English Plus Business, Marketing and Finance factsheet

Section 1: Overview

Is this course for me?

This course is ideal for students who want to improve their English skills for use in a wide range of business and financial contexts.
It combines general English with specialist Business and Finance-related topics.
Students also have the option to prepare for the Cambridge BEC examinations through additional one-to-one lessons.

Key Facts

Available in

London

Start dates:

Every Monday (please check US and UK public holidays)

Minimum entry level:

Lower Intermediate (Kings Level 4)

Age:

Duration:

Minimum 2 weeks

Class size:

Maximum 14

Lessons per week:

28 lessons per week total (21 hours). 20 lessons (15 hours) General English + 8 lessons (6 hours) Business, Marketing and Finance

Included in the price:

28 lessons per week (21 hours)
Welcome Information Pack
Access to multi-format course materials
Placement test on arrival, weekly assignments, group participation and progress tests
Use of Computer Learning Centre
Free Wi-fi at school
Regular accompanied visits to companies and financial institutions
Full access to Kings social programme, with at least two free activities per week
Full access to join Kings’ school clubs and societies
Optional weekly lecture programme
End-of-course certificate (90% or higher attendance required)

Section 2: Course structure and content

20 lessons (15 hours) per week of General English
8 lessons (6 hours) per week Business, Marketing and Finance

General English lessons

Your general English lessons will be designed to improve your reading, writing, speaking and listening at a consistent rate. Each week, lessons will focus on a different topic.

Key areas covered include:

Communication skills

Conversational language skills
Listening and accents
Reading and interpretation
Writing and presenting

Linguistic resources

Building your vocabulary bank
Fine tuning your pronunciation
Interpretation of texts
Grammar and syntax

Study skills

Note taking and revision
Research skills
Time management and planning
Dictionary work
Learner autonomy

Cultural and personal development

Understanding cultural difference and similarity
Team work and leadership
Presenting an argument
Discussion skills

You will be assigned to your general English class based on your current Kings Level. We have classes right through to Level 8 (Advanced), and you will progress up through the levels as your skills improve and your confidence grows.

Specialised Business, Marketing and Finance lessons

Students taking this course will explore the many different areas of modern business English.

Lessons will typically focus on these key areas:

Business and finance terminology
Writing and preparing formal business documents in English
Giving business presentations
Business case studies
Other aspects of professional communication skills
Educational visits

Example topics covered include:

Advertising and marketing
Accounting and investment
Human resources
Office management

Real-life business experience

Students will visit a leading business and financial institution every two weeks. They will attend meetings, communicate with professionals, carry out project research and work on business case-studies. Sample visits include:

Lloyds of London
London Metal Exchange
British Museum money gallery
Museum of Brands
Old Royal Naval College
The Bank of England
Other London based companies

Cambridge BEC (Business English Certificate) preparation

Students taking the English Plus Business and Finance Course have the option to prepare for the Cambridge BEC Exams (through one-to-one lessons, supplement applies)
The Cambridge Business English Certificates (BEC) are internationally recognised qualifications which show that students can use English appropriately in a business context.

Section 3: Meet the teacher – Andrew Allen-Tidy

Andrew teaches on the English Plus Business, Marketing and Finance course at Kings London.
He previously ran established leisure businesses, developed new business and e-commerce platforms, and specialised in enabling the rapid expansion of young businesses.
He decided to retire from business when he was 50 because he wanted a new challenge and to give something back into society.
Andy's level of expertise and contacts in industry have enabled students to embark on educational visits to prestigious institutions, and some very senior travel industry figures have delivered talks at the school.
He is also CELTA and CIM (Chartered Institute or Marketing) qualified.

Sample timetable

Please note:

Sample timetable subject to change. General English lessons may take place in mornings or afternoons in summer.
Placement test, induction, locality walk and ice breaker activities, which take place on the students' first day at Kings, are an essential part of the teaching programme, included in the weekly hours of lessons.

	Mon	Tues	Weds	Thurs	Fri
09:00 – 10:30 (Lessons 1 & 2) General English	Progress test including listening and writing Individual and group feedback on test	Grammar Using ‘will’ and ‘shall’ in polite requests Pronunciation Open and closed questions (intonation) Professional skills Interviews.	Vocabulary Common idioms and phrasal verbs used to describe behaviour Reading, listening and writing Giving tips on how to behave in different situations	Listening Understanding how technology works Functional language Giving instructions Task-based learning (leadership and team work) Building a bridge	Grammar review ‘Will’, ‘shall’ and relative clauses Video Ted Talk: How to lead a conversation between people who disagree Discussion Beyond right and wrong?
10:30 – 11:00	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
11:00 – 12:30 (Lessons 3 & 4) General English	Vocabulary Social behavior: Talking about norms and customs Discussion Understanding cultural differences	Video Phone addiction. Role-play Asking for and offering help Study skills Making effective notes	Real English People in the newspapers today Grammar Defining relative clauses Vocabulary Adjectives of character	Writing An email describing a new invention. Presentations A future without cars.	Vocabulary Diplomatic language Professional skills Giving and receiving feedback Discussion — Beyond right and wrong?
12:30 – 13:30	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 (Week 1)	Discussion Issues related to the movement of money, credit and financial markets Vocabulary Financial terms (gerunds). Introduction to some of the major issues surrounding the movement of capital and global money markets	Grammar Describing trends (past, present and future) Skills Dealing with figures, large and small (combining grammatical structures and specific vocabulary to describe trends in the movement of money)	Educational visit The Bank of England (introduction to the workings of the central bank of the UK and its responsibilities for the supervision of financial market infrastructure)	Case study Making a pitch/ presenting figures (budgets, costs, expenses, profits, etc.) (drawing on the experience of the working of a major bank and, using the language covered in the week, present financial information in the form of a business pitch)	Free time
13:30 – 15:00 (Week 2)	Discussion Ways of borrowing money Vocabulary Financial terms (prefixes). Introduction to the various mechanisms through which credit is raised	Listening Ways to raise money Reading Finding finance (developing listening and reading skills while learning about credit markets)	Language review Dependent prepositions Skills Negotiating Writing Summarising a complex argument (developing negotiating skills and learning how to structure a summary)	Case study ‘Last throw of the dice’: negotiate finance for a new film. (Combining the language and content learnt over the week and engage in a simulated negotiation)	Free time

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English Plus Business, Marketing and Finance factsheet

Section 1: Overview

Key Facts

Included in the price:

Section 2: Course structure and content

General English lessons

Key areas covered include:

Specialised Business, Marketing and Finance lessons

Real-life business experience

Cambridge BEC (Business English Certificate) preparation

Section 3: Meet the teacher – Andrew Allen-Tidy

Sample timetable

English for life

IELTS Test Centre

English for Exam Success

English for University Success

English for Career Success

Step inside life at Kings. Read our blog.

Learning English

Living in English

IELTS Test Centre

English Plus Business, Marketing and Finance factsheet

Section 1: Overview

Key Facts

Included in the price:

Section 2: Course structure and content

General English lessons

Key areas covered include:

Specialised Business, Marketing and Finance lessons

Real-life business experience

Cambridge BEC (Business English Certificate) preparation

Section 3: Meet the teacher – Andrew Allen-Tidy

Sample timetable

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