Get your business day off to a good start with speaking practice over coffee! Reactivate those words you know you've heard before and give your fluency a boost! Topics on daily business and news. Teacher correction and feedback are part of the lessons. To make the course worthwhile for everyone please make sure you have the right level for this course. Get the placement test at englischtest@mvhs.de

You have a knowledge of English comparable to level B1+ or higher and would like to improve your professional communication skills. In this course, you will learn the technical language and terminology, specialising in architecture and construction. Following the textbook, you will learn technical vocabulary and grammar and practise pronunciation using construction-related texts. You will acquire the language skills for the respective planning and execution phases of a construction project, and also learn the differences to the German HOAI phases. We will also cover topics relating to urban planning, technical building equipment, sustainability and construction in existing buildings. Prepare yourself for international projects or work in English-speaking countries. The lecturer is an experienced architect, engineer and urban planner. He studied at the University of East London, is ARB registered and a Chartered Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). He has extensive language and specialist knowledge of Anglo-Saxon planning and construction, which he is happy to pass on to colleagues.

Intense language practice over three evenings on a case study. We focus on a business problem, decide in groups the main challenges and how to meet them. Guided discussion, creating convincing arguments, improving our speaking skills, for clear communication is our aim. We look at what is trending in business to help us keep our language on point and up to date. This course can be booked together with Business Blitz 2 or just taken on its own.

Improve your communication skills in informal and formal business situations. Topics include: small talk, discussing ideas at meetings, negotiations, and current news topics. The focus is on speaking, but vocabulary and grammar will also be dealt with.

Enhance your financial vocabulary and improve your conversation skills through engaging discussions on investing, saving strategies, the stock market, economic trends, and financial planning. Don't miss this opportunity to gain confidence in discussing money matters in English!

This course is tailored for professionals who frequently work with graphs and diagrams and need to confidently describe and interpret these visuals in English. With a focus on practical language skills, participants will learn how to report data and trends effectively. Suitable for learners with an intermediate level of English or higher.

This course aims to help you improve your English for situations such as making introductions and building client relationships at conferences. We will practise small talk in different types of situations, focusing on common problems you may encounter in meetings, for example handling conflicts or politely interrupting to get your point across.

Good communication skills are essential for doing your job well in English. This course will help you to improve your vocabulary to make work more effective and to gain confidence for communication in your job. Vocabulary will be presented in context together with meaningful exercises for understanding and actively using new words immediately.

This course has its focus on language mechanics and practical application of selected grammar points. We will include speaking and writing practice using texts and podcasts as backgrounders. This course can be booked together with Business Blitz 1 or just taken on its own.