German for Professional Purposes B1+/B2

Kursbeskrivning

The language course German for professional purposes B1+/B2 teaches professional language for communication and completing your job requirements. You can apply the course content to various professional fields – from production jobs to service professions. The course takes you through listening, reading, writing, and speaking modules to help you master your workday.

Train skills and competencies for different jobs in the professional world with precision and practice to noticeably improve your speaking in challenging communication situations at work. Learn to understand and take on complex tasks in the office with partners and clients or within your company using written and spoken language.

Develop your vocabulary and grammar while you learn stylistic devices and expressions. Practice applying them in elevated and appropriate writing to represent your company well and act impactfully. The practical phonetics training in the LcL Language Lab rounds out your speaking by showing you how to use stress and intonation correctly and with intention.

Spoken and written communication strategies for work

- Navigate your current workplace and interact professionally with colleagues, clients, and partners

- Discuss job goals, the labor market, and career counseling, find company information

- Explain your biography, skills, strengths and weaknesses, cover letter, and gaps in your CV

- Different companies and types of employment, recognition and certification, treatment men/women, national differences

- Guides, orientation, job interviews, business ideas, being self-employed, working at the bank, founding a company, and getting a business loan

- Understand company structures: responsibilities, departments, job division, and teamwork

- Communicate with customers using the phone, the computer, mail, the radio, and social media

- Job ads, employers, undeclared work, experience reports, and safety precautions at work

- Product information, services, offers, ratings, and comparisons, quality control

- Announcements, job orders, work contracts, instructions, rights and responsibilities, works council, and holidays

- Administrative issues and bills, appointments, forms, checklists, protocols, and warning notices

- Ad statements, emails, professional correspondence, and sales calls

- Conversations with and advice from colleagues, introductions, small talk, team celebrations, greeting cards, invitations

- Work procedures, employee conversations, and workplace conflict

- Meetings, termination, and payroll, internal company topics, cooperation

- Professional presentations, functions, processes and machines, preparing and giving talks

- Safety in the workplace, accidents, hazards, and traffic accidents

- Professional development, plans for the future, being in a foreign country, exams