PLS – Professional Language Services

• Dauerkurse
• Intensiv
• Workshops
  • Presenting in English
  • Negotiating in English
  • English for Meetings
  • English for Product Management
  • Social English
  • English for Telecommunication
  • English for the Telephone
  • Vocabulary Building
  • English for E-mails
  • Grammar with fun
• Coaching

English for Meetings (B1 - C2)

Inhalte (General)

• The language of introductions, social English, small talk
• The language of meetings, useful phrases (for example: expressing opinions, making suggestions, contrasting ideas, developing an argument, controlling a meeting)
• Company specific language
• Different types of questions
• Introduction to language register (language styles, formal, informal, neutral)

Zielgruppe (Target Group)

Employees who have to participate in international meetings.

Ziele (Objectives)

Upon completion of this course the participants will be able to:

• Take part in meetings professionally
• Express opinions clearly
• Agree and disagree in an appropriate manner
• Use different types of questions
• Build a powerful argument
• Deal with conflicts diplomatically and appropriately
• Differentiate between language registers

Methodik (Course Instruction Methods)

• Role plays based on realistic business situations
• Communication exercises
• Simulation meetings
• Business functions used in meetings (business functions are the elements of grammar needed to communicate effectively in business)

Vorbereitung (Soft Prework)

If possible, revision of previous English course.

Required Level

Intermediate and above (B1 and above)