English for employees in the banking and financial sectors
30 hours tuition per week
This course is aimed at clients actively involved in the world of Banking & Finance and who already have an
intermediate or advanced level of English. Our objective is to give you language training which will broaden
your knowledge, strengthen your existing skills and help you to use English in your day-to-day business life
with increasing confidence. One of the great advantages of a course like this is that you and your teacher plan
your programme together thereby ensuring that you get a course tailor-made to suit your specific needs.
English for International Banking Finance can
take place over 1 or 2 weeks and there are commencement
dates on almost every Monday throughout
the year. The course structure is similar to Combination
Business English i.e. 3 hours 1-1 tuition in the
mornings and small, homogeneous classes of not more
than four persons for 3 hours each afternoon.
You will be sent a Placement Test and Needs
Analysis prior to your course so that we can establish
your level and needs. We are then able to select the
appropriate teacher for your 1-1 sessions and ensure
that you are in an afternoon class with other candidates
with a similar background and level of English.
Mornings 08.40 to 12.00:
3 hours of private tuition
with a teacher who is experienced in teaching English
for International Banking and Finance. As this is
a private session you will have the opportunity to plan
the course with your teacher so that you can focus on
the vocabulary, grammar and topics appropriate to
your work. For example, the applied banking and
finance topics which can be studied could include:
The Bank of England: Its role and function in the
context of the British Economy with particular
reference to other countries
Retail Banks / Merchant Banks / Discount Houses
/ The World Bank
Bank Organisation
Financial News
Foreign Exchange
Investment Trusts/Unit Trusts
Company Finance
The Stock Exchange and LIFFE
Accounting Principles and Vocabulary
International Trade and Commerce
Banking Technology
Elective Topics - Project Work and Discussion topics
can be chosen by you - for example, monitoring a
company’s progress during the course and giving a
presentation. Extensive use is made of authentic material
(e.g. Company Reports / The Financial Times /
videos etc.) and we recommend that you bring some
of your own material with you if wish to cover something
specific to your own company.
Lunchtime
Every weekday you will be invited
to join one of us for lunch in a local pub or
café. This provides an opportunity for you to
chat informally in a social situation. Lunch is at
your own expense.
Afternoons 13.20 to 16.40:
3 hours daily in a
class of maximum 4 persons (according to level).
The afternoon sessions will be aimed at communicative
language in the work place on a four
week revolving programme. Topics will be
selected from the following:
Meetings and Negotiations - simulated business
meetings or meetings on a topic of interest
to all.
Discussions - to expand your grammar and
vocabulary in communicative situations.
Presentations - both giving and listening to.
Participants make a presentation which is frequently
work-related to enable you to use vocabulary
applicable to your work. These presentations
are followed by a question and answer
session with the rest of the class.
Telephoning - practice in telephone language
techniques and role play.
Social Language - the development of social
skills in English e.g. language of introductions,
eating out, polite phrases—i.e. how to say the
right thing.
Social Programme
You will generally have
some homework, but on two evenings each week
you will be invited to attend a social evening
which may be at the school or out and about in
the local pubs or places of interest. Weekends
are entirely your own but we always offer a variety
of sightseeing possibilities such as Dartmoor
walking which is a great favourite with all our
clients.
