Culture and Business

It should be no surprise that Roy Hodgson got the England football coach’s job.  He is eminently qualified, having coached the Finnish, Swiss and United Arab Emirates national teams and he has managed 21 teams in 8 countries over 36 years. But the English press was slow to see the attraction, with the Sun’s headline of “Bwing on the Euwos (We’ll see you in Ukwaine against Fwance)” (in reference to Hodgson’s pronunciation of the English  ’r’ sound), a particularly read more

20 year old Alex Rawlings is an Oxford university undergraduate who speaks a staggering 11 languages. He is conversant in English, Greek, German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Afrikaans, French, Hebrew, Catalan and Italian and has every intention of adding to this already phenomenal list. Alex’s interest in foreign tongues arose when he travelled to Holland with his family and was captivated by the incomprehensible lingo that surrounded him. Rather than shouting a bit louder and pointing, as one might expect from read more

Over the last 3 years I’ve had an incredibly interesting time working and living in Ghana, West Africa and Ecuador, South America.  I wasn’t “travelling” but rather picking up everything and shifting my entire life to take on challenging professional roles.

Of course, the cultural differences were huge! There were plenty of misunderstandings and probably a few occasions of accidentally causing offence. These were greatly lessened, however, by a few sessions of cross-cultural briefing.

In Ghana I learnt very quickly that I read more

We are seeing a significant upturn in the number of English courses currently being requested. Many multinational companies are investing in improving the communication skills of their senior managers by sending them to us for intensive English language and culture training. These are one-to-one courses, giving the learner every opportunity to build on their existing knowledge and reach new levels of English competence. Each course will focus on the business needs of the trainee, such as improving their English for read more