Providing at least 50 hours of classroom material, this course builds financial language and teaches students about key financial concepts. It also focuses on the communication skills necessary for working effectively within the industry. It covers a wide range of financial topics, including retail and investment banking, trade finance, mergers and acquisitions.
Level: For Intermediate–Upper-Intermediate students
• Explains the basic concepts of most areas of finance
• Builds financial vocabulary
• Develops comprehension of financial texts
• Develops listening skills in financial English
• Improves speaking skills through discussions, case studies and role plays
• Practises specific language functions such as advising, suggesting, agreeing and disagreeing, clarifying and summarizing
• Authentic international interviews with people working in finance
• Authentic business reading texts
• 12 units cover particular areas of finance – retail banking, investment banking, trade finance etc.
• 12 units practise business communication skills in a financial context – telephoning, making presentations etc. Units include: The organisation of the Financial industry — Telephoning — Retail banking — Business correspondence — Loans and credit — Business correspondence — Accounting — Socializing — Central banking — Meetings — Financing — Foreign exchange — Writing reports — Stocks and shares — Mergers and acquisitions — Negotiating
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