Tag Archives: business English

Does Corporate Language Training Keep ESL Employees Safe?

Corporate language training teaches your ESL employees (who speak English as a Second Language) how to communicate more effectively at work, in English. Since almost every company has a different way of doing things, even in the same industry, learning English for work can therefore seem like an impossible task. Even at the same company, different departments have niche words or phrases that are not used as widely as other areas of your business. So how do you, as a business owner, ensure that your ESL employees thrive?
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English Training For Work- When Is The Best Time For Class?

English training for work helps your team grow and expand their knowledge. Unfortunately, developing an employee - whether through internal promoting or outside hiring - means that there are costs associated. So let's talk numbers. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the average cost of hiring a new employees is anywhere from $4,000 to upwards of $28,000 per individual. Which includes the costs involved with paying instructors, job advertising, training materials, and potential relocation. What's more, external hires cost an average of 18% more than promoting from within. They are also 20% more likely to leave than someone who has just gotten a promotion.
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Professional Phone Etiquette Skills For ESL Employees

Professional phone etiquette refers to the specific set of skills required to maintain a phone conversation at work. Everything from active listening, to pronunciation fall under this umbrella term of professional language skills. In fact, it even includes things like being aware of how loud and quickly you speak. Because without facial expressions or body language, everything about your voice matters. Which is part of what makes professional phone conversations so intimidating, even for those who are fluent English speakers. It also contributes to overwhelming ESL employees (who speak English as a Second Language) just by mentioning the phone. This is where corporate language training comes in.
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Business English Training Is Critical For ESL Programmers

Business English training is one of the most powerful investments that any company can make, in any industry. But unless you hire computer programmers or are one yourself, understanding the English language might not have always been a top priority. Which is all particularly true for computer programming and web developers. For whom the jobs required an understanding of the inaccessible programming languages (like Python, C++ and Java for example) to carry out even the smallest requests. Meaning these jobs never actually needed employees to understand English. But rather, they just needed to read and write computer code. Which, for the most part, has been kept at an arms length from the general public.
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