THE INDONESIAN LANGUAGE

Indonesian or Bahasa Indonesia, based on the Riau version of Malay language, was declared the official language with the declaration of Indonesia's independence in 1945, following the 1928 "unifying language" declaration in the Indonesian Youth Pledge.

With fluency approaching 100% among the quarter billion inhabitants of the world's fourth most populous nation, Bahasa Indonesia has become one of the most widely spoken languages in the world.

THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE

Italian (italiano or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four official languages. It is also the official language of San Marino and is widely spoken in Vatican City, although Latin is the official language. Standard Italian, adopted by the state after the unification of Italy, is based on Tuscan and is somewhat intermediate between Italo-Dalmatian languages of the South and Northern Italian dialects of the North.

THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE

Japanese (日本語 Nihongo) is a language spoken by over 140 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities around the world. It is related to the Ryukyuan languages, but there is no widely accepted evidence of a relationship with any other languages. It is an agglutinative language and is distinguished by a complex system of honorifics reflecting the hierarchical nature of Japanese society, with verb forms and particular vocabulary to indicate the relative status of speaker and listener.

THE KOREAN LANGUAGE

Korean (한국어/조선말) is the official language of both North Korea and South Korea and one of the ten most spoken languages in the world. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China. There are about 80 million Korean speakers, with large groups in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, the United States, CIS (post-Soviet states), and more recently the Philippines.

Foreign Language Training

Learning another language has many advantages: you can find your way around new countries; you can understand emails, press releases and newspaper articles in a new language; you can conduct business and make presentations to foreign clients; but perhaps best of all, you can really get to know your foreign work colleagues and clients, and they will appreciate that you have made the effort – and then the world’s your oyster!     
 
We offer a completely flexible approach to language learning. We understand that people benefit from learning a language in a way that suits them, at their own speed, at a time and on a day which fits their work schedule.

Our professional trainers realise that some people may have had bad experiences at school and are wary of the word ‘grammar’, whereas others are keen to know how a language is put together. We aim to ensure that any foreign language training you undertake with us is both enjoyable and effective.         
 
We will carry out a Training Needs Analysis, to assess any prior knowledge of your chosen language and to find out what you want to achieve and the timescales involved. The course and materials are then tailor-made, so that the training reflects your learning style and you acquire the skills you need in the shortest time, thereby ensuring the training is also cost-effective. 

There are three main types of training format:

Drip-feed training:
Regular, weekly training sessions of two hours’ duration are often ideal when there is no urgency to learn a language, especially for groups in the workplace. 

Intensive courses:
A series of intensive days or a full week is good when there is a need to achieve a particular level by a certain date, perhaps because of a new export role, before a job posting abroad or as a ‘kick-start’ to a drip-feed training course. Busy managers often find it easier to blank a week from their diary and escape ringing phones to immerse themselves in the language learning process.  

Immersion training:
Fancy learning French in Bordeaux, Czech in Prague or Spanish in Madrid? This form of training suits those wanting to make rapid progress, because you are immersed in the language and culture of your chosen country and get an immediate opportunity to practise your new skills.

We can provide training at your home or office, at other UK venues or in most major cities worldwide, if required.
 
All our training conforms to the National Language Standards and we can prepare students for various language qualifications including the London Chamber of Commerce’s FLAW, the OCR’s examination in business language competence and National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs).

Our trainers have many years’ experience of developing and providing language training courses for business and professional people. We look forward to your call if you would like to put their skills and enthusiasm to the test.