interactive video training film produced for B.T. and currently used with great success in major British corporations, will form an integral part of the course.

The approach used in "Talk Works", together with our internationally recognised expertise in business language teaching, allows us to offer a unique learning experience.

Content

-Within a business English context, you will learn how to:
express your ideas clearly and succinctly

- understand and summarise arguments and information more accurately

-become a better listener

make sure that your conversations are truly dialogues and that they have every chance of reaching a satisfactory conclusion

improve your general and business English through on-going grammar and vocabulary feedback sessions

Daily timetable

Tuesday

12.30 Lunch and introduction to the course

13.30 - 16.15 Course

Wednesday - Thursday

08.30 - 16.15 Course

Friday

08.30 - 12.30 Course

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch and conclusion

Course Leader

Mark Brignal is an actor and teacher by training, with wide experience in theatre, television and film.

He has worked extensively in the business world as a management trainer for major British companies and has been closely involved in the development of "Talk Works", in which he plays a leading role.

Who Should Attend

Participants will be non-native speakers for whom good spoken communication at work is vital.

The course is intended for groups of 6-12 people who should have reached a good standard of general English.

They should be prepared to become fully involved in a variety of practical communicative activities.

We accept individual enrolments and we also work with central training departments to co-ordinate courses for group companies.

Enrolment

We will offer open group opportunities for this course in 2004. Watch this space!

References

Enrolment deadline: 4 weeks before the course starts.

Closed groups:
We arrange dates at your convenience.

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