Bell Teacher Campus Cambridge

Teaching Business English

Who is this course for?

Teachers who wish to focus on the skills of teaching Business English to older teenagers or adults. Teachers may already be experienced Business English teachers or may just be starting out. You need to have at least an intermediate level of English (Common European Framework level B2).

Course aims

The course will help you find exciting ways to plan and deliver successful Business English courses. You will feel more confident about your understanding of key topics and your own use of business language. You will also explore innovative and interesting materials and teaching ideas.

Course programme

This is mainly a practical course and includes:

Designing, using and interpreting needs analyses
Making presentations
Using graphs, charts and diagrams
Business collocations, chunks and lexical sets
Key business speaking skills e.g. telephoning, showing people round, asking questions at a meeting
Making business listening less stressful

The one-to-one student
Exploiting published materials
Working with varied learning styles
Role-play, real-play and simulation
Improving your intonation and stress

EU funding

EU funding to the value of 2000 euros or more is available for teachers from the European Union and Associated Countries.

This courses Comenius database number is: UK-2010-1099-003

Dates and fees

All prices are in GB pounds sterling (£). Currency converter ®

Arrive	Depart	Fee	Apply
18 July 2010	31 July 2010	European nationals: 1,660 euros Rest of World: £1,310 GBP	Book this course
15 August 2010	28 August 2010	European nationals: 1,660 euros Rest of World: £1,310 GBP	Book this course

Sample timetable

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9.15 - 10.45	What’s different about business English?	Communication Skills Giving presentations	Methodology Exploiting authentic material to teach finance	Communication Skills Meetings	Communication Skills Networking
Coffee
11:15 - 12:45	Methodology Profiling the Business English Learner The Importance of Needs Analysis	Methodology The Role of Authentic Material	Business Content The Corporate World Describing Trends	Methodology Using Role-Plays and Simulations	Methodology One-to-one teaching
Lunch
14:00 - 15:30	Business Content Understanding the Corporate World	Campus Conference**	X Key Lecture	Campus Conference**	Special Teachers Excursion
15:30	Optional talks, cultural activities, social programme or study time

** Campus Conference - choose from a range of workshops and talks on topical issues and/or aspects of British Life and Culture.
X Key Lecture. Talks by well known plenary speakers and writers.

Bell Teacher Campus, Cambridge

This course will take place at the brand new Bell Teacher Campus, Cambridge on the site of Homerton College which is part of the University of Cambridge. Homerton is an outstandingly beautiful college in secluded wooded grounds with easy access to Cambridge town centre. It has first-class learning and social facilities.

Half-board accommodation is available in single en-suite rooms on site. The training staff are all highly qualified trainers, many of whom are materials writers and conference speakers. New this year is an exciting conference-style approach for two afternoons each week, with a wide range of inspiring topics to choose from and a special lecture every Wednesday.

Click here for more information on Homerton College.