BEGINNER LEVEL / A1→A2

For beginner and false-beginner learners who need simple, practical English for everyday workplace situations.

Speaking and listening skills focus on useful professional tasks such as introducing yourself and others, saying hello and goodbye, making phone calls, ordering by phone, asking for and offering help, leaving phone messages, arranging meetings, comparing options, giving opinions, ordering food, and planning schedules.

Vocabulary includes countries, nationalities, jobs, company types and activities, company locations and buildings, technology and functions, documents and correspondence, social media and networking, departments and responsibilities, employment, competition, teamwork, business travel, hotels, calendars, and schedules.

Grammar builds from present simple, possessives, there is / there are, some / any, adverbs of frequency, questions, and past simple to prepositions of place and movement, present continuous, comparatives and superlatives, going to, infinitives of purpose, and present perfect.

PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL / A2→B1

For learners moving from basic workplace English to more confident professional communication.

Speaking and listening skills stay practical through tasks such as making introductions, making and receiving phone calls, giving a short research report, welcoming visitors, making and dealing with complaints, describing job interview experience, arranging to meet, making requests, controlling discussion in meetings, giving a formal presentation, inviting and offering, describing trends, forecasting, negotiating conditions, and giving feedback.

Vocabulary covers company facts, jobs and contacts, products and services, company structure, customer service, employment, air travel, orders and deliveries, advertising, environmental protection, corporate hospitality, performance, global issues, time management, and personal development and training.

Grammar develops through present simple and present continuous, past simple, question forms, comparisons, present perfect, future forms, passive forms, modal verbs for obligation, necessity and permission, first and second conditionals, countable and uncountable nouns, and present perfect with for and since.

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL / B1→B2

For independent users who want to speak more naturally and effectively in meetings, calls, presentations, and everyday professional interaction.

Speaking and listening skills centre on workplace communication such as networking, exchanging contact details, updating and delegating tasks, explaining features and benefits, making and changing arrangements, welcoming visitors, taking part in teleconferences, presenting visual information, placing and handling orders, making suggestions and recommendations, negotiating agreements, presenting new ideas, solving problems, dealing with questions, and taking part in performance reviews.

Vocabulary includes working life, work–life balance, projects, services and systems, customer service, business travel, online security, finance and money, logistics and supply chains, workplace facilities, decision-making, innovation, breakdowns and faults, processes, and personal qualities.

Grammar covers present simple and continuous, to + infinitive and -ing forms, present perfect and past simple, comparative forms and modifiers, present tenses for future reference, articles, obligation / prohibition / permission, future forms with will, direct and indirect questions, quantifiers, first and second conditionals, superlatives, relative pronouns, passive forms, and past continuous and past perfect.

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL / B2→C1

For upper-level learners who need flexible, confident English for meetings, presentations, negotiation, problem-solving, and international professional contexts.

Speaking and listening skills remain strongly practical through tasks such as arranging meetings, encouraging and ending conversations politely, running update meetings, questioning decisions, presenting products or services, responding to invitations, participating in decision-making meetings, presenting factual information, asking questions after presentations, negotiating with colleagues, maintaining contacts, resolving problems on the phone, giving balanced arguments, describing trends, reporting information, narrating events, raising difficult issues, and putting forward a case.

Vocabulary expands into first impressions, motivation at work, project management, ideas and innovation, ethical business, personality and decision-making, outsourcing, employers and employees, start-ups, communications technology, change, data, culture, staff appraisals, and career breaks.

Grammar and language work includes present simple and continuous, question forms, present perfect and past simple, ability in the past / present / future, future forms, countability and quantity expressions, passive forms, if clauses, present perfect simple and continuous, phrasal verb word order, future probability, reporting, narrative tenses, third and mixed conditionals, perfect modals, and -ing forms vs infinitives.

ADVANCED LEVEL / C1→C2

For advanced learners who want precise, nuanced English for high-level professional communication, leadership, negotiation, presentations, and complex workplace discussions.

Speaking and listening skills focus on sophisticated professional tasks such as reporting back on research, managing discussions and sharing ideas, giving formal presentations, taking part in teleconferences, facilitating conversation, dealing with conflict, responding to feedback, brainstorming ideas, communicating effectively by phone, expressing dissatisfaction, giving impromptu presentations, handling difficult questions, avoiding misunderstandings, giving briefings, reaching agreement, raising difficult points, selling ideas, and responding to compliments.

Vocabulary covers cross-cultural experiences, career paths, working practices, corporate crises, team relationships, factors for success, training and learning, employer–employee expectations, corporate social responsibility, leadership styles, values, persuasion, and influence.

Grammar and language work includes tense review, expressing attitudes to the past, speculating about future changes, referencing with pronouns, adding emphasis, using adverbs to qualify attitudes, vague language, the future in the past, question forms, conditionals, passive forms, participle clauses, inversion for emphasis and formality, and discourse markers.

English for Work (Business English)

• For those who want to focus on English used at work, especially conversation and speaking fluency. Sometimes known as 'Business English'.

• Build fluency and confidence in common business communication tasks, such as participating in meetings, leading meetings, arranging meetings, speaking to clients on the telephone, networking, collaborating with colleagues, welcoming visitors, and applying for jobs.

• Social English used in the office such as chatting about weekend plans, talking about news and gossip, exchanging contact details, apologising, and giving and receiving complements.

• Vocabulary related to work topics such as projects, finance, logistics, decision-making, innovation, customer service, and business ethics.

• Also available on location at your office for private groups and one-on-one; please see details for private courses below.

• Face to face lessons in small groups of 6 to 8 students, for €375 per person.