Business English Certificate (Vantage)

Business English Certificate is designed to prepare you to pass the Cambridge BEC (Vantage) examination.

The course helps develop a wide range of business English skills all in the context of managing Rosebud Resort, a virtual health resort. On beginning this course, you will take on the role of a temporary employee who has been working in the office of Rosebud Resort for six months. However you are presented with an opportunity to move up to a permanent management position by taking part in Rosebud's Management Training Programme.

The Management Training Programme will give you the opportunity to learn how to interact in a business environment and build an understanding of both the language and the processes of business. You will be involved in reading a variety of business texts, writing emails and reports as well as giving presentations. You will also practice your listening skills by taking notes from phone messages and listening to meetings and conversations.

There are five different steps involved in the Management Training Programme, each with a specific business management focus. Each of these steps is broken into a variety of tasks so that you can build your skills gradually and with a virtual mentor to help you along the way.

The learning outcomes are:

• Understand the structures and processes of the BEC Vantage examination
• Write basic business correspondence
• Write complex correspondence and basic reports 
• Read and understand informational texts
• Read and understand business articles and reports
• Listen to and understand work related telephone messages or conversations
• Listen to and understand people talking about work and business related issues
• Participate in a conversation giving personal information and opinions
• Give a short talk on a business related topic
• Participate in a discussion on a business related topic