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Using improvisation theater to learn and practice business English
Use of business English during networking events and opportunities, for example at conferences, parties and airports
Networking
Business English is vital in various types of business meetings, for example with customers, suppliers and regional bosses
Business meetings
Do presentations in business English for an international audience
Presentations
Applying for an international job where business English is one of the requirements
Job interview
Dealing with complaints from international customers in business English
Customer service
Slow progress over time due to: Fear of making mistakes
Fast progress with our course: PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE
Our philosophy is that students need to practice in order to make quick progress
We are aware that students are often afraid to practice, because they are embarrassed to make mistakes
Using the methods of impro theater our students can practice their business English without fear of making mistakes
Our motto is “Don’t think, just talk”
With our exercises we challenge our students to stop thinking about what to say and focus on communicating
All our exercises are based on improvisation theater, therefore our students are invited to respond to the situation and “just talk”
Our role is that of a coach
A coach is not a teacher. We are not teaching English. We help people train and practice
We provide a positive environment, where mistakes don’t matter (For example in our role as coach we are not interested in pointing out our students’ mistakes)
Impro makes students focus on the situation, not on trying to speak “perfect” English
Improvised situations mimic real-life and are more realistic than classrooms and help students “forget” that they are in class
Impro is about paying attention and contribute, not about being perfect
Impro stimulates playfulness
10 minutes: introduction 15 min: impro warm-up exercises 25 min: improvised business situations 1 10 min: break 30 min: improvised business situation 2 20 min: reflection 10 min: closing
Total: 120 minutes (2 hours)
Word At A Time:◦ Students stand in a circle, and proceed to tell a story one
word at a time. This game develops the ability to speak the first word that comes into your head.
◦ In order, the dialogue come out like this as an example – “There” – spoken by the first person, “was” – said by second person, “once” - third person, “a” - fourth person, “child” - fifth “named” – sixth, “Miguel” - seventh person …
During our course we practice with our students the following business situations:◦ Networking and small talk◦ Sales meeting with foreign client◦ Business performance conversation with boss◦ Job interview◦ Meeting with bank about business financing◦ Dealing with a customer complaint◦ Price negotiation with a supplier
We are looking for employers with an interest in sponsoring business English skills for their employees
Our students are typically at intermediate level of English and need practice in order to advance
Group size during our course is typically 4-6 students
Our method is not a classroom method
We do not “teach” business English
We do not give instructions
We create opportunities for practice
We have fun, we laugh
In a playful way our students actually usebusiness English in realistic role plays
Lucho Herrera
Lucho Herrera
Peruvian 37 years More than 15 years
experience in management, shipping and foreign trade
Experienced actor and impro-teacher
Teacher at UPC and Cenfotur
Lived in United States, fluent in Spanish, English and German
Jeroen Prinsen
Jeroen Prinsen
Dutch 36 years 10 years experience in
corporate finance and HR
Experienced language teacher
Teacher at Universidad Científica del Sur
Lived in United Kingdom, fluent in English, Spanish and Dutch
lucho@totalenglish.pe / 99 01 96191 (Lucho) jeroen@totalenglish.pe / 99 46 74074 (Jeroen)
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