BLTi Business & Business English Starter Course

Join us today for the original eight-hour blended course designed for EFL/ESL/ELT teachers migrating towards providing business English classes to professional students. During this course, pre-class materials will be provided which will be discussed and interpreted during your live interactive weekly session with one of our professionals. Your class size is limited to only six learners in order to provide you ample time for thorough interaction, discussion and opportunity.

WHAT IS DIFFERENT

This course is designed primarily for teachers who would like to, not only develop their business student's presentation and communication skills in the business world, but also use critical thinking and analytical strategies necessary in this area of expertise.

Our goal is to see that you have all the tools you'll need to give your best to your students by developing your own Business teaching skills in order to see your students excel. Teachers who have never taught or have limited business teaching skills are welcome.

OUR COURSE

Business Language Training Institute, delivers the most diverse, innovative and complete online Business English training course available to you today by building on your current skills to help you transition to a successful BE professional.

Having trained thousands of teachers and students you take advantage of over 50 years of both ELT and corporate experience to bring to you an affordable, convenient and complete course that will transform your ELT skills into BE skills, rapidly.

WHY CHOOSE BLTi?

We are business professionals that have become teachers. We not only have the teaching credentials and the reputations in the field to give you a complete an effective course, but we have the business experience to back it up. The diverse backgrounds we bring to your class encompass all the skills necessary to get you on the right track to becoming just as successful at a reasonable price.

This course is streamlined to quickly give you the skills you need to change your life as a BE specialist. Invest in your future. Join us at BLTi.

THE COURSE

This is an introductory course for teachers and coaches looking to make the transition to being a BE professional. Although the duration of the course can be variable according to your schedule, your involvement and your usage of the contents, a total of 8 hours is suggested over a period of one month. At the end of the course, you will have all that you need to succeed as a business English teaching professional.

Can any EFL teacher be a business teacher?

Defining Business English.

Critical Thinking for BE.

Adaptability in the Business Class. How, when, why.

Tools and source materials for the BE teacher.

Adapting the course book to the Business student.

Corpus Linguistics for BE.

Needs Analysis.

Going beyond the language.

AI in BE.

COURSE CONTENTS

Cultural literacy and its affects on communication.

Presentations skills for BE clients.

Course design for BE.

Blended Learning for BE.

Case studies.

Rubrics, self assessment and feedback.

Running the business.

Growing the business.

Marketing, pricing and the right way to collaborate.

Student retention.

What we’ll Bring

Intercultural Norms
Action Check Listing
Advanced Corpus
Business Corpus
Business Awareness
Strategic Planning
HOTS & LOTS
Backbone Literacy
Negotiating Ideas
Decision Making
Visual Organizational Cues
Switching Gears Rapidly
Professional Demeanor
Business Context Awareness
Tools and Resources
Content & Context Flexibility
Building a Reliable Product
Natural Collocations
Beyond the Course book
Present Perfectly

What you'll Learn

Global Communication Rules
How to Organize
Higher Level Lexicon
Professional Terminology
How to Run Your Business
Needs Analysis
BOTS
Business Basics
Teamwork Skills
Critical Thinking
Image Mapping
Adaptability
Netiquette
The Business Cycle
Acquiring Knowledge Capital
Adapting Student Content
Course Development
Lexis Overview
Motivating Distracted Students
Advanced Presentation Skills

What You'll Take

International Mores and Values
Organizational Skills
Business Terminology
Sourcing New Lexis
Negotiation, Legalizing, Contracts, ROI
Stratagem Skills for Learning
Cognitive Competence
Tactics for Confidence
Complex Problem Solving
Judgement Techniques
Graphic Organizers
Transient Techniques
Professional Posturing
Managerial Career Modus
Outsourcing Content
Plasticity Skills
Systematic Syllabus Creation
Communication Frameworks
Utilizing Corporate Realia
New-age Engagement Skills

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BLTi Business & Business English Starter Course

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