EXPAND YOUR WORLD - FOREIGN LANGUAGES OPEN DOORS TO MORE FUTURE POSSIBILITIES
Two Different Approaches.
TRADITIONAL APPROACH - EXECUTIVE IMMERSION - exec-iMMERSION
LESS TRADITIONAL APPROACH - FOCUSED IMMERSION - LEARN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL PLAYGROUND
LESS TRADITIONAL APPROACH - FOCUSED IMMERSION - LEARN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL PLAYGROUND
Traditionally, the way foreign languages are taught, you go from Beginner Level to Elementary to Intermediate, etc., etc. It is like going up a staircase. To really learn to speak the language correctly, you need to go from one level to another. Vocabulary and idioms are introduced in a certain order.
LESS TRADITIONAL APPROACH - FOCUSED IMMERSION - LEARN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL PLAYGROUND
LESS TRADITIONAL APPROACH - FOCUSED IMMERSION - LEARN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL PLAYGROUND
LESS TRADITIONAL APPROACH - FOCUSED IMMERSION - LEARN THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL PLAYGROUND
Many individuals need to learn a language for professional reasons and need to learn it quickly. For those we have focused foreign language learning. You focus on the vocabulary and idioms of what is close to you, in other words, what you need for your business or profession, It is like children using the words for things in their playground. You use the words and idioms. You build on that. Your sentences will not be perfect grammatically at the beginning, but people will understand you. The more you use the vocabulary and listen to native speakers using the same words and idioms, the grammar will fall into place.
Live It to Learn It.
We offer programs that make maximum use of your limited time. A short time spent in a country that speaks the language you are learning will accomplish a good deal. It is a practical use of your time and money.
METHOD
FLSAS Executive Foreign Language Training Programs are Active Language Learning Programs. Foreign Language Learning is "an out of classroom" experience. That means that, unless otherwise requested, one part of your language instruction will be spent in lessons with texts and materials, and the other part will be spent out “in the street” using what you know (even if only the basics).
It is an exciting way to learn with dynamic results. You learn the foreign language the way you learned your own language; you are living it. The final distribution of actual formal lessons, and activity lessons will be up to you. You can request special vocabularies and to meet people in your field.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE SKEPTICAL
For those who are skeptical and have not had a total foreign language immersion experience before… If you only have one or two weeks, how much can you learn "living the language" in one week? Definitely much more than if you do not go at all! You have to take advantage of every opportunity, even if it is only one week. If you wait till you have something more ideal – 4 weeks or 6 weeks or longer – you will probably never do it… and you will miss out on business opportunities.
TWO APPROACHES
Traditional Approach - Executive Language Learning.
You learn the language by progressing from one level to the next. This is important for those who want a strong foundation in the language and want to concentrate on the grammar.
Less Traditional Approach - Focused Foreign Language Learning - Learn the Language of Your Professional Playground.
When you are a child, you learn to speak concentrating on the vocabulary and idioms that you need to "get what you want." As an executive or professional there are specific vocabulary wordsRunning a holiday sale or weekly special? Definitely promote it here to get customers excited about getting a sweet deal.
Customers have questions, you have answers. Display the most frequently asked questions, so everybody benefits.
Comments on "Doing Business Internationally."
you do not get a second chance to make a first impression
Doing Business Internationally is not just about “doing business.”
Doing business in a foreign country or doing business with foreign clients in your own office is not just about doing business anymore. Being successful globally is not only about business. In many countries and cultures you need to develop a rapport with your client before you start to do business.
You need to be linguistically prepared and culturally prepared. Knowledge of at least the basics of the language of the country of your clients and some of the cultural traditions and etiquette goes a long way. You do not want to do something or say something that would inadvertently offend your client by doing something that would be perfectly acceptable at home. You can unknowingly ask the wrong personal questions, make inappropriate gestures, misinterpret body language, etc.
Developing a rapport with your client is the proper way to begin the business or professional relationship. Knowledge of their language will be an asset. It will show your clients that you take an interest in them personally, and are not just interested in their money.
You do not have to be fluent or speak in perfect sentences. A little bit of effort goes a long way. It may be as simple as being able to ask your clients in their own language about their family members or about their favorite sports team or about their vacation. Or it can be a bit more complicated such as preparing yourself for a trade show where not everyone will speak English, giving a presentation in another country, attending a meeting or a seminar in another language. Even if you speak primarily in English (or other native language), having the basics of the language of the country makes a good first impression.
If you study a foreign language for two weeks, you will not become fluent, no matter what some programs promise. Fluency is not the goal; that is a long term project. The real, most important short term reason to learn a foreign language, when you only have a limited amount of time, is to show your clients that you are interested in knowing more about them, learn about their culture, their holidays, their sports, their values, learn something about “where they are coming from” or “what makes them tick.” If you make the effort to converse with them, just a little bit, even at the basic level, it will make doing business that much easier. Try it.
Very simply, spending even a limited amount of time in a country where the language is spoken will improve your foreign language proficiency skills much more quickly.