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Specialist English Group Programmes

Linguarama Specialist Group Programmes enable participants to improve their English language skills in a specific professional or communication area. Discussion topics and case studies are chosen based on the needs of the group participants. All programmes will include elements of general business English.

The following information provides an outline of typical areas which might be covered for each programme. However, programmes will be adapted to the needs of each group according to their aims and expected outcomes. All courses are one-week programmes.

Participants should have an intermediate level of English to attend these programmes. A language test will be carried out before the course.

For  more information please contact your nearest Linguarama centre or email webinfo@linguarama.com

English for Meetings and Negotiations

Starting Dates

  • Analysis and discussion of the procedure of meetings and negotiations
  • Raising awareness of behavioural and cross cultural factors which affect meetings
  • language for participating in a meeting (e.g. giving opinions, clarifying ideas, agreeing and disagreeing)
  • Language for participating in a negotiation (e.g. proposing, bargaining, compromising, negotiation tactics)
  • Diplomatic language

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English for Finance

Starting Dates

  • The vocabulary of International Finance - planning, strategy and policy
  • Reporting successfully - financial statements and reports
  • Evaluating case studies
  • Describing company performance
  • Contributing to financial meetings clearly and persuasively

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English for Presentations

Starting Dates

  • Language of presentations (e.g. introducing yourself and the presentation, linking the presentation, dealing with questions, summarising)
  • Language for making an impact when presenting
  • Analysis and discussion of both presentation skills and presentation language
  • Preparing and presenting visuals
  • Practice presentations using participants’ own authentic materials - with video analysis and feedback

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English for Marketing

Starting Dates

  • Marketing-specific topics, e.g. marketing strategy, the marketing mix, the marketing plan, understanding the customer, market research, direct marketing, current trends
  • Language for marketing-related meetings (e.g. measuring effectiveness of marketing strategies and evaluation of them)
  • Presenting marketing information, both verbally and in written form
  • Extension of marketing vocabulary

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English for Corporate Communications

Starting Dates

  • Organising and clarifying your message in English
  • Identifying your key audiences and understanding their needs
  • Discussing the elements of a Corporate Communications Strategy
  • Anticipating and handling crisis issues and situations in English
  • Writing Press Releases

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English for Project Management

Starting Dates

  • Establishing Project scope and objectives
  • Critical Path Analysis
  • Participating effectively in Project meetings 
  • Assessing Projects - Why Projects fail
  • Reporting on Project status

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English for PAs and Secretaries

Starting Dates

  • Effective telephoning in English 
  • E-mail and other office correspondence (e.g. memos, formal and informal letters)
  • Dealing with visitors
  • Making arrangements (e.g. for meetings, conferences)
  • Writing and checking presentations

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English for Lawyers

Starting Dates

  • An overview of the English legal system 
  • Extension of legal vocabulary 
  • Writing skills for letters of advice 
  • Drafting skills for contracts 
  • Functional language for legal meetings and negotiations 
  • Visit to the criminal or civil law courts

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Writing Skills in English

Starting Dates

  • Analysis and discussion of writing skills and the writing process
  • Appropriate grammatical points
  • A model for writing: the 6C ’s - clarity, conciseness, correctness, courtesy, consistency and completeness
  • Spoken language vs. written language
  • Style and tone
  • Developing writing skills for different types of document (e.g. emails, letters, reports)

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English for Human Resources

Starting Dates

  • Human Resources-specific topics: e.g. interviewing, conducting appraisals, training and development, recruitment policy, legal issues for contracts, compensation and benefit, strategic planning
  • Language for Human Resources-related meetings
  • Presenting Human Resources information clearly, both verbally and in written form
  • Extension of Human Resources vocabulary

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English for Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Starting Dates

  • Cost effective and flexible supply chain solutions
  • The challenges of managing international supply chains
  • Planning warehousing solutions
  • Analysing supply chain models
  • Assessing the benefits of third party logistics (3PL)
  • Shared user services to provide flexibility

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English for International IT Management

Starting Dates

  • IT-specific topics: e.g. hardware and software, networking, data security and protection, legal issues
  • Spoken language vs. written language
  • Language for IT related meetings
  • Meetings and presentations for IT/IS
  • Extension of IT vocabulary

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English for International Sales and Sales Management

Starting Dates

  • The language of sales
  • Cross cultural differences
  • English for sales meetings
  • Dealing with questions, objections and negotiations
  • Agreeing, disagreeing, persuading and influencing
  • Telephone language and skills
  • Sales vocabulary

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English for Purchasing Managers

Starting Dates

  • Presenting pivotal aspects of the purchasing process
  • Vocabulary enrichment: purchasing, competition, price, global marketplace, finance
  • Relationship management – effective negotiating, persuading and achieving desired outcomes
  • Forecasting future trends and changes
  • Business simulation case study
  • Critical feedback on accuracy and pronunciation

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English for International Auditors

Starting Dates

  • The vocabulary of international audit
  • Successful reporting
  • Evaluating case studies
  • Company performance

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English for Key Account Managers

Starting Dates

  • Profiling a Key Account
  • Vocabulary enrichment: commercial, social, man motivation, team building
  • Relationship management – influencing and negotiating with multiple contacts, effective questioning techniques, data analysis and recommendations
  • Communicating effectively with business partners
  • Business simulation case study
  • Critical feedback on accuracy

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English for the Energy, Oil & Gas Industry

Starting Dates

 

  • Improve your English language skills in contexts relevant to your role
  • Develop your ability to communicate information across sectors in English
  • Benchmark your knowledge with other oil and gas industry professionals
  • Discuss oil and gas  industry case studies
  • Build on your skills in presenting technical information in English related to the oil and gas industry
  • Increase your confidence when dealing with clients and colleagues in English
  • Fast track the development in your overall language ability
English for Effective Networking

Starting Dates

 

  • Increase your confidence and perfect the language needed for making small talk,
    socialising and networking effectively with business associates from all cultures.
  • Learn how to follow up business opportunities in a confident and professional
    manner.
  • Maximise your opportunities to build relationships by analysing what makes an
    effective networker, from body language and use of voice to language that you use.
  • Share ideas and experiences with other professionals
  • Practise your networking techniques in role-plays with guidance and feedback
    from experienced and qualified business trainers

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Case Studies

  • Spanish for a posting to Madrid

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

      U.G., Member, Italian Parliament.

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

      Gavin Sang Keun Yu, Production Manager,Kuala Lumpur

    • "Extremely helpful and informative Cultural Competence course for working in India. "

      S.H., KPMG, UK

    • "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.

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

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

    • "Very intensive course !"

      M.C., Internal Audit, Unicredit

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

      T. M., Research & Development, Novozymes

    • "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.

    • "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

    • "Best language teachers I have ever had"

      J.D., Audit Manager, PWC

    • "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.

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

      C.S., Logistics Dept., KLM Cargo

    • "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.

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

      Joo Myung Hur, Production Manager, Korea

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

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

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

      R.S., Lecturer, Bocconi University

    • "Excellent course content"

      A.J., Manager, Derpart Reisevertrieb

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

      J.J. - Bayer Schering

    • "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.