This FAQ page is intended to offer good, ordinary advice to people who want to follow a business English course. For this reason the English used here is as simple and direct as possible. The page is not intended to give business English teachers material to argue about, and although it comes from Severnvale Academy, Shrewsbury, U.K. it is only partly intended as an advertisement for our school – if we think other English language schools may do some things better, we say so. But of course we believe that the way we teach business English is best – or we would teach it some other way!
Click on a question to go straight to the answer:
1. Who needs a business English course?
2. Are business English courses about special terminology?
3. Is ‘Business English’ the same as ‘English for Special Purposes’?
4. What is a business English course?
5. Do I need to take any exams in business English?
6. Do I need experience of business before I study business English?
7. Does a business English course include grammar?
8. How do I choose a business English course?
9. How can I prepare to get the best from a business English course?
