THE NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE

Norwegian (Norsk) is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants.

OUR NORWEGIAN LINGUISTS
We have an extensive network of Norwegian freelance linguists who are all experienced and qualified linguists. Every freelancer who works for us must adhere to a strict code of conduct, which regulates expected quality levels and ensures confidentiality.

THE PERSIAN LANGUAGE

Persian is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan. Persian and its varieties have official-language status in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. There are approximately 72 million native speakers of Persian in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and about the same number of people in other parts of the world speak Persian. UNESCO was asked to select Persian as one of its languages in 2006.

THE POLISH LANGUAGE

Polish (język polski, polszczyzna) is spoken by most of the 38 million inhabitants of Poland and is the most spoken West Slavic language. There are also native speakers of Polish in western Belarus and Ukraine, as well as in eastern Lithuania, southeastern Latvia, northern Romania, and the northeastern part of Czech Republic.

THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE

Portuguese (português  or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain) and northern Portugal from the Latin spoken by romanised Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula (namely the Gallaeci, the Lusitanians, the Celtici and the Conii) about 2000 years ago.

Today it is one of the world's major languages, ranked 4th according to number of native speakers (approximately 250 million). It is the language with the largest number of speakers in South America, spoken by nearly all of Brazil's approximately 186 million population, which amounts to over 51% of the continent's population even though it is the only Portuguese-speaking nation in the Americas.

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.