Table of course contents

These are all functional skills that could be part of the programme

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Een cursus Engels voor beginners om snel vaardigheden te leren om een 'sociaal' geprek te voeren, telefoontjes af te handelen, klanten verwelkomen of om eenvoudige mail te lezen en beantwoorden.

Beginners general 'social' English
- numbers/time and spelling
- phone numbers/e-mail addresses
- social reactions
- daily routine
- home related vocabulary
- leisure activities
- likes and dislikes
- describing actions and activities
- reading Dutch forms/letters
- filling in Dutch forms
- preferences
- making comparisons
- talking about past events
- formal/informal language		Beginners business English
- providing concise personal details
- asking for information/explanation
- making telephone calls
- telephone expressions
- e-mail/internet/computer language
- writing short email
- business verbs/nouns
- job titles
- branches
- talking about your job/company 
- short presentation
- discussing priorities
- welcoming clients
- describing business activities

Intermediate English course for people who need to speak and understand English
in their private or work environment.

Intermediate business English
- welcoming clients/company visits
- small talk
- making appointments
- talking about your job
- company background, plans, procedures
- talking about business projects
- distribution; orders and deliveries 
- writing short notes
- making a proposal
- marketing plans
- causes and effects
- suggestions
- recommendations
- advantages/disadvantages
- making decisions
- telephone calls		Intermediate business English
- passing on information
- meetings
- negotiations
- discussions
- describing  statistics
- describing figures and trends
- making comparisons
- company finances
- hiring and firing
- talking about skills and experience
- actions-reactions
- writing emails and letters
- invitations
- letters of complaint
- reported speech
- culture and cultural awareness

Advanced English course for people who need to speak and understand high level English in their private or work environment.

Advanced business English
- exchanging information and interaction at the workplace
- exchanging complex information from own area of work
- dealing with colleagues and business associates with confidence
- negotiating complex and specialised plans, schedules, concepts and contracts
- as host or guest, operating in formal occasions
- disposing a wide range of strategies to express own views and feelings
- participating in formal complex and specialised discussions and meetings
- argueing clearly and convincingly in formal discussions and meetings
- leading part in complex job interviews
- holding a complex and specialised presentation
- dealing with difficult (and hostile) questions and comments

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