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SELC Courses - English for Business Communication

The English for Business Communication course at SELC is an English for Special Purposes course. It prepares students for working in English in a business environment and also assists students planning to sit the Cambridge Business English Certificate (BEC) exams.

The new Business English Centre consists of 2 rooms, one set up as a WEB-CAM CONFERENCING ROOM, the other as a BUSINESS OFFICE.

Both rooms are equipped with state-of-the-art business communication tools to build students' real life English communication skills for the BUSINESS WORLD OF THE 21ST CENTURY.

SELC's New Business English Centre

Business Centre

Smart, Stylish, and Contemporary "Business English Centre"

Business Centre

Levels

2 levels from Intermediate to Advanced.

Your study

Course length: 2 - 24 weeks

23 hours of classroom lessons with 3 hours of supervised self-study after class per week. For BEC students, optional extra homework for exam preparation, focusing on practice tests.

All SELC classes run on the same timetable and have 23 hours of classroom lessons per week
  Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8:45-10:30
Lesson 1
Vocabulary input
Saying numbers
Forms of money
Borrowing⁄lending
Reading &
Vocabulary

The Banking Industry
Listening
The relationship
between a company
and its banks
Listening &
Speaking

Central Bank and
its functions
Banking Verbs &
Services

Money idioms
11:00-12:30
Lesson 2
Speaking
Discussion on banks, their services, products and debt
Writing
Features of a business plan
Reading
News article
Vocab and discussion
Writing
Features of business letter
Vocabulary Review
13:30-15:00
Lesson 3
Computer research
Comparative study of five banks
Speaking
Presenting the bank with your business proposal
Speaking/
Role-play

Asking for information
Writing-
Computer Lab

Making a complaint to the bank
Speaking
Getting a loan
15:15-16:30 Supervised Self Study Sport (optional)
* Friday afternoon (Lesson 3) week 1-3: 13:30 - 14:45
* No lesson Friday afternoon week 4 (Lesson 2: 11:00 - 12:15)
Face to Face Teaching: 92.5 hours/ 4 weeks
Weeks 1-3: 23.5 hours
Week 4: 22 hours (no lesson Friday afternoon)

Web Cams

WEB-CAM Conference Room
(For real life English communication skills)

Business Office

2 Business Rooms
Business Office
WEB-CAM Conference Room

Who is the course for?

Students who wish to:
  • Continue in their current job with improved English language skills.
  • Improve their chances of finding a job in the future by improving their English language communication
  • Better understand the language of the business world
  • Enhance their understanding of their first language Business studies
  • Be introduced to Business English for the first time
  • Prepare for the Cambridge Business English Certificate (BEC) exams
Students may also be interested in further study of Business in either their first language or in English. The SELC course provides Business students with academic pathways. Others will return to Business courses at colleges and universities in their own country. Many will return to their job to find that their English language skills have vastly improved.

Course Features

  • Full-time course
  • Interesting and relevant topics
  • Authentic business materials
  • Realistic business situations
  • Monthly team projects
  • Individual PowerPoint Presentations
  • Role-plays
  • Business-related excursions

About the BEC Exams

Business English Certificate Higher (BEC Higher) - Advanced
A proficiency test of Business English for people who are already in business-oriented work or wish to pursue such a career. The exam consists of Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. Topics include marketing, production, financial services and general office work.
Business English Certificate Vantage (BEC Vantage) - Upper Intermediate

This is an examination of Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking in an international business context. Students at a broad range of management and clerical levels as well as those with limited business experience should choose BEC Vantage.

The Cambridge Business English Certificate exams are accepted worldwide by many companies and universities. See the Cambridge Exams site for the official list of companies that recognise Cambridge BEC exams.

Course Content

English for Business Communication 1
Level: Upper Intermediate to Advanced
Course Length: 12 weeks full-time study
You may do 4,8, or 12 weeks of the course
Sample Program:
  • Communication
  • Building Relationships
  • Job Satisfaction
  • E-Commerce/ Future of Work
  • Marketing/ Advertising
  • Success
  • Risk/ International Trade
  • Customer Service/ Team Building
  • Raising Finance
  • Takeovers/ Mergers
  • Crisis Management
  • Management Styles
English for Business Communication 2
Level: Intermediate
Course Length: 12 weeks full-time study
You may do 4,8, or 12 weeks of the course
Sample Program:
  • Globalisation & Trade
  • Money & Banking
  • Strategy
  • Culture & Travel
  • Brands & Advertising
  • Innovation
  • Competition
  • Quality
  • Employment
  • Organisation
  • Ethics
  • Change

Course Dates

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