Intensive English Language Course for Oil and Gas Professionals. Level 2-3, 4-5 15 - 26 February 2010, London

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Intensive English Language Course for Oil and Gas Professionals. Level 2-3, 4-5

15-26 February, 8-19 March 2010, London

Level 2 – Low Intermediate: I can make simple sentences and can understand the main points of a conversation but need much more vocabulary

Level 3 – Intermediate: I can speak and understand reasonably well and can use basic tenses but have problems with more complex grammar and vocabulary

Level 4 – Upper Intermediate: I can communicate without much difficulty but still make quite a lot of mistakes and misunderstand sometimes

Level 5 – Pre-advanced: I speak and understand well but still make mistakes and fail to make myself understood occasionally.

This intensive course is ideal for managers and specialists from oil and gas industry who wish to improve their business language and professional skills in a commercial context in the shortest possible time. Typically, participants will have several years professional working experience and already be established in their chosen career.

This highly intensive course is hands-on and task based, with frequent role-plays and simulations designed to develop essential language skills. Some activities involve DVD recordings for analysis with regular feedback to help you focus on specific areas of need. The course content is relevant and up-to-date. Our visiting guest speakers from leading oil companies will help to bring external expertise and insight into the programme. Everything you do will be practical, realistic and useful; the small groups ensure attention to individual needs.
In addition to the benefits outlined above, you can expect to manage meetings and negotiations more effectively, improve your presentation skills, expand your oil business vocabulary, use the telephone with greater confidence as well as being able to discuss oil industry trends or business matters with greater confidence.

Course content
Course participants can expect the following areas to be covered in the course:

Industry-specific roleplays and extended oil business vocabulary including oil exploration and production, transportation, refining, trading, financing and marketing.

Presentation of one's own work, organisation and products/services

Communication in a professional environment

Simulated negotiations and business meetings

Aspects of a company's business – eg marketing, finance, production and distribution

Handling personnel matters – eg industrial relations, communication at work

Case studies and discussions, including visual case studies

Analysis of a company's strengths and weaknesses, general and financial

Communication in an international context including intercultural understanding

Presenting figures and graphs and describing industry trends

Comparing company culture and national economies

We aim to give participants greater confidence in taking part in and chairing business meetings and negotiations. Therefore we cover appropriate communication strategies such as:

agreeing and disagreeing

interrupting

clarifying and confirming

asking for comments

summarising

asking appropriate questions

challenging/defending an opinion

persuading and compromising

making proposals, offers, suggestions

opening/closing meetings

Professional hospitality, entertaining visitors and handling social situations are important for many business people, as is confidence when using the telephone. Areas covered would therefore include:

meeting and greeting

receiving visitors

socialising

using the telephone effectively

practice in communicating more complex ideas and discussing problems

social, political and environmental issues

dealing with enquiries and offering advice

travel arrangements, bookings and reservations

giving and understanding directions

restaurants and pubs

intercultural talks and sense of humour

small talk

We also dedicate enough time, particularly for Levels 2-3, on grammar and on business written communications, explaining the difference between official and not official written English and teach how to prepare official letters. We have international groups of delegates. So whatever you do, going for a lunch or a drink with your classmates, or sightseeing on weekends, you’ll still keep practising your English. We believe that 2 weeks you spend with our teachers on our course will give you more than 2 years of remote studying or attending part-time courses in your home country.

The groups are limited to 12 students. So do not delay – make sure your place will be really yours!!!

Participation Fee: Standard Package (without accommodation) – 2 400 British Pounds (+17,5% VAT) includes:

72 hours of studying (10 days, Monday to Friday, 9:00 – 18:00)

Coffee and refreshments (please note lunches are not included)

Training hand-outs and e-copies of everything written by teachers on board

Technical equipment (interactive white board, course video, DVD player and projector)

We are pleased to offer assistance with accommodation for all delegates. Please contact Vostock Capital UK for additional information.