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Westminster International Corporate Training

About us

We are a team of Professional Training Experts who have both many years’ experience of teaching English and a strong business background. We have the knowledge, skills and experience to design and deliver an effective and professional bespoke course that will add value to your company.

Endorsement

We are proud to have our school and teaching personally endorsed by Market Leader author, Mr. David Cotton (Market Leader author)

David Cotton studied Economics at the University of Reading and did an MA in French Language and Literature at the University of Toronto. He has over 44 years teaching and training experience, and is co-author of the successful Market Leader and numerous business English titles, including Agenda, World of Business, International Business Topics, and Keys to Management.

“I highly recommend Westminster International – I have known and worked with their Academic Director, Richard Hallows. I trust him and his team of teachers to teach Market Leader extremely well”

David Cotton

Why should you choose Westminster International Corporate Training?

Richard Hallows graduated from King’s College, London. He has taught Business English in the workplace and in UK universities for over 20 years. In addition to teaching, he has authored a best-selling IELTS coursebook “IELTS Express”. He has previously written for the BBC World Service English Language Teaching, and has extensive teacher training experience.

Our skills and specialistsRichard Hallows is our Academic Director

Our Team of High-quality TeachersOur professional and experienced team of teachers has taught business English in a wide range of businesses in Bangkok and Thailand.

Our teaching team has helped these varied companies over the years:

Course Samples:

General Skills based:

• Business English Conversation• English for Emails• English for Meetings• English for Negotiations• English for Presentations• English for Socialising• English for Telephoning• English for Sales & Purchasing

English for Specific Industry:

• English for Accounting • English for Advertising & Marketing• English for Aviation • English for Cabin Crew• English for Customer Services• English for Energy Industry• English for Fashion Industry• English for Logistics• English for Pharmaceutical Industry • English for Telecom• English for Insurance

Samples of syllabus

1. Business language and skills: The 5 week course was designed with three main core elements: business English language skills, email writing practice, and vocabulary and grammar useful in work situations. NB: Materials will be adapted to suit your specific business context.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5

Career skills: Explaining your job and meeting people

Career skills: Being polite & being direct, dealing with both Asian and Western Clients

Career skills:Taking part in negotiating (1), how to refuse politely

Career skills: Taking part in negotiating (2), how to get the best price

Career skills: Describing products and services

Email writing: How to write with a clear purpose; e.g. I am writing in order to…

Email writing: How to make an arrangement to attend an event; e.g. Would 11.00 AM be convenient?

Email writing: How to politely refuse a request for action; e.g. It is with regret that we are unable to…

Email writing: How to write formally and informally; e.g.Dear Sir, Kind regards

Email writing: How to address several points within one email; e.g. please see my comments IN CAPS below

Vocabulary: Quantity and number

Grammar: Using passive voice when describing a process (office and manufacturing)

Vocabulary: Collocations & multi-part verbs – making small talk

Grammar: Using conditional 1&2 to speculate about possible consequences of business decisions

Vocabulary: Prefixes and suffixes - office procedures

2. English for Commercial Correspondence: This course focuses more specifically on the writing of emails only. It deals with how to write emails which are accurate and successful. NB: Materials will be adapted to suit your specific business context.

3. E-mail Writing: This course is intended for people who need to write commercial correspondence in English as part of their work. It aims to provide practical help in writing commercial correspondence, especially for email writing, including layout, header information, message text, style, and email abbreviations. It explains how to write clearly and effectively, and demonstrates how it is possible to be polite without seeming timid, direct yet not rude, concise rather than abrupt, and firm but not inflexible.

An introduction to emails: The email screen, email structure, subject lines. Formal and informal emails: Formal/informal phrases, abbreviations Enquiries: Writing and replying to enquiries, polite language Requesting action: Writing to colleagues, talking about deadlines and taking action Exchanging information: Informing and replying, colloquial phrases, being diplomatic Making and confirming arrangements: Typical phrases, prepositions of time, apology

Why is English important for the company?

Quite simply, having staff who communicate good English helps your business GROW. • It helps your company move from local to global• Your customer base will leap from 70 million potentially billions

Employees are your company’s most important asset therefore you should INVEST in them.• Increase their productivity by developing both their skill-set and their feeling of self-worth

Our Service

There are 3 stages to our training program:

1. Before the course

• Developing course objectives. We will meet to discuss your company’s training needs in which we will work out a course outline with clear targets. You may wish to have the trainees focus on writing effective emails, deal with customers on the phone, or simply develop an all-round confidence – the choice is yours. We will advise based on our experience, but the final decision, of course, will be yours.

• Assessing the level of the students. We offer a free placement test to gauge the current level of English level of the trainees. We can then place the students into different classes, or adapt teaching material to suit all levels in one class.

2. During the course

• Training the students. We will teach the students the agreed curriculum in a professional manner. We will do our best to ensure that the trainees reach the targets that we have set.

• Monitoring the attendance. We will keep attendance records for your HR department.

• Assessing the progress being made. Trainees will be given regular progress tests throughout the training so that we can ensure they are moving toward their English language targets. They will be given a final exam at the end of the course.

Consultation

• Company Visit• To discuss your Training needs

• Free placement test• More effective Training

PlacementTesting • Course outline

• Broad base of relavant material• Job specific

Specific goal

TRAININGWill ensure that the course gets the results you are looking for

MONITORINGAttendance reportsTrainee feedback survey

ASSESSMENTTo assess the progress in terms of specific training goals

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3. After the course

• Evaluating the course. The trainees will give feedback on the effectiveness and the course and rate their satisfaction. This will inform a discussion between you and us to determine if any further training is required.

These are some of the more popular modules that our clients choose to provide for their staff. Of course, we can provide other modules which will be tailored to meet your company’s needs.

Email writing: ‘Communicating clearly and concisely’Negotiating: ‘Speaking clearly and firmly to get what you want’Presentation language and skills: ‘Speaking clearly and persuasively to win over an audience’Making arrangements: ‘Fixing dates, times, and travel plans’

The benefits are clear. Through our professional and high-quality service, your employees will speak and write English clearly, feel confident and thus add value to your company.

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Our Great Location

We are situated in a fantastic part of Bangkok. Our centre is easily accessible by both the BTS (Asoke) and MRT (Sukhumvit) and we are surrounded by a great many places to eat, drink, and shop (we are only a five-minute walk from Terminal 21).

Where can you study?

In your office: We can arrange for our teacher to visit you in your premises. This arrangement is popular as it is both time-saving and convenient.

In our school: You can choose to study in our professional and comfortable environment, our 12 classrooms are large, clean and comfortable. All of them are equipped with computers and overhead projection facilities. We also have an area where you can relax with complimentary teas and coffees.