Bell Teacher Campus Cambridge

Teaching Business English

Who is this course for?

Teachers who wish to focus on the skills of teaching Business English to older teenagers or adults. Teachers may already be experienced Business English teachers or may just be starting out. You need to have at least an intermediate level of English (Common European Framework level B2).

Course aims

  • Help you find exciting ways to plan and deliver successful Business English courses
  • To increase confidence about your understanding of key topics and your own use of business language
  • To explore innovative and interesting materials and teaching ideas

Course programme

This is mainly a practical course.

Topics typically include:

  • Designing, using and interpreting needs analyses
  • Making presentations
  • Using graphs, charts and diagrams
  • Business collocations, chunks and lexical sets
  • Key business speaking skills e.g. networking, negotiating, asking questions at a meeting
  • Making business listening less stressful
  • The one-to-one student
  • Exploiting published materials
  • Working with varied learning styles
  • Role-play, real-play and simulation
  • Improving your intonation and stress

Applying for EU funding

EU funding is available for teachers from the European Union and associated countries. Find out how to apply for funding. When completing your funding application, you will need to provide details of your course. Download the course outline which includes a sample timetable to send with your application.

Course outline PDF (255kb)

Dates and fees

Arrival date
Departure date
Fee
1 July 2012 14 July 2012 29 July 2012 11 August 2012

Comenius/Grundtvig applicants: €1,920
All other applicants: £1480

Comenius/Grundtvig applicants: €1,920
All other applicants: £1480

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Course Package

€1,920
Comenius/Grundtvig applicants

£1480
Other applicants
  • Course tuition (plus talks by visiting speakers where applicable)
  • Single, en-suite accommodation at Homerton College
  • Daily breakfast and weekday evening meals
  • Weekend breakfasts
  • Core programme of social and cultural events including a tour of Cambridge and a one day excursion to London
  • Bell end of course certificate
  • Advice and support from Bell staff
  • Travel insurance (except UK residents)

Additional costs will be incurred for the following:

  • Additional excursions on a pay-as you-go basis
  • Entrance fees to tourist attractions (for example theatre tickets) unless specified on the published course programme
  • Airport transfers - these can be arranged for an additional cost
  • Exam entrance fees
  • Bank charges for payments made by bank transfer
  • Lunches
  • Weekend evening meals.