Professional and Business English
Advanced English for specific purposes.
Thematic curriculum customized for the learner’s professional goals.
Level 1
Linguistic targets include written communication for emails, memos, and reports, as well as spoken communication for meetings, conference calls, and presentations.
Focus is placed on pronunciation, vocabulary building, listening, and basic cross-cultural expectations.
Level 2
Linguistic targets include complex cross-cultural knowledge, presentation and negotiation skills, vocabulary building of idioms, slang, humor, and allusion.
Focus is placed on self-expression, cultural translation, and linguistic control in social and professional situations.
Advanced English for Professionals
Advanced Vocabulary
Idioms and Collocations Industry Jargon
- Marketing
- Management
- Engineering
- Medicine
- Diplomacy
Business topics
- Business news and reports
- Communication skills at work
- Innovation and creativity
- Measurement and approximation
- Meetings and brainstorming
- Plans, decisions, and regulations
- Presentation and conferencing
- Research and development
Conversational topics
- Agreeing and disagreeing
- Common American expressions
- Emphasizing and intensifying
- Ideas, thoughts, and opinions
- Responding and requesting
- Socializing and discussing issues
- Storytelling
Linguistic topics
- Articles and other parts of speech
- Gerunds vs. infinitives
- Immersive language acquisition
- Modification and ambiguity
- Register, stress, and intonation
