English for Careers   

Business is built on relationships. In this class, you will improve your English conversation and writing skills needed to develop those meaningful business relationships, building a work-life based on integrity, community, and authenticity. Class includes interactive activities focusing on workplace communication and review of case studies to sharpen business communication skills.

In this class you will: 

• Collaborate with other students to create group presentations
• Build advanced workplace vocabulary
• Read about companies and their leaders
• Listen to and analyze real interviews, presentations, and phone calls 
• Review case studies of actual workplace issues.

Our online classes consist of a pre-assignment, independent coursework, and final assignment, as well as live online class sessions with your teacher/other au pairs. Credit for J-1 visa students is 36 hours. Students earning J-1 visa credit must attend all sessions and complete all homework.

Students will receive a pre-assignment one week before class begins. Other independent coursework can be completed at your leisure before the deadline one week after online class ends. 

Wendy Trach has been teaching ESL/English for over eleven years.  In addition to teaching Learning Across America courses at BMCC, she teaches in the Language Immersion Program at a CUNY school in Brooklyn during the week.  She holds a bachelor's degree in English and mass communication from the University of Florida, a master's degree in English education from Queens College, and a Cambridge University CELTA certificate.  Wendy loves working with students and exploring language, literature, culture, and life.  

For English as second language learners.

This course covers three major areas that help you achieve confidence and success: Presentation Skills, Speaking Techniques, and Pronunciation. Classes focus on a combination of skills needed to enhance your business and your personal lives.  

Interview Strategies

• Do you freeze when you are asked: “Tell me about yourself” during an interview?
• What is Really Listening? Are you too nervous to Really Listen?
• How do you answer awkward questions?
• What questions can, and should, you ask?
• Telephone interviews; ZOOM interviews. How are they different from face-to-face interviews?

Speaking Techniques

• Pronunciation: Are certain sounds, words, or combinations of words difficult to say? Does the last word of your sentence get lost?
• Projection: Are you asked to repeat yourself when you order something? Can people hear you easily?

Presentation Skills

• Most people fear giving Public Presentations. Do you?
• Learn various techniques to overcome your specific fear of speaking.
• Learn types of breathing to relax; breathing to energize.

Past Pronunciation Students with Elizabeth have said:

"Improving my pronunciation in English will always be exciting for me, because in this way I will be able to make myself understood better in this country. I corrected many words that I always said wrong and that fills me with satisfaction."

"The teacher was really nice and helpful."

"I really liked that everyone was so kind and open minded. Elizabeth is so patient and if we didn’t understand something she repeated it multiple times."

Your course will consist of a pre-assignment, independent coursework and final assignment as well as live online class sessions with your teacher/other au pairs. Credit for J-1 visa students is 36 hours. Students earning J-1 visa credit must attend all sessions and complete all homework.