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Business English Classes

Business English ยท Intermediate to C1

English for the meeting, the email, and the negotiation.

Practical one-to-one lessons built around the situations you actually face at work: leading a meeting, giving bad news, disagreeing with a senior colleague, closing a deal. Every lesson is tailored to your job and your industry.

25+ yearsTeaching English
MA TESOLColumbia University
NTT TokyoFormer Business English teacher
OnlineOne-to-one on Zoom
01 / What you will practice

The English your job actually needs.

Not textbook dialogues. You bring your real work, and we turn it into practice.

Meetings & presentations

Lead a discussion, give a clear status update, handle questions, and keep a meeting on track.

Emails & reports

Write memos, follow-ups and reports that are clear, polite, and impossible to misunderstand.

Negotiating

Make conditional offers, trade concessions, hold your limits, and reach agreements that last.

Leading people

Give feedback, delegate, say no, mediate a conflict, and announce change without euphemism.

Interviews & CVs

Prepare strong answers, polish your CV, and talk about your achievements with confidence.

Industry vocabulary

Supply chain, finance, marketing, manufacturing, management: the precise words of your field.

02 / Two programs

Choose your track.

Most students begin with vocabulary and move on to communication. Advanced professionals often start directly with the C1 course.

Track one ยท Intermediate to upper-intermediate

Business Vocabulary & Conversation

The core language of companies, careers and markets, built up unit by unit and used straight away in conversation.

  • Organizations and people: managers, executives, entrepreneurs, company types
  • Making and selling: manufacturing, suppliers, markets, competitors
  • Marketing: the four Ps, brands, pricing, distribution, promotion
  • Problems at work: health and safety, fair treatment, workplace policies
Track two ยท Advanced (C1)

Management Communication

Twenty-seven units on how managers think and talk, each with key concepts, the language that goes with them, and a role-play with a real reason to speak.

  • Leadership: Theory X and Y, leadership styles, team roles, motivation
  • People: conflict management, delegating, saying no, influencing without authority
  • Projects and culture: status updates, time management, Hofstede and Trompenaars
  • Strategy and ethics: market pressures, office politics, raising a concern
01

Study guide

Every term with its meaning and a real business example sentence.

02

Interactive practice

Worksheets and quizzes that mark each answer instantly and explain it.

03

Conversation

Workplace dialogues, discussion questions, and role-plays with partner cards.

04

Writing

Memos and emails with a model answer to compare, and personal feedback.

03 / A look inside

Try a piece of a real lesson.

This is taken from Unit 14, Negotiating Styles. Read the role-play, then try three quick questions from the course.

Role-play ยท Unit 14

The campaign contract

A company wants an agency to produce a product-launch campaign. Each side has a private brief. A deal is possible, but only if both sides trade.

Your cardYou are the Head of Marketing. You need the campaign in six weeks. Your budget is โ‚ฌ40,000 and your absolute ceiling is โ‚ฌ46,000. You could offer the agency a second project in the spring.
Language for the conversationTrading, not giving
Conditional offerProvided that you can commit to two years, we would lower the unit price.
Probing interestsWhat is driving that figure?
Holding a limitThat is further than I can go, but what I can offer is staged payment.
Quick check

How would you handle it?

Choose an answer. You will see right away whether it is correct, and why.

Score: 0 / 3
04 / The C1 curriculum

Twenty-seven units, four modules.

Units 1โ€“7

Management Fundamentals

Job titles and roles, planning and controlling, management theory, marketing, and management style.

Units 8โ€“14

Leadership & Group Dynamics

Modern management, Theory X and Y, leadership styles, team-building, conflict, motivation, and negotiation.

Units 15โ€“21

Projects, Time & Culture

Project and time management, organizational culture, and working across national cultures.

Units 22โ€“27

Power, Environment & Ethics

Influence and office politics, market pressures, the industry environment, ethics, and standards.

Kevin is a passionate, charismatic and very enthusiastic teacher. I’m glad I’ve picked him up as my tutor.
Mauricio ยท General Practitioner (M.D.), Canada
Weekly assignments ยท Monthly progress reports

Start with a free 15-minute conversation.

Tell me about your job and your goals. We will find your level and choose the right track together.

High-quality video lessons ยท Individual learning plan ยท Friendly to every time zone