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Individual Training

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Focus on your individual English language needs with personalised learning, content and feedback.

We can help you to communicate more effectively in English in an international dimension. 

We will bespoke a course for your specific needs.

Whatever your level: for example:

from entry level employee, to middle and senior manager, to director and CEO.

Whatever your specific professional functional area : for example: 

administration, customer service, engineering, facilities, finance, health safety and security,

human resources, IT, management, marketing, operations, procurement, production,

research and development, and sales, trade union representation or EWC. 

 

Whatever your sector:  for example:

agriculture, construction, education, energy and utilities, entertainment, finance, food, government, healthcare, hospitality, law, logistics, maritime, media, mining, pharmaceutical, politics, production and manufacturing, property and real estate, public sector, science and research, sport, and telecommunications.

Course content: for example:

Fluency - giving you the maximum opportunity to speak in English in a safe environment where you can receive feedback and support.

Listening skills - examining how you listen and how you can change to listen more effectively.

Vocabulary - digging out your passively-held terms, adding to your stock and looking at methods to grow your lexicon after your learning with IP York.

Pronunciation - helping you to provide clearer simpler messages to your international audiences using stress and intonation patterns similar to native speakers.

Writing - structuring and principles for emails, reports, flyers and academic essays.

Reading - developing your approach to reading in a second or third language, to maximise your motivation and enhance your vocabulary base.

Accuracy - we will provide clear and purposeful feedback to root out your regular mistakes and add to your understanding of language constructions and key grammar.

 Business situations: for example:

 > social English in a professional environment - small talk, introductions, meet and greet.

 > meetings - giving opinions, agreeing, disagreeing, summarising, clarifying and chairing.

>presentations - the language of signposting, question and answer sessions, structure and key skills.

>negotiations - the theory that underpins the language, using constructions to your advantage, and achieving better outcomes.

>management - language for motivating your team, for handling conflict, and collaborating with your partners.

>telephone and teleconference - assessing ways to get the most from your calls, key phrases for more effective interventions.

>networking - how to expand your contact base through language and tactics, in order to deliver better results.

 

>leadership and communication style - how you are and are seen in an international setting, how you can influence more and achieve more, in your work.

Intercultural skills:

Adapting your cultural perspective to meet the demands of international working. We look at self-awareness, the skills of listening and empathy, influence and the theory of culture in a global business world.

Social and cultural activities:

These can be incorporated into the programme to broaden the use of language and stimulate new thinking and ideas.

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