Certificate in Teaching Business English

English is the language of business worldwide and many professional people are eager to improve their business English. They need trainers with the skills to help them achieve this and, like most people in business, they are looking for results. This means that they expect their trainers to be fully qualified to teach business English.

The Teaching Business English course by The English Training Centre is accredited by the College of Teachers. We are the only company to have been awarded accreditation by the College for a training course on teaching business English. This accreditation guarantees the professional quality of this programme.

If you want to teach business English, we provide an ideal training course. However, this is not an initial Tefl / Tesol qualification and anyone taking this course should already hold a Tefl or Tesol certificate or diploma accredited by an independent Tefl / Tesol accreditation body. The course should be a minimum of 100 hours (taught course) or 150 hours (distance-learning course).

If you are committed to becoming an imaginative and thoughtful teacher of business English, our course will help you achieve this.

The Teaching Business English course consists of more than 260 pages of detailed information dealing with all the important features of teaching business English. It includes sections on all the skills that a business English teacher needs to know in order to operate confidently and successfully.

We estimate that you will need about 65 hours to study the course material, complete the various activities, prepare the assignments and follow up on the feedback provided by your course tutor. However, there are no time limits or deadlines so you can take as much time as you need. If you have any questions about the material or the assignments, you can always ask your tutor.

• Material you can photocopy for class use
• Methods of assessing your trainees’ language skills
• How to plan a business English course
• How to plan business English lessons
• Practical teaching skills
• Sample authentic materials
• Information on cross-cultural awareness
• In-course activities
• Assignments for submission and grading by your tutor
• A free copy of the popular course book New Business Matters by Mark Powell
• Our Teaching Business English course is accredited by the College of Teachers.

The course is highly practical - it is packed with ideas and plenty of teaching materials that you can photocopy and use in your own business English classes.

Throughout the course you will find a wide variety of challenging activities. Many of these can also be used with your own course participants when you start teaching business English. You can use them just as they are or they can be adapted to suit your own purposes. There are answers and comments on each of these activities.

At the start of the course, you will be assigned an experienced tutor who will support you throughout the programme. At regular intervals in the course you will find assignments to complete and send to your tutor. We pride ourselves on the quality of our feedback and the support that we give to our trainees, and you will always receive plenty of helpful comments and suggestions.

At the start of the course, you will be assigned an experienced tutor who will support you throughout the programme. At regular intervals in the course you will find assignments to complete and send to your tutor. We pride ourselves on the quality of our feedback and the support that we give to our trainees, and you will always receive plenty of helpful comments and suggestions.

If you want to teach business English, we provide an ideal training course. However, this is not an initial TESOL qualification and anyone taking this course should already hold a TESOL (or TEFL) certificate or diploma.

If you are committed to becoming an imaginative and thoughtful teacher of business English, our course will help you achieve this.

• What is Business English?
• The trainer’s skills
• Needs analysis
• Planning your course
• Your teaching approach
• Recommended ways of facilitating interaction
• Role play and simulation games
• Planning your teaching
• Planning your lessons
• The first day of your course
• Cross-cultural awareness
• Teaching vocabulary
• The use of authentic materials
• Use of metaphor and idiomatic language
• Using English on the telephone
• The language of meetings
• Giving presentations
• Report writing
• Writing formal letters