English for the Educational Workplace – IHD-GN
IH Dublin

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
English for the Educational Workplace is an intensive professional training course designed for staff in the educational sector. Participants will master day-to-day interactions in English, gaining the confidence to communicate effectively with peers, students, managers, and external stakeholders. The course includes practical workshops, role-plays, and applied exercises to develop a range of communicative skills, improve language usage, and acquire the functional vocabulary needed for direct interactions. Topics covered include functional language for the educational workplace, group discussions, individual tutorials, meetings with students, networking, presentation skills, email correspondence, and negotiation.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
This programme is ideal for those who:
- Work in the educational sector and seek to improve their English communication skills
- Want to confidently handle day-to-day interactions in English
- Are looking to improve their networking, presentation, and email correspondence abilities

COURSE METHODOLOGY:
- Practical workshops, role-plays, and applied exercises to enhance communication skills
- Improved language usage and functional vocabulary for dayto-day interactions
- Skills development for group discussions, individual tutorials, and student meetings
- Training in networking, presentation skills, and email correspondence

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
By completing the English for the Educational Workplace course, participants will enhance their communication skills, improve language usage and functional
vocabulary, develop effective group discussion and tutorial skills, and gain confidence in networking, presentations, and email correspondence.

SAMPLE PROGRAMME:
1) Monday
- Course outline and objectives, needs analysis and review
- Clean English: What is it and why is it important?
2) Tuesday
- Using the phone in English
- Role-play: Making calls, Receiving calls, Dealing with misunderstandings
- Classroom language: Instructions, Feedback, Checking understanding
- Workshop: Grading spoken and written language
3) Wednesday
- Formal and informal professional written communication
- Writing workshop: Practice, Review, Feedback
4) Thursday
- Leading and participating in meetings
- Delivering and responding to presentations in English
- Using messaging platforms: Slack/Telegram/WhatsApp/Teams
5) Friday
- Giving feedback in English
- Role-play: Giving feedback in different contexts

SCHEDULE
25 hours - Business English Group Classes:
- 20 hours Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 13:15 (includes weekly workplace workshop)
- Additional 5 hours in small group sessions on Tuesday and Thursday

* A minimum of six students is required to run this course.

Przykładowe zajęcia dodatkowe:

bilard, bowling *, fitness *, horse riding *, ice scating *, paintball *, sport in park, table tennis

board games, boat cruises *, cinema afternoon/evening *, city tour/walk, concerts *, cooking lessons, cultural activities, cultural events and festivals, dance lessons/workshops, football matches, games nights, guided city tours *, international evenings, international food day, live music / music nights, museum visits, orientation tour, pub and restaurant evenings, school party, sightseeng, visits to music festivals

Wexford (Hook Head Lighthouse) *, Galway *, Belfast and Titanic Museum *, Garden of Ireland (Wicklow and Glendalough) *, Cliffs of Moher *, Burren *, Guinness Storehouse *, Dublin Zoo *, Trinity College Library *, The National Gallery of Ireland *, The Irish Museum of Modern Art *

* zajęcia dodatkowo płatne