Conversation
Pardon?
Like many other people, you speak some French, some German, some Dutch, … And most of the time that's sufficient. But would you also be able to speak your mind in the other languages, give your opinion, express feelings? Add some ‘couleur locale’? Or just brush up on your conversation skills? Then learn to converse better in the Conversation workshop.
Content
Target group:
Employees who already speak a great deal of French, German or Dutch … . Knowledge they mainly picked up in different ways: personal experience, studies or trainings or by regular contact with suppliers, clients or colleagues abroad.
Required starting level:
B1(00): intermediary
Aim:
To lift your ability to speak to a higher level and actively practise your knowledge of the language at a forum offered to you at regular intervals. All this in the presence of a trainer who will coach you and encourages you to finds different ways of expressing yourself.
Programme:
Length:
20 hrs.
Content:
During this training the following aspects will be dealt with:
- extend vocabulary:
- learn to nuance, fine-tune in the foreign language
- learn idiomatic expressions, which will make the language use more colourful and accurate.
- encourage ‘daring to speak’
- enlarge ability to cope in a foreign language
Approach:
Different formulas are possible. Sessions are made-to-measure according to your requirements:
- themed: you list the themes you would like to practise (e.g. Small Talk, The Global Business Environment, Innovation, Internationalisation, Management & Leadership, etc.)
- skills: you list the skills which are important to you, like meeting, negotiation, presentations, etc.
- a mix of themes as well as skills
In order to guarantee the interactivity of this training, the maximum number of participants is limited to 6.