To give participants the necessary skills and knowledge to start teaching Business English. To prepare candidates to take the LCCE FTBE exam, if they wish.
The IH BET is a 50 hour course consisting of 30 hours of input and 20 hours of homework (reading or action research) tasks, plus a post-course reflection. The course contains 30 modules divided into 3 strands: Basic Business Awareness, Professional Skills and Methodology and Materials. Course length varies according to the Teacher Training Centre.
| Basic Business Awareness | Professional Skills | Methodology and Materials |
| Course introduction | Strand introduction | Learner-centred approaches |
| Business speaking skills | Needs analysis | Approaches to classroom practice |
| Business writing skills | Syllabus design | The lexical approach |
| Corporate structure | Principles of lesson planning | Practising speaking skills |
| Marketing | "The client approach" to teaching executives | Practising writing skills |
| Sales | Conducting feedback | Using authentic materials |
| Accountancy | Adapting published materials | |
| Banking | Adapting materials from video and radio | |
| Markets | The numerical-graphical approach | |
| Human Resources Management 1 | Business games | |
| Human Resources Management 2 | Creating your own materials | |
| Product development and production |
|
There is no assessed teaching in this course. Candidates submit a post-course reflective assignment and a portfolio of seven tasks taken from the homework set in Strands 2 and 3 of the course. The final portfolio is moderated by the IH Assessment Unit. The course is run by qualified and experienced Business English teachers.
Disclaimer: International House Trust and International House World Organisation are associated with International House Language School New York (www.ihnewyork.com) but are not associated with, or connected to, International House-New York and the residential and programmatic services provided by International House-New York.