English For Business Level 1 Manama

Course details

The Level 1 Certificate in English for Business helps Trainees to develop their reading, writing, listening, and speaking Business English language skills. The aim of this course is to examine the trainee's ability to understand and write basic English and use it in simple, brief business communications.

This is an interactive lecture-discussion type of teaching. As such, our English for Business programme will use a modern Communicative-Based Teaching (CBT) style of learning that encourages the use of natural and contemporary Business English language. It is expected that the trainee will demonstrate an ability to read and understand simple business-related English texts and write clear simple English which completes a basic business task in a suitable style and layout for its intended purpose.

Course Content:

Syllabus Topics:

•  Composing a Simple Business Letter or Memo
•  Basic Business Reading Comprehension
•  Business Information Processing
•  Business Text and Data Reformulation

Course Objectives:

At the end of the course the Trainees will be able to:

•  Read, understand, and respond to simple business-related English texts and data
•  Adapt simple forms of office correspondence and other data to produce complete formats such as charts, tables, booking forms, and report forms
•  Write basic English for simple, brief business communications
•  Understand simple, spoken and recorded business English
•  Participate in short conversations

Teaching Aids:

• How to Pass English for Business (First Level): LCCI Publication
• Business English Internet Sites
• Audio and Video disc
• Picture clips
  
• Projectors
  
• White Boards and Markers
  
• Flash Cards
  
• Library Textbooks

Trainee Activities

• Class oral discussions
  
• Take-home assignments
  
• Class individual presentations

Course Audience:

Applicable to individuals who want to develop their English language skills in a business context, at a basic functional level

Course Pre-Entry Requirements: (Recommended)

BUSINESS ENGLISH PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT

Course Suggested Progression:

ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS: LEVEL 2