Discover our complete range of language training courses for professionals
Entirely dedicated to language training for professionals, all our courses focus on work-related language skills. BTL also offers a ‘job-specific’ pathway, which combines study of cross-disciplinary skills with technical vocabulary and vocabulary specific to the learner's role. Our trainers are experienced in a variety of fields: finance, digital, medical, etc.
Our premium services include coaching and training for VIPs. Do you have a specific professional objective? We offer thematic workshops (presentations, negotiations, etc.) and intercultural workshops.
Whether you need to negotiate in English with your clients, give a presentation in Spanish or host a Chinese delegation, we take care to design training courses that meet your objectives - in over 20 languages. Get the most out of your investment thanks to a teaching approach that is rooted in your professional reality.
What are your foreign language needs?
Improving cross-disciplinary skills
Work on the essentials of general business language - whether in English, FLE, or another language.
Better communication on technical points specific to the business
Finance, IT, medicine... Master the language specific to your field of activity while working on cross-disciplinary skills.
Prepare a precise project
Do you have a unique need or project? BTL will create a customized program for you.
All three orientations are available in face-to-face or distance learning, individually or in groups. Our tailor-made language courses include accent reduction, thematic workshops, coaching…
We also offer intensive coursestraining coursesimmersionor even conversation classes.
Our language training catalog
Our general professional language courses
The "general professional" course focuses on general business language - whether in English, FLE or another language. Whether face-to-face or distance learning, courses will focus on professional and cross-disciplinary language skills (oral and written expression, oral and written comprehension, pronunciation, general and professional vocabulary, grammar), based on specific, operational business situations, such as :
- The management oftelephone calls
- Visit presentation your company and your business
- Reading and drafting e-mailsreports
- Professional exchange or socio-professional by telephone or face-to-face
- Participation in a meetinga teleconference
- Managing a negotiation etc.
Need to work on a particular skill in English or FLE? Whether you need to perfect your presentation skills, socio-professional skills, project management or anything else, check out our thematic workshops >
Our sector-specific language courses
Job-specific language training enables the learner to learn to use the language specific to his or her job, thanks to a specific training program. work on authentic documents. This work is combined with cross-disciplinary linguistic and professional skills (telephone calls, writing e-mails and reports, meetings, etc.). The language skills developed are thus systematically applied and reintegrated into the learners' professional context.
Our experience in the corporate world has led us to train more than 150 different functions over the past 40 years, tailoring our teaching approach to the specific needs of each of these professions. Here is a non-exhaustive sample:
- RH
- Commercial
- Legal
- ESG
- Luxury and culture
- Digital
Our specialized 100% language courses
If all BTL training courses are customized, here 100% content is expressly designed to meet a specific theme, project or need.
Our coaching enables executives and senior civil servants to improve their oral performance in specific specific contexts such as:
- a presentation at a symposium, conference or general meeting
- a presentation including a question-and-answer session
- a press interview (print, radio or TV).
Accent problem? Coaching in accent reduction is recommended for French speakers who already have a good level of English, but who need specific support to improve their comprehension and express themselves more fluently.
Is the language barrier an issue for the realization of a project ? Since 1983, BTL has been creating tailor-made language training programs to meet the specific needs expressed by our customers. Please contact us for a project consulting >
To effectively target a specific need in English or French as a foreign language - Presentations, Meetings, Negotiations... - we offer the following courses thematic workshops >
And for ao get to know your host or target country, our intercultural workshops have a ccountry-specific content, e.g. China, Korea, Brazil, France, Germany… Contact us >
Do you require an official language certificate?
Each BTL learner receives a detailed final report at the end of his/her language training. It specifies their overall level and their specific level for each language skill, according to the CEFR scale, as well as their strengths and areas for improvement. In this way, the report shows the progress made and indicates the roadmap for further development. Find out more about language assessment services >
Sometimes it is desirable to supplement this rigorous assessment with an independent certificate, for personal or professional purposes. BTL offers its customers a selection of the best tests available on the market.
Your professional goals, our answers
What language training helps you acquire the vocabulary specific to your profession?
Our job-specific language training courses focus on the use of language specific to the learner's job, using authentic documents. Our experience in the corporate world has led us to train over 150 different functions over the last 40 years, in various fields such as insurance, pharmaceuticals and the environment.
Which language training course should you choose to target a key skill, such as report writing or negotiation?
Each "themed" workshop focuses on one of the professional skills needed to communicate in English in the workplace: handling telephone calls, reading and writing e-mails and reports, taking part in meetings or teleconferences, managing a negotiation, giving a presentation, etc.
Language training to improve your accent
Accent reduction coaching is totally personalized to the learner's pronunciation weaknesses. Our highly practical approach involves an initial analysis phase to identify areas for improvement (enunciation, intonation and emphasis, speed of delivery, projection, posture, etc.), followed by a series of activities to target these areas. All provided by an experienced teacher, trained in accent reduction techniques.
What language training is needed to master cultural issues?
The challenges of intercultural communication are addressed in each course by our native or bilingual trainers. We can also create a customized program to meet the cultural challenges of your specific context (India, China, Japan, Germany, etc.).
Which languages are taught at BTL?
Not only French as a foreign language (FLE), French for native speakers (FLM) and English, but also all those languages requested by our customers over the past 40 years, including... German, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Swedish, Dutch, Polish, Hebrew...
cross-disciplinary I'm very satisfied with my training, all the conditions required to make progress were in place... I appreciated his teaching methods, his approach and his way of working. , - Abdellatif M., digital sector. BTL learner in 2024.
What does language training at BTL include?
All foreign language training includes...
- Our individual audit by an expert teacher, written and oral
- Our customized program built to meet identified needs
- Our support multimedia courses
- Our walk-in appointments dedicated trainer comes to your premises or online appointment at a time to suit you
- Accompanying a native trainer and experienced (15 years on average)
- Our final report which positions its level on the European CEFR scale
- Proactive monitoring throughout the cycle to ensure guaranteed results - administrative, educational, quality ISO 9001
How does the pedagogical approach help you achieve your objectives?
- Program customization which is created according to the objectives identified during each learner's initial audit.
- Adapting to specific professional needs content evolves according to the learner's current professional situation, which puts it into practice new skills on a daily basis.
Meet our exceptional team of native teachers
Courses may be getting more diversified, and teaching materials may be evolving, but the teacher remains at the heart of any training programme: a quality teacher, skilled and committed to helping learners succeed in their professional projects. Only through long-term relationships have we been able to maximise the potential of our excellent trainers and offer our customers a consistently high quality of training.
Over 40 years' experience,
since 1983
99% of
learners
satisfied out of
15k polled
All our teachers are
graduates &
experienced
360° language services
Interested in learning more?
If you have any questions or would like a quote, we'd be delighted to hear from you.
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