English for Public Sector: Business language course abroad with Boa Lingua Business Class

This course is for officials working in the state or public sectors who attend international meetings. It may also suit those who work alongside such people. Typical participants come from government ministries or other public authorities, and work with organisations such as EU, EEA, WTO, UN, NATO, World Bank and IMF.

Course content

This one-week intensive course includes work on giving presentations, making speeches, preparing opening statements, chairing and participating in formal and informal meetings, written communication and telephoning. Participants can also expect to be using language related to hosting visits, socialising and working in a multicultural environment. Course participants can expect the following areas to be covered in the course:

Presentation of one's own area of work and organisational structure
Simulated negotiations and meetings
Aspects of international relations including intercultural understanding
Communication in an international context including lobbying

Language abilities

In order to give participants greater confidence in taking part in and chairing bilateral and multilateral meetings and negotiations, time is spent looking at appropriate communication strategies such as:

Social abilities

Professional hospitality, entertaining visitors and handling social situations are important for many public officials as is confidence when using the telephone. The course therefore also covers:

meeting and greeting
receiving visitors
socialising
using the telephone effectively
practice in communicating more complex ideas and discussing problems

Benefits

communicate more confidently
speak more accurately and fluently
participate more successfully in meetings
improve your written English including emails
expand your professional vocabulary
improve your understanding of grammar
socialise and network with greater confidence
work successfully in a cross-cultural environment

In addition to the benefits outlined above, you can expect to participate in international meetings with greater confidence and effectiveness, chair international meetings more effectively and manage official texts and emails more quickly.

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