If you are a busy professional who needs to
use English for job-specific communication, the
General Purpose language class may not be suited to your needs.
You name
the field - We design your Course
we assess
your level - we analyse your needs - we design the programme
If you need to ....
talk to other professionals in your
field using special terminology;
read professional journals and books published
only in English;
use the internet to gather information on a
specific subject;
correspond with colleagues on professional
subjects;
participate in a seminar or
workshop;
negotiate a project, a contract, the purchase
or sale of an item;
...then
you need a tailor made course to make the most of your learning opportunities in
the shortest possible time.
These specialized courses are designed on the
basis of the communicative needs of company executives and professional
people within a contemporary working environment which places upon them a
demand for using the language at a satisfactory or even at a very high level to
communicate clients, suppliers or associates who do not speak their native
language. The English & Modern Greek for Professionals programmes are similar to programmes implemented by top
international training institutions around the world.
Special & Tailor-made courses for
your Company or Organization
CELT Athens has all the know-how needed to design the right course for you as an individual
or for a group within a company or organization. Seminars are tailor made and
range from 12 hours to 100 hours (for specific programmes)
Invite us to your company to assess
the level of your staff and to identify and prioritize their needs; to
discuss the type of language training they need. CELT
Athens can guarantee the quality and effectiveness of all aspects of the
course: length, results, achievement of aims, as well as top quality
trainers.
We will
analyze the
language needs of your employees you wish to train to discover in what
ways they need to use the foreign language
assess their
current level in English through placement testing and
personal interviews
specify the course
objectives and course length so that they can reach their goal
successfully and in the shortest possible time
design the course
syllabus/programme
select or design
appropriate teaching materials to achieve the objectives of the course
keep you informed
through detailed progress reports and trainee profiles
supervise and
evaluate the course delivery while in progress to ensure maximum success
assess the
trainees' language competence at the end of the course
supply you with a
detailed end-of-course report
Depending on your
needs and available space, the course may be delivered at your own
premises or at the CELT Athens seminar centre.
CELT Athens trainers are amongst the best trained
in the
profession, fully qualified with advanced
methodology qualifications in Teaching Foreign Languages to
Adults and invited by many other centres running general and special
courses to train their teachers. Here you can see some of the CELT Athens client schools for
whose teaching staff we have organized methodology training programmes.
For more information or to arrange an appointment with one of our
consultants, please call or send an email.
The short seminars
described below are
closed
and are offered all year round
as follows:
Group Mode
- only for groups within a
company or organization; seminars can be held on company premises or at CELT. 1-2-1 Mode
-
for any individual
at CELT or office/home.
The number of hours for each programme listed below is usually reduced in
one-to-one lessons, depending on individual's initial level and other learner
characteristics.
To
participate in these seminars with the specified number of hours, entry level in
English must be Intermediate or, in some cases, Upper Intermediate.
Effective
Presentations
The Language of
Presentations
50 hours
For company executives or free
lance professionals (lawyers, doctors, scientists, etc.) who need to participate in meetings, present their
views, report to superiors orally, or even present a paper or run a
workshop in front of an English speaking audience. A practical programme
during which course members familiarize themselves with the language of
presentations, develop their oral skills, and improve through hands on
practice of creating their own presentations which are video-taped and
analyzed for self-assessment and feedback from their trainer.
Special training can
be given to anyone interested in learning how to do a really good Pecha
Kucha, a new and very popular type of presentation at conferences
worldwide!
Minimum entry level:
Intermediate
Watch this funny
video about how NOT to do a presentation! How many mistakes can you spot?
Using the Internet for Research
Reading Skills & Strategies on the web
20 hours
For any professional
who needs to use the internet to access information, to read research, to
understand how to perform searches, to find tools which will help them to
understand and find their way around the world wide web. This is a course
suitable for anyone in science, law, journalism as well as teachers of
various languages. Minimum entry level:
Intermediate
Terminology
Courses
Learning & Using Specialist terminology 20-50
hours
For any professional
who needs to learn the terminology of his/her field, to read research and
professional publications; the course may focus on LAW, MEDICINE, SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS, FINANCE, EDUCATION, POLITICS, MATHEMATICS, and many
other fields. The number of hours varies depending on entry level.
Minimum entry level:
Intermediate
Course
offerings for the Business Professional
English
for Banking & Finance
The Language of
Money Transactions
50 hours
A course designed on
the basis of the real communication needs of bank employees and executives
in the domain of banking and finance, as they have been recorded after
extensive research and analysis of questionnaires given to thousands of
bank employees engaged in a wide range of banking operations and
procedures. Minimum entry level : Intermediate
Negotiating
& Dealing
The Language of
Negotiations
50 hours
An excellent course for
executives and professionals who need to negotiate terms in English with
clients, suppliers or other professionals. Negotiations may also involve
prices or other points before reaching an agreement, or explaining
procedures, financial transactions across the gamut of products, services
and types of transaction either by phone, in writing or in person. M;inimum Entry Level : Upper-intermediate
Sales
& Marketing
The Language of Sales
& Marketing
50
hours
A specialized programme for
those who need to describe or promote products and services, to give or
take orders, explain financial
transactions during meetings face-to-face,
over the telephone or in writing through financial reports,
memoranda etc.
Minimum
entry level: Upper-intermediate
