Professional English (Everyday & Business Use)

PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH

 (for Everyday & Business Use)

 

‘PREMIER’ DIPLOMA PROGRAM FOR BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT AND SOCIALLY

 

This very practical Program is ideal for people who already have a good grounding in English, such as is reached by our “Secondary English” Course (see first page). This Program covers a wide range of topics which are most important in speaking, reading and writing good English of an advanced standard, both in everyday situations and in the workplace; whether that is in business, industry or government service. Those who thoroughly study and complete this Program should soon be able to speak and write good English of an advanced standard quite naturally, and show that they have the education and training which employers want to find in staff destined for promotion, and which gives confidence to customers and clients.

 

Major Topics Covered in this Diploma Program:

 

·         Punctuation marks to make writing clear and easy to understand; improving vocabulary, prefixes, suffixes, spelling English words.

·         Forming complete and sensible sentences: positive and negative statements, questions and commands, building paragraphs.

·         The parts of speech: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions, prepositions; making writing varied and interesting.

·         Avoiding problems with commonly confused English words, using an English-English dictionary to increase understanding and variety.

·         Developing a good writing style. Writing social and private letters: making enquiries and complaints, comprehension, writing replies.

·         Introduction to business letter writing: features, layouts, objectives, tones, styles; letters about sales, employment, accounts, and replies.

 

On successfully completing this Professional Program of Study you will:

 

·         Be awarded the CIC Professional English (Everyday & Business Use) Diploma.

·         Have covered - although this is a ‘practical’ oriented Program - the majority of the technical/practical syllabuses of national or international examinations similar to GCE ‘A’ level.

·         Have attained an accredited qualification at Level 4, equated to the British National framework at the study same level as Higher National Diploma (HND).

·         Have completed a Qualifying Program towards the International Higher Diploma on English for Business & Management and the Baccalaureate on English (BA Eng).