The English for Business course is based on The London Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) exam syllabus. The LCCI English for Business exams are valuable options at the end of the course. Though some students choose not to take the exam, the LCCI qualifications are recognised in Industry and Business throughout the world. The Bury Language School is an accredited LCCI examination centre.
Syllabus Includes:
- Learning to compose a letter or memo, based on given information. The content of which should be between 150 and 200 words dealing with, for example, retail orders, customer enquiries, requests for information, replies to complaints, reminders about tasks in hand, or communications between work colleagues.
- Understanding and responding to a short passage of business-related text of about 300 words. The stimulus for the exercise will be: passages on business-related topics in language appropriate to the level and a series of statements about the content and information in the passage.
- Understanding graphic or numerical displays in a business context in the form of a table or a chart relating to, for example: company car fleet hire charges, office accommodation agencies, conference facilities at an hotel, or company branches and staffing details.
- Using data to complete a form or diagram. The stimulus for the question will be selected from: data or information in written notes, a conversation about a business related situation, or a record of a telephone message or fax.
Maximum number of students: 12
Hours: 2.25 hours per week
Wednesday Afternoons
(part-time)
This course can be combined with morning courses.
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