COURSE DESCRIPTION

The purpose of this course is to introduce you to key business concepts and topics (e.g. company organisation, sales and distribution, marketing, human resources). It develops your practical speaking skills within real business scenarios, including office communication, presentations, negotiations, telephoning, meetings, and discussions. Further emphasis will be placed on developing your writing skills (e.g. business correspondence, memo and report writing). Furthermore, it is designed to help you to develop the awareness, knowledge and skills needed to understand “between the lines” messages across cultures and how to deal with such cultural differences.

BUSINESS ENGLISH CERTIFICATE

This one-year course is designed to prepare you for a “English for Business” certificate from the London Chamber of Commerce. The three-hour exam will test your written business communication skills. The costs for taking the exam are approx. 45 euro. For further information, please visit the following website:

http://www.lccieb-germany.com/zusatz/zusatzgerman/zusatzgerman.php