ETC offers a range of specialist courses for professionals
Please Note…
We reserve the right to accept students below the age of 18 who we feel are able to follow the course and show the maturity and responsibility to integrate with older students in a classroom environment. Students under the age of 18 must have permission from their parents. We will not accept students below the age of 16 for these courses.
Business English
Typical Course Content The course will typically develop language appropriate to the following areas:
- Using the phone
- Reports and summaries
- The work place
- Import and export
- Money matters
- Delivery and after-sales
- Visits and travel
- Marketing and sales
- Meetings and negotiations
- Operations and processes
- Presentations
- Working together
- Face to face meetings
- Letters, faxes and memos
- A special project (business simulation).
22.5 hours per week in total / 30 lessons per week in total
General English lessons normally take place each day between 08:45 and 12:05.
50 minute lunch break and regular refreshment breaks
The Business English component normally takes place between 12:25 and 14:45, Monday – Thursday.
Course Duration
ETC Business English courses can be adapted to suit your needs. You can study Business English for a minimum of one week or as many weeks as you wish depending on the time you have available and your learning needs.
Timetable
View our timetable below to get an idea of how your days might look.
Please note this is a sample timetable and may be subject to change.
Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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8:45 – 10:15 | General English or IELTS | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 |
Break | |||||
10:35 – 12:05 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 |
Break | |||||
12:25 – 13:10 | Business English | Business English | Business English | Business English | Business English |
Lunch Break | |||||
14:00 – 14:45 | Business English | Business English | Business English | Business English | Business English |
Break | |||||
15:00 – 16:30 | Business English |
All our combination courses follow the same structure and pricing.
Combination Courses | Hours Per Week | Lessons Per Week | 1-23 Weeks | 24+ Weeks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Business English | 22.5 hours in total p/w Students will have 15 hours of General English Monday – Friday + 7.5 hours of specialist tuition Monday – Thursday | 30 lessons in total p/w Students will have 20 lessons of General English Monday – Friday + 10 lessons of specialist tuition Monday – Thursday | £175 per week | £265 per week |
Medical English | ||||
Legal English | ||||
Tourism English | ||||
Military English | ||||
Aviation English |
Legal English
This course uses task-based learning including group exercises, supervised discussion, role play and presentations to develop your ability in the key skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing and to widen your understanding of essential legal English, language structures, vocabulary, appropriate common expressions and grammar.Typical Course Content
The course will typically develop language appropriate to
the following areas:
- Company law
- Law of contracts
- Employment law
- Sale of goods
- Property law
- Intellectual property
- Competition law
- Negotiable instruments
- Debtor-creditor
- Secured transactions
View our timetable below to get an idea of how your days might look.
Please note this is a sample timetable and may be subject to change.
Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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8:45 – 10:15 | General English or IELTS | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 |
Break | |||||
10:35 – 12:05 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 |
Break | |||||
12:25 – 13:10 | Legal English | Legal English | Legal English | Legal English | Legal English |
Lunch Break | |||||
14;00 – 14:45 | Legal English | Legal English | Legal English | Legal English | Legal English |
Break | |||||
15:00 – 16:30 | Legal English |
All our combination courses follow the same structure and pricing.
Combination Courses | Hours Per Week | Lessons Per Week | 1-23 Weeks | 24+ Weeks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Business English | 22.5 hours in total p/w Students will have 15 hours of General English Monday – Friday + 7.5 hours of specialist tuition Monday – Thursday | 30 lessons in total p/w Students will have 20 lessons of General English Monday – Friday + 10 lessons of specialist tuition Monday – Thursday | £175 per week | £265 per week |
Medical English | ||||
Legal English | ||||
Tourism English | ||||
Military English | ||||
Aviation English |
Medical English
Many of our clients are medical specialists from leading hospitals and clinics from Europe and around the world, including doctors, nurses and other health practitioners.
Typical Course Content
The course will typically develop language appropriate to
the following areas:
- Communicating effectively with patients
- Communicating effectively with professional colleagues
- Discussing treatments, presenting opinions and assessments
- Developing a winning CV and triumph in English at interviews
- Learning how to fit into a professional team in the UK
- Making medical applications during the course
- Spending time at a UK doctor’s clinic (at additional cost)
- Taking and understanding a patient history, asking about symptoms, recording information, communicating information accurately
- Examining a patient, rephrasing, explaining, prompting
- Investigations
- Using a medical dictionary
- Interpreting a diagnosis, explaining and discussing a diagnosis
- Understanding medical diagrams and documents
- Using general medical reference books and a pharmacology reference
- Examining case histories
- Studying the language as it relates to medical treatment: physiotherapy, surgical treatment, giving and understanding instructions
- Considering language functions appropriate to certain medical scenarios
- Learning common medical abbreviations
- Examining the structure and organisation of the British National Health Service, including a discussion about the British hospital system
- Discussing the future of medicine.
22.5 hours per week in total / 30 lessons per week in total
General English lessons normally take place each day between 08:45 and 12:05.
50 minute lunch break and regular refreshment breaks
The Medical English component normally takes place between 12:25 and 14:45, Monday – Thursday.
Course Duration
ETC Medical English courses can be adapted to suit your needs. You can study Medical English for a minimum of one week or as many weeks as you wish depending on the time you have available and your learning needs.
Timetable
View our timetable below to get an idea of how your days might look.
Please note this is a sample timetable and may be subject to change.
Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
8:45 – 10:15 | General English or IELTS | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 |
Break | |||||
10:35 – 12:05 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 |
Break | |||||
12:25 – 13:10 | Medical English | Medical English | Medical English | Medical English | Medical English |
Lunch Break | |||||
14;00 – 14:45 | Medical English | Medical English | Medical English | Medical English | Medical English |
Break | |||||
15:00 – 16:30 | Medical English |
All our combination courses follow the same structure and pricing.
Combination Courses | Hours Per Week | Lessons Per Week | 1-23 Weeks | 24+ Weeks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Business English | 22.5 hours in total p/w Students will have 15 hours of General English Monday – Friday + 7.5 hours of specialist tuition Monday – Thursday | 30 lessons in total p/w Students will have 20 lessons of General English Monday – Friday + 10 lessons of specialist tuition Monday – Thursday | £175 per week | £265 per week |
Medical English | ||||
Legal English | ||||
Tourism English | ||||
Military English | ||||
Aviation English |
Tourism English
The course is also suitable for people who intend to take an examination in tourism English, such as the LCCI EB Written English for Tourism exam. Special emphasis is placed on the relevant vocabulary, register and grammatical structures that are used in the field of tourism and you are given the opportunity to practise using the language that you have acquired by means of seminars, group sessions and communicative practice activities.
Typical Course Content
The course will typically develop language appropriate to
the following areas:
- Reception
- Hotel services
- Food service
- Local tours
- Complaints
- Checking out
- Conferences
- Revision
- Enquiries and reservations
- Tour operation – contacts
- Tour operation – planning
- Negotiating.
22.5 hours per week in total / 30 lessons per week in total
General English lessons normally take place each day between 08:45 and 12:05.
50 minute lunch break and regular refreshment breaks
The Tourism English component normally takes place between 12:25 and 14:45, Monday – Thursday.
Course Duration
ETC Tourism English courses can be adapted to suit your needs. You can study Tourism English for a minimum of one week or as many weeks as you wish depending on the time you have available and your learning needs.
Timetable
View our timetable below to get an idea of how your days might look.
Please note this is a sample timetable and may be subject to change.
Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
8:45 – 10:15 | General English or IELTS | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 |
Break | |||||
10:35 – 12:05 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 |
Break | |||||
12:25 – 13:10 | Medical English | Medical English | Medical English | Medical English | Medical English |
Lunch Break | |||||
14;00 – 14:45 | Tourism English | Tourism English | Tourism English | Tourism English | Tourism English |
Break | |||||
15:00 – 16:30 | Tourism English |
All our combination courses follow the same structure and pricing.
Combination Courses | Hours Per Week | Lessons Per Week | 1-23 Weeks | 24+ Weeks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Business English | 22.5 hours in total p/w Students will have 15 hours of General English Monday – Friday + 7.5 hours of specialist tuition Monday – Thursday | 30 lessons in total p/w Students will have 20 lessons of General English Monday – Friday + 10 lessons of specialist tuition Monday – Thursday | £175 per week | £265 per week |
Medical English | ||||
Legal English | ||||
Tourism English | ||||
Military English | ||||
Aviation English |
Aviation English
and maintain the ICAO Operational Level 4 standard of
English.
Students on this course include pilots, trainee pilots,
aircraft engineers, air traffic controllers and other aviation
professionals from Europe and around the world. This
course will enable you to function effectively in everyday
situations where clarity of expression in technical /
aviation English is required.Typical Course Content
The course is built around and focuses on the 6 major
areas of the ICAO Language Proficiency Rating Scale.
- Pronunciation
- Structure
- Vocabulary
- Fluency
- Comprehension
- Interactions
By using a communicative approach in aviation-related contexts, we will focus on these six vital areas and use a blend of standard radiotelephony phraseology and ‘plain’ English to make sure that personnel have the confidence and the ability to move beyond phraseology in times of need and ensure safety in the air.
View our timetable below to get an idea of how your days might look.
Please note this is a sample timetable and may be subject to change.
Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
8:45 – 10:15 | General English or IELTS | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 |
Break | |||||
10:35 – 12:05 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 |
Break | |||||
12:25 – 13:10 | Aviation English | Aviation English | Aviation English | Aviation English | |
Lunch Break | |||||
14:00 – 14:45 | Aviation English | Aviation English | Aviation English | Aviation English | |
Break | |||||
15:00 – 16:30 | Aviation English |
All our combination courses follow the same structure and pricing.
Combination Courses | Hours Per Week | Lessons Per Week | 1-23 Weeks | 24+ Weeks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Business English | 22.5 hours in total p/w Students will have 15 hours of General English Monday – Friday + 7.5 hours of specialist tuition Monday – Thursday | 30 lessons in total p/w Students will have 20 lessons of General English Monday – Friday + 10 lessons of specialist tuition Monday – Thursday | £175 per week | £265 per week |
Medical English | ||||
Legal English | ||||
Tourism English | ||||
Military English | ||||
Aviation English |
Military English
The training is delivered within a framework derived from the NATO STANAG 6001 and Council of Europe language proficiency guidelines, and certain elements are in the form of specific purpose training. ETC Military English is designed to prepare military personnel for deployment in combined (trans-national) operations as well as for their roles in NATO and UN peacekeeping appointments.Development for the Trainee Includes:
- Basic functional language for everyday military and security situations.
- Study skills and strategies
- Practical reading skills
- Practical writing skills
- Practical listening skills
- Practical speaking skills
View our timetable below to get an idea of how your days might look.
Please note this is a sample timetable and may be subject to change.
Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
8:45 – 10:15 | General English or IELTS | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 |
Break | |||||
10:35 – 12:05 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 |
Break | |||||
12:25 – 13:10 | Military English | Military English | Military English | Military English | Military English |
Lunch Break | |||||
14;00 – 14:45 | Military English | Military English | Military English | Military English | Military English |
Break | |||||
15:00 – 16:30 | Military English |
All our combination courses follow the same structure and pricing.
Combination Courses | Hours Per Week | Lessons Per Week | 1-23 Weeks | 24+ Weeks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Business English | 22.5 hours in total p/w Students will have 15 hours of General English Monday – Friday + 7.5 hours of specialist tuition Monday – Thursday | 30 lessons in total p/w Students will have 20 lessons of General English Monday – Friday + 10 lessons of specialist tuition Monday – Thursday | £175 per week | £265 per week |
Medical English | ||||
Legal English | ||||
Tourism English | ||||
Military English | ||||
Aviation English |
Business Studies
The training is delivered within a framework derived from the NATO STANAG 6001 and Council of Europe language proficiency guidelines, and certain elements are in the form of specific purpose training. ETC Military English is designed to prepare military personnel for deployment in combined (trans-national) operations as well as for their roles in NATO and UN peacekeeping appointments.Development for the Trainee Includes:
- Basic functional language for everyday military and security situations.
- Study skills and strategies
- Practical reading skills
- Practical writing skills
- Practical listening skills
- Practical speaking skills
View our timetable below to get an idea of how your days might look.
Please note this is a sample timetable and may be subject to change.
Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
8:45 – 10:15 | General English or IELTS | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 | General English or IELTS Lessons 1 & 2 |
Break | |||||
10:35 – 12:05 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 | General English or IELTS Lessons 3 & 4 |
Break | |||||
12:25 – 13:10 | Military English | Military English | Military English | Military English | Military English |
Lunch Break | |||||
14;00 – 14:45 | Military English | Military English | Military English | Military English | Military English |
Break | |||||
15:00 – 16:30 | Military English |
Combination Courses | Hours Per Week | Lessons Per Week | 12 week course | 24 week course |
---|---|---|---|---|
Business Studies | 22.5 hours in total p/w Students will have 15 hours of General English Monday – Friday + 7.5 hours of specialist tuition Monday – Thursday | 30 lessons in total p/w Students will have 20 lessons of General English Monday – Friday + 10 lessons of specialist tuition Monday – Thursday | £3300 | £6360 |
Marketing and PR Management | ||||
Human Resources Management | ||||
Tourism and Hospitality Management |