Richmond Park
Academy
Courses for adults
- Business English
Course overview
Our Business English course prepares students to communicate clearly and professionally in today’s global workplace. Learners strengthen their ability to write effective emails, follow business discussions, contribute to meetings and use English with greater confidence in real professional settings. Cambridge’s current business-focused assessment option is Linguaskill Business, an online certificated exam for Business English.
Our Business English pathway develops from practical workplace communication at B1, to confident professional interaction at B2, and advanced managerial-level communication at C1. This aligns well with Cambridge’s business-focused descriptors and the current Cambridge assessment landscape, where Linguaskill Business certifies Business English from B1 to C2.
More detail
Our Business English course helps learners communicate effectively in professional and international workplace settings. Drawing on Cambridge English business assessment tasks, the course develops the language needed for emails, meetings, telephone communication, discussions, reports, proposals and presentations, while strengthening reading, writing, listening and speaking for real business situations. Learners can also prepare for Linguaskill Business, Cambridge’s certificated online Business English exam.
A more detailed Cambridge-aligned curriculum overview could be:
- Reading: understanding business texts such as workplace messages, business publications and practical written information.
- Writing: producing professional emails and, at higher levels, more extended workplace writing such as reports or proposals.
- Listening: following telephone conversations, workplace discussions and other business-related spoken communication.
- Speaking: discussing business matters clearly, contributing to meetings, and communicating effectively in professional contexts.
Curriculum overview for students preparing for university
Our Business English course is designed for learners who want to communicate confidently and professionally in the workplace. It focuses on practical English for real business situations, helping students develop the language they need for meetings, emails, discussions, presentations and day-to-day professional communication. Cambridge’s business-focused assessment materials describe tasks such as understanding business texts, writing short emails, following telephone conversations and discussions, and talking about business-related matters.
The Cambridge Linguaskill Business is a globally recognised, certificated, online and on-demand Business English exam for employers and education institutions, and assesses English from B1 to C2 CEFR.
In reading, the course develops the ability to understand workplace texts clearly and efficiently. Cambridge’s Business Certificates handbook refers to reading tasks built around business publications and practical written information, so the curriculum should include reading emails, messages, notices, reports, charts and business-related texts with a focus on key information, purpose and professional vocabulary.
In writing, students learn to produce clear, accurate and professional written English for the workplace. Cambridge’s business materials include short emails at earlier levels and, at higher levels, business correspondence, reports and proposals, so the writing curriculum should build from everyday workplace messages towards more structured and formal business writing.
In listening, learners develop the ability to follow spoken English in professional contexts. Cambridge’s business task descriptions include short telephone conversations and discussions, which makes listening practice especially relevant for meetings, calls, workplace updates and professional exchanges.
In speaking, the curriculum focuses on confident, effective communication in business situations. Cambridge’s business materials refer to talking about business-related matters and, at higher levels, being able to understand and contribute to discussions in meetings and communicate effectively at managerial and professional level.
See our class timetable
| TIME | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| 19:30 – 20:30 | Adults A | Adults B | Adults C | Adults Business | Adults A |
| 20:30 – 21:30 | Adults Business | Adults A | Adults B | Adults C | Adults A |
