What is it?
A comprehensive language programme wherein a qualified instructor is assigned to deliver one-to-one or group lessons of Business English within the company premises
How it works
Step 1: Contact Broad Horizons English to express an interest in this course.
Step 2: A placement test followed by a thorough needs analysis will be conducted.
Step 3: Students can then start to have tailor-made lessons with a native or near-native English speaker and experienced instructor.
Step 4: After important assessment, along with the test scores, both the participants and the HR department will receive individual progress reports (every trimester or semester).
Step 2: A placement test followed by a thorough needs analysis will be conducted.
Step 3: Students can then start to have tailor-made lessons with a native or near-native English speaker and experienced instructor.
Step 4: After important assessment, along with the test scores, both the participants and the HR department will receive individual progress reports (every trimester or semester).
Benefits for the students
- Placement test (reading, listening, language awareness)
- Speaking test to assess the student's productive skills and confirm the placement test results
- Language assessment report describing the student's language level prior to the beginning of the training
- Needs analysis upon which the syllabus of the course is based
- Tailor-made lessons with a qualified English instructor
- A handout with lesson notes is written and embellished by the teacher and sent to the student within 24 hours after each session (it includes vocabulary, grammar notes, useful expressions, etc.)
- Homework (mandatory or optional)
- Tests / Language assessment when the teacher deems fit
- Individual progress report
Innovative and highly effective teaching approach
- student-centred, communicative method
- Lessons are exclusively monolingual, meaning that we speak English throughout the entire lesson.
- We maximise the student’s exposure to the target language by using English as the first language even in email and phone conversations outside of the classroom environment.
- emphasis on the development of the productive skills (writing and speaking)
- constant pronunciation correction & guidance for improving intonation and accent
- New vocabulary items are often accompanied by English definitions, prepositions, synonyms, antonyms, common expressions or collocations, and example sentences.
- Grammar is always presented in a meaningful context along with plenty of opportunities for practice and reinforcement (through not only a variety of grammar exercises, but also oral and written tasks).
- At first, students are often encouraged to self-correct, find their way around unknown vocabulary, and come up with alternative ways of expressing themselves; then and only then does the instructor give language-specific feedback and guidance.
- According to research findings, “memory is the residue of thought”; this is why we ensure that there is continuous interaction between the teacher and the student, and that the latter is often required to think, observe, makes guesses or draw conclusions, thus helping him / her to commit vocabulary to memory more easily and internalise knowledge faster.
- The teacher deliberately and methodically ‘injects’ both verbal and written speech with words and language structures the student has been recently taught in order to help the latter consolidate vocabulary.
- We’re active listeners. We listen intently to our student’s learning goals, aspirations and fears, and then we advise, guide, and inspire them. By doing so, our students adopt a growth mindset and gradually develop into fluent and confident speakers of the English language.
Keeping the HR department up-to-date
The teacher is expected to work closely with the HR departments to ensure that the learning objectives of the corporate training are met. To this end, the HR department receives an individual progress reports every trimester or semester.
The progress report includes comments on:
The progress report includes comments on:
- progress made in each language skill
- new objectives and recommendations
- attendance and commitment
- language assessment / exam results
- progress made based on the CEFR rubric
How does it differ from the online course?
The structure and efficiency of the on-site course is the same as that of the online language programme, with the sole exception that the in-house training course inevitably entails both time and geographic restrictions, thus offering less flexibility than its online equivalent.
