Teaching Business English

Graduates of our CertTESOL course recieve a 50€ discount on this course, meaning they only pay 175€.
If you are in the process of registering for a CertTESOL course with us, simply indicate on the application form that you want to do this course.

If you have already completed a CertTESOL course with us in the past, e-mail us to let us know that you want to do this course.

By the end of the course you will have a greater understanding of how to approach teaching in companies. The aim of the course is to further your knowledge and expertise in teaching in the Business English environment. The content is practical and will include ideas and material you can take and use in your classes.

Teaching English to company employees can require different approaches and skills to teaching "general English", groups are often much smaller and usually have specific requirements relating to the contexts they will need to use English in. On this course you will further your knowledge and expertise in teaching in the Business English environment.

Many people think teaching Business English requires a specialist knowledge or experience in business. While this may be an advantage, it is by no means a prerequisite. What a Business English teacher does need to know is what makes a person a successful communicator in English. This course will help you improve your knowledge of communication skills and show you how you can help learners be more effective in their use of English.

This course will help you to make the most of your classes and ensure you are meeting the needs of your students, whatever their situation.

This course is suitable for recently graduated teachers with up to 3 years' experience in General English or Business English teaching.

This 20 hour online course is run over three weeks giving you the flexibility to combine it with your working schedule or other commitments.  You will have approximately 7 hours of work per week and will be required to adhere to weekly deadlines.  The tasks are varied, dynamic and practical allowing you to take them straight into your classroom.   One of our experienced teacher trainers will be working closely with you to give you oral and written feedback on all the work you submit. 

A typical course timetable looks like this (although there may be some variations depending on the needs of the participants):

For each task there are a range of activities to choose from that will suit your situation.

For example, if you are already teaching, you can choose activities to try out in your classes and report back on their success.

If you haven't started teaching yet, you can choose activities which involve evaluating material, and making lesson plans or outlining activities for a given student group.

Our team of trainers have specialist experience in teaching Business English and teacher training. They have all worked with OxfordTEFL for at least five years and, as well as being tutors on this course, participate on the TESOL Certificate courses and the Diploma course we run at the school.

To pass the course and receive the certificate you will have to:

• Complete 100% of the course tasks to a satisfactory standard.

The OxfordTEFL Business English Certificate will state that you have passed the course, outline the components of the course in detail and state the length of the course.

"The Business 121 course was the perfect supplement to my Trinity certificate. I feel more confident teaching business English and got many good ideas on how to go about it. Plus it’s a good extra qualification to have on my CV."

Brigit Haase March 2011

"Although, the entire course has been helpful, there are definitely two things that I can say I am happy to be taking away from this course and that I feel can make me a better teacher in the future. Firstly, I am able to better see the differences and similarities between business and non-business classes."

"This has given me confidence as I hope to make a transition to teaching business English. Secondly, it has been almost six years since my certification and it has been great to be a student teacher again who will be taking away a long list of new ideas. It has been nice to also get extensions on some of my ideas and even to see that other people use some of the same activities that I have been using."

"Personally, this course is useful for me both as I consider making the transition to teaching Business English and as I continue to teach in a language school where some of my classes have become a little flat. "

"I have definitely enjoyed this course. It has been easy to follow and gives good opportunity to be creative."

"As others have said, I can't believe that we have nearly finished and I too have thoroughly enjoyed the course. I have found it stimulating and interesting and all of the subjects very relevant. Whilst I am not involved with teaching business English at the moment, this course has given me confidence to approach this area of work and I now feel well equipped to teach English to students in a business environment. I do, however, teach students on an individual basis and a lot of the course has helped me think about my teaching and how it could be improved."

"I'm really glad I've signed up to do this course. I've never done an on-line course and used to be quite sceptical about the quality of such courses. I'm very happy to be proved wrong. I've learnt a lot and picked up some great ideas on the content of Business English courses, use and adaptation of materials and lots more. If I had to single out one part of the course that I liked most it would probably be Authentic Materials. It gave tons of good suggestions and made me less scared of using technology for my teaching."

"I think doing this on-line course is a very good option if you work and don't have time to do the intensive three-day course. Also you can participate from anywhere in the world. I found the materials and texts used very interesting and useful."

Teach Business English, by Silvie Donna
Published by Cambridge

This book provides a practical introduction to Business English for new and experienced teachers, and deals with a range of issues from needs analysis and course planning to testing and evaluation.

How to Teach Business English, by Ivan Frendo
Published by Longman

The How to…series offers practical teaching ideas within a clear, theoretical framework. Each title includes a photocopiable 'Task File' of training and reflection activities to reinforce the theories and practical ideas presented.

The following websites also offer useful material and articles.

Onestopenglish.com
Besig.org

If you have any questions or enquiries about this course, please don't hesitate to contact us, and a member of our team will be happy to answer you.