One-to-one plus business English for professionals
Combining one-to-one Business English with small group Business English classes is a smart way to develop your English for work in a short amount of time.
Our combined English plus Business English course in Brighton is designed for experienced business people who would like to improve their all-round level of English but also include a significant element of Business English.
ELC has been working with international business people for over 50 years. Business classes take place in our dedicated Business Centre where the fully-equipped training rooms boast interactive whiteboards.
Our specialist trainers are highly experienced and well-qualified with a proven track record of success working with business people of all types and at all levels.
Our combined General English plus Business English course lasts for 2 weeks, with 40 lessons per week between Monday and Friday:
You can start most Mondays throughout the year. You’ll be tested on the first day and placed in a mixed nationality General English morning class at the appropriate level. General English classes are designed to develop your confidence to communicate effectively in everyday, real-life situations.
In the afternoons, you follow a Business English course in small groups with other working professionals.
Each business course is tailored to the particular working contexts of the course participants, and can include:
We provide specialised training in areas such as:
The minimum number required for this combined General English plus Business English course is two students. In the event that we receive fewer than two students, please be assured that we will not cancel your booking.
Instead, we will give you the alternative course of General English Plus One-to-One. This consists of 30 lessons per week, made up of 20 General English lessons in a class of up to 12 students and 10 one-to-one lessons of specialised tuition.
Our course is ideal for business people who use, or will need to use English in their daily job but who also want to improve their general English skills.
Course entry levels range from A2 to C1+ on the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) scale.
We have a lot of different options to choose from if you’re a business executive.
If you’re uncertain what is right for you, you can always get in touch and we can make suggestions once we better understand your needs.
You might like to think about whether you would like:
Combining one-to-one Business English with small group Business English classes is a smart way to develop your English for work in a short amount of time.
Build your business English competency in a mini-group of just 4 people, and then switch into one-to-one lessons for the ultimate executive experience.
A mini-group business English course in Brighton, with 30 lessons per week in a group of just 4 business executives for accelerated business English training.
Our language learning levels relate closely to how the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) define them, but with a difference which we have found to help our students at Elementary level.
ELC level | Equivalent CEFR levels | |
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A0 | ||
A1 | ||
Upper A1 | Lower A2 | |
A2 | ||
B1 | ||
B2 | ||
C1 | ||
C2 |
We offer an English level test which anyone can take. It involves 50 questions and, depending on your level, will probably take you from 10 to 20 minutes. At the end of it, we will tell you your probable level.
But when you book, we will ask you to take a more detailed and accurate test, to make sure that you start in the class which is best for you.
If you prefer, you can talk to us about English classes which are totally focussed on the needs of your organisation, where you book a closed group exclusively for your employees. The benefit of this approach is that you can work on language and situations (such as role-plays) which are entirely relevant to your business context.
The pre-requisite for this kind of course is that your people have a similar level of English. Depending on the size of the group, we may need to create a mixture of group and individual lessons to ensure everyone can progress properly.