Business English Essentials (Foundations)
Business English Essentials is designed for professionals who are functional in English but want to communicate with greater clarity, confidence, and cultural fluency in everyday workplace situations. Through ten carefully crafted simulations, learners engage in the real conversations they face every week: team meetings, client calls, performance conversations, and professional writing.
Each simulation places the learner inside a realistic conversation and challenges them to respond the way a skilled professional would, then debrief on what worked, what didn't, and why. This isn't passive learning. It's practice that sticks.
What Learners Gain
- Confidence to speak up and contribute meaningfully in team meetings and group discussions
- Skills to deliver clear, structured presentations to colleagues and stakeholders
- Language strategies for navigating feedback, conflict, and difficult customer interactions with professionalism
- The ability to write polished, context-appropriate professional emails
- Practical tools for negotiating deadlines, advocating for themselves, and managing cross-cultural misunderstandings
- A stronger professional identity: the ability to be seen and heard as the capable professional they already are
The 10 simulations in the Business English Essentials Program are:
- Participating in a Team Meeting
- Presenting to a Small Group
- Navigating Performance Feedback
- Handling a Difficult Customer
- Negotiating Deadlines and Priorities
- Writing Professional Emails
- Onboarding a New Colleague
- Cross-Cultural Miscommunication
- Delivering Bad News
- Advocating for Yourself at Work
Once you complete the Business English Essentials Program, you receive a Certificate of Completion for your professional development.
