Business Communication Skills courses
In-Company courses
Below are some of our more popular training courses. Each of the training courses can stand alone as one or two day courses (one day = 6 hours of training) , or can be combined.
Business Communication Skills Courses - Meetings & Negotiations
The 6 hour course enables participants to perform more effectively in English-language meetings and negotiations. We focus on the language, vocabulary and expressions that ensure participants get their point across clearly and convince their counterparts.
Topics covered include:
- Opening and stating the purpose of a meeting.
- Agreeing, disagreeing and interrupting.
- Using common idiomatic expressions to ask and give opinions, to half-agree.
- The language of negotiations, including both grammatical techniques and useful expressions to make you more persuasive and convincing when negotiating. see sample timetable
The materials will be presented through a range of visual and audio media.
A 12-hour (2 day) course is also available, going into greater depth on each of the above issues and allowing further practice and time for the analysis of the attendees' own recorded performances. [back]
Business Communication Skills Courses - Presentations
The 6-hour course focuses on appropriate vocabulary and phrases for persuasive and clear formal and informal presentations in English as well as looking at techniques to increase the impact of your presentation.
Topics covered include:
- Introducing and outlining your presentation.
- Signposting your presentation so that your audience will be able to follow your line of argument.
- Using the language of change to be able to describe visuals and market trends, as well as talk about causation.
- Rhetorical techniques to make your presentation more interesting and effective.
- Dealing with questions. see sample timetable
A 12-hour course is also available, going into greater depth on each of the above issues and allowing further practice and time for the analysis of participants’ own recorded presentations. [back]
Business Communication Skills Courses – Telephoning
This 6-hour intensive course on telephone skills is for non-native speakers who need to be able to use the telephone at work effectively in English. The focus will be on preferable vocabulary and phrases as well as on intonation and emphasis to help you sound clearer and more confident on the phone. Input will be from CD and a leading text on the topic as well as from SGI’s own resource bank. The day will feature several opportunities to practise what you have learned through short role-plays which are recorded and then reviewed. see sample timetable [back]
Business Communication Skills Courses - Effective Report Writing
The 6-hour course is aimed at employees who need to write formal professional documents in English. The course focuses on:
- the structure of a report.
- grammatical and lexical techniques to increase the formality of your writing.
- conventional phrases and expressions used in reports.
- improving the participants’ skill in report writing through drafting, redrafting and correcting reports. see sample timetable
The course does presuppose a reasonable level of grammatical awareness. The materials will be presented through visual and audio media. [back]
Key features of all courses
- Group Tuition - up to maximum 8 participants
- One day of training = 6 hours
- Alternative formats available - e.g: 3 blocks of 2 hours; 3 blocks of 4 hours etc
- Training price: £750 per one day of training
Contact Us
If you would like to discuss your company’s requirements in greater detail, please call +44 (0)207 2991700 and ask for an In-Company course advisor or email info@stgeorges.co.uk
