Hart, Donald

This course offers you an opportunity to talk about a wide range of topics related to business and current affairs.The choice of topic is open to the group. Prior to the lessons, students receive gap-fill  exercises to practise related vocabulary and a road map of questions on the chosen topic.

This business English course covers the core areas of business Englisch at B-level with a strong focus on speaking and communicating in real-life business situations: - personal encounters (social situations of business English such as building relationships, dealing with customers, clients and colleagues), - day-to-day business (daily routines such as making appointments, writing agendas and minutes and planing your work, online meetings), - business results (how to make an impact with the results of your work, reporting on progress and achievements, keeping each other informed and dealing with facts and figures).

This is a course to help you write effective business emails in English. We will be looking at how to - differentiate between formal and informal language - address the addressee, open and close emails - give good and bad news, request and give information, attach files - make and reply to inquiries, make and respond to suggestions - change and confirm arrangements - make and deal with complaints, make apologies, ask for payment - be direct and brief, be indirect and polite, check understanding. By the end of this course, you will be able to apply key language to different types of emails.

In kompakter Form richtet sich der Kurs an alle Englischlernenden auf fortgeschrittenem Niveau, die kurz, knapp und intensiv, aber nachhaltig ihre Grammatikkenntnisse auffrischen und üben wollen, wie Adverbs, Tenses, Modals, Verb Forms, Connectives, Prepositions, Reported Speech, Passive oder Conditional Sentences. Darüber hinaus erhalten Sie hilfreiche Arbeitsblätter oder passende Links, um Ihr Wissen zu trainieren und zu festigen.

By the end of this course, you will be able to: Use conditional sentences to express hypothetical situations and their possible outcomes. Use modal verbs to express possibility, necessity, permission, and obligation. Use relative clauses to define things and people,and to provide additional information.

Learn how to use the right prepositions in English sentences Do you ever get confused about which preposition to use? Prepositions can be a problem for many learners of a foreign language because they often have different meanings depending on the context in which they are used. In this course, you will be given systematic practice in the correct use of prepositions and prepositional phrases. We will also look at some common preposition errors.

We will focus on those aspects of grammar and vocabulary that are particularly difficult for German-speakers. Mistakes often occur because your native language interferes with your attempts to express yourself in English. For example, you might say "actually" instead of "currently", "I am born in Berlin" instead of "I was born...", etc. The aim of the course is to make such mistakes a thing of the past.

Do you struggle to make your ideas flow smoothly? If so, this course is designed to help you improve your understanding and use of linking words. We will cover a wide range of categories, including sequencing ideas (first, then, finally) ,contrasting viewpoints (however, although), and adding emphasis(indeed, undoubtedly).Whether you are writing an essay, giving a presentation, or engaging in everyday conversation, mastering these linguistic bridges will enhance your communication skills. 

Do you want to improve your English fluency for work and sound more like a native speaker? One of the best and quickest ways for this is to learn some common  idioms which  are frequently used in the workplace, such as in meetings and emails. In this course, you will learn how to use such  idioms appropriately.