HIA is offering a new and exciting program, the “Business English Certificate Program”. This course is for students or professionals interested in English terminology and customs of American business for academic or professional purposes and who want to become competitive in international and American Business English. Professionals and business people will greatly improve their ability to communicate in English in a wide range of business situations. Students will develop the communication skills they need to succeed in business and will enlarge their knowledge of the business world. Everybody attending this course will become more fluent and confident in using the language of business.

The program is suitable for students who already have a high-intermediate level of English, and it lasts 10 weeks. Students can choose to attend 15 or 20 hours per week.

The program will target many business skills: simulated interviews, starting a conversation, describing jobs and companies, taking phone messages, giving work-related advice, making requests, leading a meeting, writing a resume, making a presentation, communicating off the job while travelling, and much more.

Classes will also focus on grammar, providing clear explanations and authentic practice of essential business language, in both spoken and written grammar to help students improve their communication skills in realistic situations.

This course helps students and professionals take their English language learning to the next level so that they can apply those skills to real-world situations, in the workplace and at school. They will study the business culture in the United States and industry-specific terminology as well.