Boost your Communication Skills for Meetings!

Beschreibung

You participate in meetings held in English but you don’t feel at ease? Do you sometimes avoid contributing in a meeting to avoid mistakes? Do you feel a bit shy at times when it comes to sharing your opinion in English? You’re not alone!

Let us create a warm atmosphere in this course where you can develop the ability to express your thoughts and ideas in a group. Practising meeting situations based on authentic examples in a „protected area“ with your trainer and co-learners will help you feel more comfortable and confident and will be fun at the same time!

Topics:

• Training English fluency related to meetings 
• Identifying types of personalities at meetings and understanding its impact 
• Giving opinions, agreeing and disagreeing, interrupting in a polite manner 
• Discussing an agenda and practising signposting between topics 
• Grammar related to making suggestions  – why „should“ and „must“ don’t belong in meetings 
• Learning and practising key phrases used in all sequences of a meeting 
• Idioms commonly used in English meetings 
• Politeness, directness and diplomacy 
• Intercultural aspects to raise mutual understanding
• Learning from participants’ best practices 

Optional:  

• Video and telephone conference particularities  
• Hosting meetings, e.g. facilitating and moderating  

 The focus of the course will be chosen according to the participants’ needs. 

Language Level:

You should have a B1 or B2 level of English. Einstufungstest/Placement Test

Trainer:

Sheena Weinlein

• DELTA (Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), MVHS accredited by the University of Cambridge
• Intercultural Business Trainer/Moderator (IBT/M)®, assist International HR accredited by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Interkulturelle Trainingsqualität e.V. (DGIKT)
• Certificate in International Business English Training (Cert IBET), The Consultants-E accredited by Trinity College, London
• Certificate in Teaching Languages with Technology (Cert ICT), The Consultants-E accredited by Trinity College, London
• Certificate of Advanced Neurolanguage Coaching, Efficient Language Coaching® accredited by Continuing Coaching Education International Coach Federation (ICF CCE)
• Diploma in Administrative Management, Belfast Institute of FE accredited by the Institute of Administrative Management, London
• IKS Business English Trainer since 2010