Language training
Due to the complex nature of communication in a multilingual work area, it is important to do more than just provide good translations.
We can also embed multilingual communication into the various processes and departments of your organisation. We do this by making standard communication available in the various languages used within your organisation or with clients, and then training management and employees to communicate effectively in the foreign language or languages.
At the end of the day, it is your managers and employees who have to do the work. They are the ones who have to communicate in the foreign language or languages. FOCUS Translation Agency can help them with language training and language coaching. Our starting point is always the day-to-day work. Our objective in language training and language coaching is to enable participants to perform their work better and with more enjoyment and to collaborate more effectively with their colleagues, suppliers and clients through improved command of the foreign language.
This allows you to sustainably improve the performance of your organisation and your employees.
Willem Ezerman, director of FOCUS Translation Agency, has a teaching qualification in English and is an experienced language trainer in the business world. He has worked for the Language Centre of the VU University Amsterdam and the Language Centre of the University of Amsterdam, among others. The other language trainers we employ are also experienced professionals who enjoy their work and are committed to helping their participants excel.
Our programmes
English in the Workplace
Courses, training, coaching and support for all multilingual communication within your organisation
Learn English in the UK - immersive language courses
Take an intensive English language course in England. You will stay with an English family.
What characterises our training and coaching:
- Always tailor-made
- Applied language training: working with the documents and communication tools you work with
- Intake with personal goals linked to the requirements of the job
The Language of Finance
The language of finance – English language training for Dutch finance professionals.
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Language Coaching
Individual language coaching in the workplace (and remotely)
What characterises our training and coaching:
- Determining language level
- Interim tests / exams
- E-coaching
- Evaluations
Flemish in the workplace
Language training for individual employees or groups of employees. Your employees will learn to communicate better, both verbally and in writing, in Flemish, with colleagues and with clients. That's a promise.
Dutch in the workplace
Language training for individual employees or groups of employees. Your employees will learn to communicate better in Dutch, both verbally and in writing, with colleagues and clients. Also suitable for expats!
Business German for Sales Professionals
German language training focused on sales for individual employees or groups of employees. Your employees will learn to communicate better in German, both verbally and in writing, with clients and prospects, from the initial contact, at trade fairs, during the quotation process and after closing the deal.
French in the workplace
French language course for individual employees or for a group of employees. Your employees will learn to communicate better in French with colleagues and clients.
Intensive French language course
Would you like to really master the French language? Maybe because you are going to live in France, or because you visit often?
Then enrol in a customised language course.
French themed courses
Would you like to learn the French you need to chat with the locals? Or get by in the supermarket and at the market? Or at school? Or at the town hall or the notary? Then sign up for one of our themed courses.
When should you let us help you with language training or language coaching?
We are available to provide English, German, Flemish or French language training or language coaching on the following topics:
- Speaking skills in the work area
- Writing reports, minutes and instructions
- Correspondence (emails and letters)
- Improving pronunciation and fluency
- Expand business and technical vocabulary
- Meetings
- Improving presentation skills
- Reading and/or writing technical English / French / German / Flemish
- Taking minutes of meetings
We have a strong focus on quality. This includes:
- determining the language level of the participants
- identifying learning needs using a detailed questionnaire
- using varied teaching methods to present the course material and practise
- use the texts written by participants and give practical assignments
- provide continuous support through e-coaching
- continuously evaluating progress and development
The result we aim to achieve with our language training courses is that participants receive sufficient attention during the training and are able to express themselves well in Dutch or the foreign language in their work area, and learn to write and speak without errors.
Comments from participants:
- ‘Excellent training for every level.’
- ‘Fantastic teaching methods that really helped me understand!’
- ‘I now pay more attention to how colleagues write in English, and I can see that we have made great progress as a company.’
- ‘This training has been an enrichment of the knowledge I already had.’
- ‘The teacher has a very practical approach – we really have to get to work – and also uses examples from our practice.’
Let's talk!
If you would like to find out what FOCUS Translation Agency can do for you, please contact us. We will be happy to arrange a no-obligation appointment to discuss your questions and requirements.