Case Study - Intensive English Course

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CASE STUDY

COURSE: One week group course for four people
LEVEL: Upper Intermediate
DATE: June 2007
COST: £480 per person
CLIENTS: 3 business consultants from Productions and Logistics Management, Vienna 1 equity trader from Frankfurt

OBJECTIVES:

* Develop confidence in making presentations in English in both familiar and unfamiliar topics
* Speak more effectively in international meetings � giving opinions, disagreeing/agreeing
* Gain fluency and accuracy in business and social English
* Consolidate and activate existing knowledge
* Increase relevant business vocabulary

TOOLS:

* 30 lessons of formal group teaching
* 5 individual lessons

* Direct and Inductive grammar exercises

* Monitoring by trainers of pronunciation and intonation * Role-plays
* Business Reporter (taped exercise)
* Job interview
* Customer complaint
* Presentations on different topics, e.g. Failing businesses with diagnosis and prognosis
* Marketing a particular product to an English audience
* Analysing business articles with discussions and exercises, e.g. The Impact of Globalisation
* Listening exercises to consolidate business vocabulary
* Organised relevant trips to practise English in informal setting
* Speaking within the private home with intelligent and educated native speakers