In-Company Corporate Language Training

Having lessons on your premises and removing the need for you to travel saves you time, money, and energy - giving you better value for money. Our in-house tuition is customised for your business and our language trainers have relevant business experience in a great variety of business sectors. To see our clients and what they say about us click here.


Free Consultations

We appreciate that you want the best possible return on your language training investment.

We offer outstanding service and always take time to come in to your company to meet HR and every prospective students in person
In these free consultations we like to find out about your specific needs, interests and requirements, so that we can customise your lessons.

These consultations also set out what the student can expect from us, their teacher and their course. They cover issues such as how much work, time and commitment is realistically involved in studying the target language as well as the pros and cons of 1 to 1 and group tuition. We also like to let you know about the experience and methodology of our tutors and answer any others questions you may have.


Trial Lessons

If you want to proceed after the initial Free Consultation, we will arrange the first lesson at half our standard rate. We subsidise the first class so you can try out your tutor, get to know them and their teaching methods and see how you get on. We will check with you after this initial lesson if you want to proceed and it is only if you are entirely happy that your course starts in earnest and our standard rates apply.


Our classes run throughout the year so you can start whenever you are ready.


Our Courses



Weekly 1 To 1 Classes

In-Company Classes are the most flexible: lessons go at the student's pace, focusing on the student's likes, weaknesses, interests and specialised needs. Teachers are very flexible in scheduling classes week by week around the student's time table. Whether students are beginners or advanced with specific needs, our service is flexible, fun and brings real results.

Information on the country and its business culture is incorporated into our classes.


Our trainers will teach you the necessary skills for

  • taking part in meetings


  • give presentations


  • increase your listening comprehension to understand what colleagues say in your presence


  • facilitate reading and writing, so you understand your foreign-language emails and can respond


  • classes can also focus on writing business correspondence as required

    These lessons usually take place on your premises but can be held at home if this is more convenient. Most students take at least one 90 min class a week.


Group Lessons

Group Lessons are the most cost effective:

  • the cost for each additional group member rises on average only by £5 an hour
  • group sizes can be from 2 to 8 students
  • groups by nature usually take place on a fixed day and time determined by the group members

Lesson duration is no less than 90 minutes. Although each group member needs to be committed to study and regular attendance, studying in a group enables interaction in the target language between the students in and outside the classroom which helps with making progress and maintaining motivation.


Intensive Courses

An Intensive Course is the fastest solution for employees who are going on secondment or are permanently relocating. For Intensive Tuition we recommend half day sessions (two 2-hour sessions with a break in-between) every day or every other day. Sessions can include the weekend and will include creative activities like


  • taking walks while talking in the target language
  • going to a themed restaurant (including reading a menu and ordering in the target language), or
  • spending time in an environment dominated by the target language.



For Intensive Courses, we sometimes use different teachers to provide a variety of accents and methodology.

Two tutors can overlap in training sessions (e.g. over lunch) to simulate a business meeting or similar small group encounter.

There are discounts for Intensive Courses of more than 12 hours duration.


Exams


We are a Registered Centre with the OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and Royal Society Examinations Board, a leading UK awarding body) and can prepare students to take external, business-based exams in French, Spanish, Italian and German. These are called CBLCs (Certificate in Business Language Competence) and come in four different levels. They can test reading, writing, speaking (on the phone and face-to-face) and listening or any combination of these skills. Once we have fully prepared the student, we will arrange for an examiner to come out to your premises at a day and time that suits the student to take the exam.


We can also prepare students for other exams such as GCSEs, A/AS-levels, SAT II, APs (Advanced Placement) and others. We are proud to say that we have had a 100% pass rate.

German Language

If you are looking for German language tuition, please look at our sister company Simply German which specialises in German language tuition and Culture Briefings.