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Advanced Business English tips: How to improve your presentation skills in English

Business English Courses for Professionals in Brighton and Chester Presentations are a central part of day-to-day work life. If delivered well, presentations can be a very effective way to get your ideas across to your work colleagues, clients and business partners. But without the right preparation and delivery, presentations can also be very lengthy and boring. In this blog, we’d like to give you some advice on how to give great business presentations in English. The advice applies to fa... Read More

Making the Most of Summer! English Teacher Training Courses in the UK

Connect with the place you have chosen to learn English Brighton is a lovely place, with a special atmosphere. Our first recommendations is to explore the city fully itself. It’s incredible how much communication you can have on the streets, in the cafes, parks, galleries and museums of the city. You can learn English and plenty more outside of a classroom. The city is abundant with opportunities to talk to and meet people. The people of Brighton are famously welcoming to tourists and... Read More

How To Identify The Best Business English Course For Your Company

Business English Courses In Brighton, UK There are a large number of English language schools in England and with nearly every school offering Business English courses how can you make the right choice as a professional? In this post we will try to help you find the right English language school and the best Business English course for professionals and executives with 5 tips on what to look out for: 1. Business English Courses for students or professionals? Good language schools will ... Read More

The 3 reasons why executive English courses are bound to make a positive impact on your business

Business English courses in England: what you need to know You are thinking about doing a business English course in England. So now you are asking yourself a question: Why? What will you get out of it? How exactly will this help you in your job? We list here the 3 most obvious reasons why doing a business English course in England will help you to do your job, and so help your business. English ability Obviously, doing a course at an English language school will improve your ability to use Engl... Read More

CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning): Expert Interview

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL): Definition.   First question: can you just tell me who you are and what you do? I’m Edward Russell and I’m the Head of Teacher Training at the English Language Centre in Brighton on the south-coast of England. And you teach on CLIL, what does that stand for? So CLIL is Content and Language Integrated Learning. This is a teacher training course for teachers of English and other subjects who might be transitioning from teaching in o... Read More

How To Know If You Are Ready For An Advanced Business English Course

English Courses In Brighton: From Business English To Advanced Business English Courses If you can read this article and understand all of it then potentially you’re ready for an advanced Business English Course! There is a lot of talk in the world of work about being able to “speak business English”, but the English courses available are all very different. In this article, we look at some of the definitions of business English and advanced business English. We also take a loo... Read More

English for international negotiations

English is the most widely used language for international trade, commerce and business. Although other languages such as Mandarin are becoming increasingly important, English is still the most widely used with around 2 billion speakers around the world. But to operate effectively in international business, it is also vital to have some understanding of how other cultures like to do business. For example, some nationalities such as Latin American and southern European li... Read More

Meet the team: ELC Brighton appoint new Head of Teacher Training

Ed Russell has joined ELC Brighton as the new Head of Teacher Training.  He has nearly 15 years' experience as a teacher, teacher trainer, academic manager, conference speaker, assessor and published writer both in the UK and in a number of other countries including working for the British Council in Thailand, Palestine, Bulgaria and Singapore, and NILE and Pilgrims in the UK. As a teacher trainer, Ed trained as a CELTA tutor and has significant experience of teaching and tra... Read More