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Essential Language Courses

The "Essential Language" series is designed to give you a brief one-day introduction to a new language.  Working internationally requires effective communication in order to do business. All too often we expect others to conduct business entirely in English. Yet learning the basics of a new language can be straightforward and rewarding. Our experience shows that the willingness to communicate in the language of your clients, colleagues or hosts goes a long way in developing your business and building relationships.

Our "Essential" language course is an introduction to the sounds, vocabulary and phrases of each language. Based on our communicative approach and taught by our professional and experienced staff, this course is taught interactively, enabling participants to use the spoken language from the start.  The course is designed to provide practical language skills and will cover essential vocabulary, focusing on words and phrases for typical social and routine business situations. We provide relevant and useful materials that participants can take away with them including a workpack, phrasebook and useful tools help you continue to learn.

Essential Arabic - 1 day

Communicating with clients and contacts

  • Greetings 
  • Introducing yourself/company/job
  • Giving and asking for personal information

Getting around 

  • Taking a taxi
  • Hotel
  • Money and Cultural tips eg paying

Socialising

  • Food and drink vocabulary, phrases and typical Arabic food
  • Accepting and declining
  • Small talk

 

 Learn more about the Arabic language
Essential Russian -1 day

Communicating with clients and contacts

  • Greetings 
  • Introducing yourself/company/job
  • Giving and asking for personal information

Getting around 

  • Travel
  • Numbers & money
  • Cultural tips: formal and informal language

Socialising

  • Food and drink vocabulary, phrases and typical Russian dishes
  • Accepting and declining
  • Small talk

Reading

  • Introduction to the Cyrillic Alphabet

 

Learn more about the Russian language
Essential Japanese - 1 day
Communicating with clients and contacts
  • Greetings 
  • Introducing yourself/company/job
  • Giving and asking for personal information
Getting around 
  • Travel
  • Numbers & money
  • Cultural tips: formal and informal language
Socialising
  • Food and drink vocabulary, phrases and typical Japanese dishes
  • Accepting and declining
  • Small talk
Reading
  • Identifying basic Japanese characters

 

Learn more about the Japanese language
Essential Italian - 1 day

Communicating with clients and contacts

  • Greetings 
  • Introducing yourself/company/job
  • Giving and asking for personal information

Getting around 

  • Travel
  • Numbers & money
  • Cultural tips: formal and informal language

Socialising

  • Food and drink vocabulary, phrases and typical Italian dishes
  • Accepting and declining
  • Small talk

Reading

  • Basic signs and instructions

 

Learn about the Italian language
Essential Mandarin - 1 day

Communicating with clients and contacts

  • Greetings 
  • Introducing yourself/company/job
  • Giving and asking for personal information

Getting around 

  • Travel
  • Numbers & money
  • Cultural tips: formal and informal language

Socialising

  • Food and drink vocabulary, phrases and typical Chinese dishes
  • Accepting and declining
  • Small talk

Reading

  • Introduction to Chinese characters

 

Learn more about the Chinese Mandarin language
Essential Brazilian Portuguese - 1 day

Communicating with clients and contact

  • Greetings 
  • Introducing yourself/company/job
  • Giving and asking for personal information

Getting around

  • Travel
  • Numbers & money
  • Cultural tips: formal and informal language

Socialising

  • Food and drink vocabulary and relevant  phrases
  • Accepting and declining
  • Small talk

 Learn more about the Brazilian Portuguese language
Essential Spanish - 1 day

Communicating with clients and contacts

  • Greetings 
  • Introducing yourself/company/job
  • Giving and asking for personal information

Getting around 

  • Travel
  • Numbers & money
  • Cultural tips: formal and informal language

Socialising

  • Food and drink vocabulary, phrases and typical Spanish dishes
  • Accepting and declining
  • Small talk

 

Learn more about the Spanish language
Essential French - 1 day

Communicating with clients and contacts

  • Greetings 
  • Introducing yourself/company/job
  • Giving and asking for personal information

Getting around 

  • Travel
  • Numbers & money
  • Cultural tips: formal and informal language

Socialising

  • Food and drink vocabulary, phrases and typical French cuisine
  • Accepting and declining
  • Small talk

Reading

  • Basic signs and instructions

 

Learn more about the French language

 

For more information please contact your nearest centre

Berlin, Paris, Milan, Amsterdam, Soesterberg, Rome, Lyon, Cologne, Turin, The Hague, London, Dusseldorf, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Stratford-upon-Avon, Hamburg, Madrid, Alicante, Leipzig, Munich, Stuttgart

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Case Studies

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    • "Excellent course content"

      A.J., Manager, Derpart Reisevertrieb

    • "The atmosphere is very professional and welcoming, and gives an excellent first impression. It is like my family."

      R.S., Lecturer, Bocconi University

    • "Best language teachers I have ever had"

      J.D., Audit Manager, PWC

    • "Course content had good balance between theory, practice and exercises!"

      T. M., Research & Development, Novozymes

    • "The teachers had a perfect background for the financial course. "English for Finance" "

      Petra Speidel, Magirus International, Germany

    • "My programme and course was very helpful for me. Everything was well-prepared, and the materials were perfect (I will be keeping all of them as my “treasures”)."

      D.H., Engineer, Seibu Oil, Japan.

    • "We learned a lot through clever role plays and other situational conversations. This was an excellent way to increase conversational skills and build our confidence"

      T.F., Manager, Nevitel, Slovakia.

    • "The teaching is very good; they are able to control our discussion and encourage us to speak as much as possible. The feedback is also very useful."

      Y.I., Engineer, Nisshin Engineering, Japan.

    • "The host family was very comfortable, they were friendly and interesting. I had my own bathroom. Executive Group Programme"

      Yoann Vidalenc, Areva France

    • "Perfectly selected content, tailor-made and individual to my demands. My teacher was experienced, she was a good communicator and perfect at encouraging me. Individual programme "

      Bernd Pompetzki, Commerzbank

    • "The course was well prepared, the teachers were really good with professional and financial backgrounds. "English for Finance" "

      Lukasz Szarawara, Adamed Sp, Poland

    • "Extremely helpful and informative; Cultural Competence course - "Working in India" "

      S.H., KPMG, UK

    • "Teachers were perfect, flexible, challenging, giving clear rules and feedback "

      J.J. - Bayer Schering

    • "The content of the course was varied and interesting. The teaching was open to the different learning styles of the students, and picked up correctly on all our strengths & weaknesses."

      N.W., Manager, GSD, Germany.

    • "The teachers are very professional and competent, and they are very helpful for us. Because their teaching styles are very good and varied, lessons were never boring."

      A.A., Chemist, Boehringer Ingleheim, Germany.

    • "My teaching programme was very interesting and helpful and contained an interesting variety of different activities."

      G.M., Manager, KH General Insurance, Hungary.

    • "Content - brilliant!, Resources - perfect! Social Programme - the best!"

      Gavin Sang Keun Yu, Production Manager,Kuala Lumpur

    • "Very good, very flexible to meet my needs"

      C.S., Logistics Dept., KLM Cargo

    • "Very intensive course !"

      M.C., Internal Audit, Unicredit

    • "I collected the feedback of our team, which confirmed my valuation of the professional setup of your centre - both highly productive regarding the English training and a lot of fun and entertainment ."

      KC, HR Manager, Austria

    • "My programme was tailored exactly to my individual needs – all my expectations were met completely."

      T.E., Consultant, Bearing Point, Germany.

    • "I was offered a programme that met completely with the requirements and even exceeded my expectations."

      U.G., Member, Italian Parliament.

    • "My teachers are really fantastic! Power Track"

      Shuji Ezawa, KPMG, Japan

    • ".. informative and detailed, lots of role-plays, very practical. I'll definitely recommend this training to others."

      Joo Myung Hur, Production Manager, Korea