Business letter writing

Our courses aren’t ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) courses. They’re not designed to introduce new second-language speakers to the basics of the English language. What they are about is the best ways to use the English language to create effective writing in the professional world. 

But our trainers’ experience does mean that they understand and can support the typical challenges learners of English face.

Many of our trainers have experience as ESOL or TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language) teachers, and enthusiastically welcome the presence of non-native speakers on courses. Not least as this tends to best represent our workplaces in our globally connected world!

In short, non-native English speakers with a proficient grasp of English will certainly benefit from the courses – including even in some ways that native speakers don’t.

We have written a full post about this, which you can read here.

We limit the number of attendees on our live in-person or remote courses to ten. The reason is simply that we find people learn best in groups of no more than eight to ten. 

Having larger groups affects how long activities take and changes the group dynamic: it can discourage shyer attendees from taking part and limits sharing in discussions.

Effective training happens through active learning, including supported (and tailored) practical elements. Increasing the group size compromises how personalised and practical courses can be.

If you’d like to, you can read a fuller answer to this question here.

For our bespoke in-company training, this is a tricky one to give a short or absolute answer on. The cost will depend on many factors, including the number of delegates, the extent of the tailoring, and the elements you choose to include. 

For a single course for eight to ten people, the price will range from £3,000–£3,900, or £300–£390 per delegate – as compared with £495 per delegate on a scheduled open course.

We’ll be able to tell you exactly how much you can expect to pay once we’ve spoken with you and understand your requirements.

If you’d like to read a longer explanation of our pricing, you can do that here. 

Yes, certainly. Dyslexia affects around one in ten people, so we often have attendees with dyslexia on our courses.

All of our trainers have received training from the British Dyslexia Association. They are also very experienced at adapting their approach in any course to the needs of the individual learner.

And we produce the materials for each course ourselves, which means we can make accommodations to help. This includes providing manuals printed on coloured paper or a PDF ahead of the day. For in-person courses, we can also provide coloured reading aids.

It's entirely up to you whether you mention your dyslexia during the training. Some attendees do, some don't. It can help for the trainer to be aware though, and you'll have the opportunity to share the information in the run-up to the course. Your trainer will keep it confidential, and you can decide whether you'd like to talk about it during the course.