| inlingua business solutions Our English language training programs are customized to focus on students’ goals and needs. We can arrange for private, semi-private, and group lessons. Prior to enrollment, students are assessed at no charge to determine the appropriate materials. Our programs are designed to focus on conversational English within business contexts, including an emphasis on grammar and pronunciation as needed.  Our materials: - Are created by our Pedagogical Services Department in Bern, Switzerland
- Supplement the language taught in class
- Include a CD or cassette
Each course may include work in some of the following areas or simply target one specific area: Access to Professional (APP) English Levels 1-4
Negotiating (Intermediate and Advanced)
Presentations (Intermediate and Advanced)
Meetings (Intermediate and Advanced)
Business Correspondence (Intermediate and Advanced)
Socializing Across Cultures (Intermediate and Advanced)
Telephoning (Intermediate and Advanced)
American idioms
TOEIC and TOEFL preparation
Accent reduction Access to Professional English (Levels 1-4) - Students at any level can learn to speak English within business contexts.
- Students acquire structures and vocabulary progressively and efficiently so that they can communicate at a basic level with speakers of English on a number of essential business topics.
- The materials embody the inlingua method with its emphasis on the active involvement of students in speaking and listening.
- The program also provides comprehensive opportunities for the development of reading and business correspondence skills.
Negotiating
Learn culturally appropriate negotiating strategies to: - Concede or justify a point
- Invent possibilities
- Interrupt
- Ask for clarification
- And more…
Presentations
Learn how to: - Introduce and sequence
- Reinforce and digress
- Highlight and reformulate
- Describe trends
- Deal with questions and manage interruptions and objections
- And more...
Meetings
Learn how to: - Open and close topics
- Control the discussion
- Enter the dialogue
- Interrupt
- Further the discussion
- And more...
Business Correspondence:
Learn how to write effective formal and informal correspondence and: - Make a positive impression
- Request information and respond to inquiries
- Confirm plans, agreements, and arrangements
- Respond to unjustified criticism
- Link and contrast
- And more…
Socializing Across Cultures
Learn how to: - Greet and introduce yourself to people you don’t know
- Greet people you know
- Make social arrangements
- Receive visitors
- Make small talk
- Dine out
- And more…
Telephoning
Learn how to: - Begin and end calls
- Ask for clarification
- Leave and take messages
- Follow up on messages
- Confirm arrangements
- Call new contacts
- And more…
American Idioms
Learn idioms for: - Business and social contexts
TOEIC and TOEFL
These courses prepare students for the following components of the exams: - Listening
- Structure
- Written expression
- Writing
Prior to the course, a diagnostic test is given to ascertain problem areas that need to be targeted. A sample test is given at the end of the course. Accent Reduction
This course focuses on all or any of the following problem areas: - Pronunciation
- Stress
- Intonation
- Blending and pausing
Flexible Frequency Program (FFP) - Language learning at a relaxed pace
- Morning, afternoon or evening lessons according to students’ schedules
- Lessons at our center, your home or office
Crash Intensity Program: C.I.P.120® - Super-intensive training
- Maximum progress within a short period of time
For information about intensive English lessons, please visit our New York, Ridgewood, and Summit pages.
For information about general conversational English lessons, please visit our English Consumer page.
To learn more about the inlingua method,please visit www.inlingua.com.
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