Boost your English
A semi-intensive workshop week to build fluency and operational performance in English, in a limited time.
Who is it for?
The Boost your English week is for any professional likely to operate in a multilingual environment with non-French-speaking international colleagues.
It is open to A2, B1 or B2 levels: each level targets language skills directly transferable to your role, from communication basics through to negotiation or networking in professional English.
Goals
- Acquire fast, practical techniques to become operational in a limited time.
- Improve professional communication by combining impact, ease and fluency, sustained by intensive practice.
Programme and structure
The programme runs over a semi-intensive week, at 4 hours per day. Each day is organised around a different central theme, allowing you to progressively explore complementary dimensions of professional communication.
Each session is designed to develop fluency, autonomy and confidence in spoken English across key everyday professional situations.
Day-by-day programme, by level
The week's content is calibrated to your starting level. Here are the 5 themes covered Monday to Friday for each of the 3 available levels:
Professional skills A2
- Monday
Listening comprehension
Improve your listening and develop listening strategies - Tuesday
Communicating on the phone
Speak on the phone without fear - Wednesday
Writing emails
Write simple, clear professional emails - Thursday
Introduction to meetings
Take part in meetings. Understand others and express yourself simply - Friday
Speaking up
Speak up without fear
Professional skills B1
- Monday
Active listening
Understand and communicate interactively - Tuesday
Meetings
Communicate effectively in meetings. Contribute, build your case and facilitate exchanges - Wednesday
Participate & manage projects
Contribute confidently in English on international projects - Thursday
Remote communication
Communicate effectively during conference calls / video. Contribute spontaneously and steer the discussion - Friday
Presentations
Gain confidence in presentations. Structure and present information clearly
Professional skills B2
- Monday
Building an argument
Develop your spoken discourse and defend a viewpoint - Tuesday
Participate & manage projects
Contribute confidently in English on international projects - Wednesday
Storytelling
Enrich your communication with storytelling - Thursday
Virtual meetings
Communicate effectively in virtual meetings. Contribute spontaneously and steer the discussion - Friday
Networking: building contacts
Build professional contacts in English
Practical details
Duration
20 hours — 5 morning sessions of 4 hours
Levels
A2, B1 or B2
Format
Flipped classroom: digital prep then group workshops
Location
Our Paris premises or 100% remote (Teams)
Access
Permanent entry and exit
Trainers
Native experts in interactive workshop facilitation
Methods: flipped classroom — independent preparation on our digital platform, accessible for 6 months after the training. Participants prepare BEFORE the session. During the workshop: discussions, role-plays, simulations, feedback.
Assessment: personalised progress through individualised simulations and role-plays. Each participant analyses their practice and sets progress goals. Live debrief at the end of each session, with feedback.
And after the week?
This semi-intensive course can be combined with individual lessons to make up a fully intensive week.
If you want to go deeper on a specific skill (phone, meetings, presentations, professional writing, negotiation), take a look at our Boost your English workshops: 5 themed 4-hour workshops à la carte, sweeping through every situation attached to a single skill.
Benefits for the company and participants
- Rapid skill development on the fundamentals
- Direct improvement in operational performance
- Format optimised for adult learning (intensive + practical)
- High motivation and engagement, observable results by the end of the week
- Networking: exchanges with professionals from different companies and sectors
- Exclusive resources: practical sheets and tools to keep going after the training
TESTIMONIALS
What our learners say
"The trainer is an excellent teacher who understood what I was looking for and adapted her lessons to my needs. She has me listen to videos related to the insurance industry, which is exactly what I wanted as it allows me to learn professional vocabulary useful for my job."
"The trainer is one of the best teachers I have ever had. She makes you want to learn English and improve. The richness of the programme, the quality and diversity of the teachers... Excellent training."
"Great responsiveness from the trainers, quality of the training and availability of each trainer, along with their good humour. My trainer is brilliant and made me forget I was speaking English."
"I had a negative view of group training, but after this first session, I completely changed my mind. The trainer knew how to put me at ease when speaking English."
"The trainer is an excellent teacher who understood what I was looking for and adapted her lessons to my needs. She has me listen to videos related to the insurance industry, which is exactly what I wanted as it allows me to learn professional vocabulary useful for my job."
"The trainer is one of the best teachers I have ever had. She makes you want to learn English and improve. The richness of the programme, the quality and diversity of the teachers... Excellent training."
"Great responsiveness from the trainers, quality of the training and availability of each trainer, along with their good humour. My trainer is brilliant and made me forget I was speaking English."
"I had a negative view of group training, but after this first session, I completely changed my mind. The trainer knew how to put me at ease when speaking English."
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