Private lessons
Your needs are central in every private language course that Business Talen Rotterdam BV provides. To best meet those needs, you have your own private teacher. This means that every course is tailor made, in other words a course where the material is adapted to suit your needs.
Free introductory lesson
In order to put together a professional course, the teacher needs information from you. In a free introductory lesson of 1.5 hours the teacher will assess your language skills – if present – while you bring your wishes and learning goals to his/her attention.
Course contents
On the basis of your indications in the free introductory lesson of what you wish to learn, the teacher will put together a course for you. During the course you can put emphasis on the following:
verbal communication (speaking and listening), grammar, pronunciation, reading and writing skills, sentence structure, vocabulary acquisition, state exams NT1 and NT2,
giving presentations, correspondence, writing reports and e-mails, telephone language, international trade, technology, law, finance, accountancy, transportation, services, industry, etc.
Evaluation
Based on the results of the introductory lesson, the teacher writes an evaluation report in which your various language skills are described. In an accompanying level table, ranging from 0 to 10, you can see at which level you function. Reference to the European Framework (A1-C2) is possible, of course but, due to it only having 6 levels, there is less differentiation.
The teacher will also advise on the number of lessons needed to achieve your goal. The report will also be sent to you, so you know from the beginning of the course where you stand and what the objectives are.
Results
Of course you want to know what results Business Talen Rotterdam BV can guarantee after completing the course. Assuming a normal effort, you will always achieve the objectives the teacher indicated as feasible in the evaluation report.
After the course, the teacher writes a new evaluation report in which the final results are displayed. In the level table you can easily read how many steps you have climbed up. This will give you a clear picture of your progress – following a language course at Rotterdam Business Talen BV is a sound investment!
Guided conversations
The starting point for all courses is to familiarise you with the foreign language. To this end the teachers speak only in the foreign language and constantly invite you to respond. In these guided conversations the teachers tune words, phrases, grammatical constructions and speed of speech to suit the level you started the course at.
You will find that this immersion technique is highly effective: your utterances acquire the appropriate structure and you succeed in communicating effectively.
Material
The material used is modern and above all practical. In all courses we work with the latest books, and only after they have been subjected to close scrutiny.
The course includes – at your level – relevant key terminology. Practising this, helps you directly to communicate practically. To make the lessons varied and lively, the teacher has access to a large variety of audiovisual aids. This professional equipment, combined with the personalized guidance of your teacher, helps ensure a successful course.