As well as excellent language input, authentic business texts, and opportunities for classroom interaction, each week of the course concludes in a collaborative project which gives students the opportunity to put what they have learned into practice. Completed projects will be published on a dedicated class website and can include tasks such as:
• multimedia webpages that communicate information to potential customers through text, video, images, audio, or infographics.
• recorded presentations or meetings.
• tip sheets for job applications and interviews.
• articles discussing a business issue from a range of perspectives.
Our highly skilled and dedicated tutors will give you focused advice and feedback to help you thrive in your current or future professional career.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will:
• have developed confidence in your speaking skills through role plays, presentations, and dynamic conversation.
• be better able to flexibly and appropriately use formal and semi-formal language in a range of professional situations, such as meetings, emails, phone and video calls, interviews, and presentations.
• be equipped with communication and language strategies to successfully manage collaborative teamwork, decision-making, negotiations, training, and networking.
• have increased your awareness of key business vocabulary and professional practice across cultures.
• be better able to comprehend, summarise, and evaluate information from business texts you read or listen to.
• have received expert feedback on the accuracy and effectiveness of your speaking and writing skills in terms of content and language in a business setting.​