Group Courses
Group Courses
Our Platinum Training Courses are designed for business people, professionals or mature and ambitious learners, looking to develop their language skills in a limited amount of time.
We offer you a choice of dedicated Platinum Centres in the UK and Canada at our accredited year-round schools. Our Platinum Courses provide quality teaching and excellent value for money in small, tailored lessons to ensure quick progress.
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Choose from 15, 20, 25, 30 or 35 lessons per week (depending on location).
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Maximum 5 clients per class, of the same language level and ability, meaning high levels of personal attention and interaction with your trainers
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An opportunity to meet and network with other professionals from all over the world
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Focus on communicating more effectively in real-life situations, with hands-on tasks and role-plays
Our Platinum Centres
Platinum clients have full use of the exclusive Platinum Centres and lounges at all three city-centre locations. We aim to offer an environment that is calm, relaxed and welcoming with a range of complementary business facilities and services including;
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Free email and internet access, with both desktop and Wi-Fi facilities, as well as iPads at most centres
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Access to printers, copiers and fax machines allowing you to keep in touch with your business
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Complimentary refreshments, including coffee and tea, soft drinks and light snacks
Course Content
Before any Platinum Course we will send you a Pre-Course Questionnaire. This will allow us to design the programme specifically for you, focusing on what you need to or want to learn.
Our programmes are designed to meet a range of needs and objectives, but will commonly include:
- Meetings and communication strategies
- Business language fluency
- Making internal and external presentations
- Understanding cultural differences
- Negotiation
- Using the telephone and conducting conference calls
- Written business communications
- English language coaching
We can also provide specialist, industry-focused sessions as part of your programme. These are offered as one-to-one lessons or as part of a closed group course. We can offer something for all industries and disciplines, including the following:
- Law
- Finance
- Medicine
- Military
- Journalism
- Secretaries, PAs and Admin Staff
- Human Resources
- Aviation
- Oil and Gas
Course Objectives
After you take a Group Courses at St Giles, you should:
Have achieved the objectives set in your Pre-Course Questionnaire.
Be able to speak with greater confidence and fluency with an increased vocabulary.
Have developed your listening, reading and writing skills.
Have a greater understanding of the grammatical structure of English.
