Business English Diploma Program
The Business English Diploma Program (BEDP) helps people who need English
for their work. Language skills are developed through many stimulating, realistic
communicative activities. This program is suitable for a broad range of Upper Intermediate and Advanced students.
Program Highlights
- Learn public speaking techniques.
- Develop your English communication skills.
- Prepare to work efficiently in an English-language environment.
- Learn about, understand, and discuss a variety of business topics.
- Acquire knowledge of basic marketing concepts and related vocabulary.
Program Content
You may take courses in any order. The BEDP can be followed by a
Business Internship Program.
Program Materials
The teachers provide photocopies of newspaper and Internet articles, vocabulary and grammar handouts, and the New International Business English textbook.
Study Hours
26 to 29 hours per week
Term
12 weeks
Prerequisites
VEC Level 5A (Upper Intermediate).
Teachers
All VEC Teachers are university graduates with formal specialized TEFL / TESL training and experience teaching English.
Attendance Policy
- Students with poor attendance records may have poor grades.
- Students in our Regular Programs, who miss more than 25% of a week/s will lose a week/s off their certificate.
- Business Internship Students: in the 8 week program, who miss more than 10% of a week of classes, will lose their Internship placement.
- Business Internship Students: in other terms, who miss more than 20% of a week/s of classes, will lose a week/s off their certificate and the equivalent number of weeks of their Internship Placement.
- Late arrivals will lose a half-day on their attendance record.
- All students, who miss classes and students, who miss work during their Internship placements, due to illness, must submit a note from their doctors to the school, in order to receive full credits on their certificates.
- Students are tested at least once each session. Grades are monitored. If a student is absent for a test, she/he will receive a "0" grade for the test. To maintain satisfactory progress, a student must complete one level every session, with an 80% GPA.
Final Marks
Students must achieve a minimum final mark of 80% in each
of their courses. If a student does not receive 80% or higher in a course, that
course will not count towards completion of their Business English Diploma Program.
Student Testimony 
Hello, I'm Kleber Yamamuro from Brazil and I came in Canada to learn English. I choose Business Internship Program (Paid Internship) because I want to practice more English conversation and learn living with Canadian people (different culture). I am in Canmore about 5 months, just one left to go home and I'm so happy about my English and the experience acquired here. I'm working in the Hotel (Falcon Crest Lodge) where I learned a lot of things. My jobs are Houseman and Housekeeping, hard work but very nice! Nobody said is going to be easy, sometimes you have a difficult day but you need think why you are here and the objective need be the biggest for you no give up! For sure I'm other person now! This program is a good challenge. When I started the English course I couldn't say one word and now I'm living alone where nobody speak Portuguese (my first language). This is unbelievable! The first three months were very important for me because Vancouver English Centre where all workers and professors are fabulous teach me the things most important in grammar and conversation for me live and use for all my life! The first real challenge was the interview for the job because was by phone! But was not difficult because I was already!
My English grammar is not good enough, but is because I studied just for 3 months. I started in the level 1B and even so I could do the BINT! Believe in me when I say nothing is impossible! Hehehe
Thank you so much Vancouver English Centre! You are the Best!
Kleber Yamamuro. |
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