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First Certificate for Teachers of Business English

Course Description
The First Certificate for Teachers of Business English provides an additional qualification for educators wishing to enhance their resume and skills in ESP, and tests the candidate knowledge in three areas: 
  • Professional Skills; 
  • Methodology and Materials; 
  • Basic Business Awareness.
Other elements include:
  • Classroom management; 
  • Needs Analysis; 
  • The use of authentic materials; 
  • The creation of bespoke material.
The aims of this course are to provide participants the developed competences considered as best practice in teaching Business English. These techniques and methodologies are combined with elements aimed at understanding basic business concepts in a preparatory course for the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry International Qualifications First Certificate for Teachers of Business English, (FTBE).

This programme involves two main components: 
  • A self-preparation course based on the Teaching Business English materials; 
  • A five-day How-to-Pass course focusing on the three key elements found on the examination.

Course length
The course associated with this programme is divided as follows: 

·Day 1 & 2: Syllabus Topic 1 – Section A
·Day 3 & 4: Syllabus Topic 2 – Section B
·Day 5: Syllabus Topic 3 – Section C
·Day 6: Examination

Each lesson is scheduled for 6 hours per day with a final 2.5 hour examination time. 
Total class-time 32.5 hours.