COURSE OPTIONS - CORPORATE

ABC offers total flexibility in course design

Part-time training sessions for individuals or groups at your premises or ours, at any time during the day, in the evenings, or on Saturday mornings. They can cover various aspects of the target language, ranging from dealing with telephone calls to handling foreign documentation or simply achieving 'survival' level for a projected visit. The number of hours taken each week, and the length of the course, naturally depend on the company's aims and the original level and ability of the participants.

Please note that we are able to arrange classes with very flexible schedules, for example for staff who travel a lot and find it difficult to keep to a pre-arranged timetable.

Intensive and semi-intensive courses are usually held at our premises, to enable clients to concentrate fully on the language-learning process. Courses can, naturally, focus on any area of the language that the client wishes to specify, and provide from three to six hours a day in the classroom, with an optional extra hour's contact time available if the tutor-accompanied lunch option is taken.

We adopt a 'total immersion' approach, using English only when it is essential for clear comprehension and to expedite the learning process. We use real-life situations and materials as much as possible and can provide staff with relevant commercial/technical experience to deal with any special problems. We try to teach techniques which will enable the client to manage by himself: reading for gist, developing listening capabilities and acquiring social skills.

By the end of a two-week course, a complete beginner should be able to hold a simple conversation, 'survive' in the country in question, and have a reasonable grasp of the most important vocabulary in their field. Of course, clients starting with greater knowledge will be able to reach a proportionately higher level.

These courses can be arranged for individuals or groups; we can take a maximum of twelve delegates in the same group, and to study together they would need to be of approximately the same standard and with the same objectives. Naturally, providing a course for a group is more cost-effective than for an individual, and we can offer very substantial discounts for group bookings. We are also very happy to negotiate special rates for on-going company training schemes.