Business English courses in St.Gallen

In today's world of work, business English is an essential part of the basic skills expected by an employer. However, even excellent school English does not guarantee that you can avoid embarrassing yourself in front of international business partners with an inappropriate phrase. Unlike in everyday language, great importance is attached to a well-chosen and precise form of expression at work.

If you want to be confident in negotiations with English-speaking colleagues, a business English course is essential.

Here you will learn subject-specific vocabulary and grammatical features of business English that will ensure that you can communicate effectively in your working environment. We use textbooks that are structured according to specific topics that are relevant to everyday working life. A day at the office, the trainee, meetings, but also job applications, presentations and negotiations are covered here. The focus is also on different countries, whose cultural characteristics and business-related customs are examined in more detail.

You will learn that an entrepreneur in English is an "entrepreneur" and not an "undertaker" (which in English means a mortician), or that the English-sounding word "beamer" is better translated as "overhead-projector", using practice texts and sample dialogs. Grammar, some of which is already assumed, is also reinforced in these lessons. For example, you will learn where and when it is better not to translate the German word "wie" as "how" in English. It would be wrong to translate the sentence "How will this look like?" as "How will this look like?". The correct translation would be "What will this look like?". You should also be more comfortable with English tenses after this course.

In a private course, our teachers can also cater to your individual wishes and create a lesson plan that meets your needs.

Register now and position yourself confidently in the English-speaking world of work.