Posted By Webmaster on October 31, 2011

Training to increase productivity and profitability:-

I recently had the pleasure of catching up with an old friend of mine who is a specialist at training to increase productivity and profitability while he was visiting Bangkok. Our conversation provided me with a trigger to focus my thoughts on the importance, value and results of corporate training to increase productivity and staff development.

English language training to increase productivity makes staff a more valuable asset for the company

Firstly, there is the effect on the individual staff member: a training programme will enhance the employee’s knowledge and skills and quality of output, as well as helping in developing motivation, loyalty and positive attitudes. An employee who underoes special courses of training to increase productivity will become better acquainted with the requirements of his or her job and will need less supervision – thus there will be less wastage of time and effort.

Furthermore, staff who receive training to increase productivity become eligible for promotion and consequently become a more valuable asset for the company.

Secondly, continuing professional development engenders a more elevated level of morale, job satisfaction and team spirit among the staff, desirable contributing factors to high standards of quality in the workplace and to the success of the organization. Moreover, training to increase productivity also helps in creating a better corporate image.

Thirdly, as supremely important tangible benefits for the company, staff who undergoe training to increase productivity will provide increased profitability – a valuable and positive return on the monetary outlay for the training programme.

English language training to increase productivity is clearly a vital area for management and staff professional development in today’s ever expanding international arena for government, professional and commercial organizations in Thailand, since English is the universal language of communication.

English Click can deliver English language training to increase productivity programmes to suit the specific needs and specialist requirements of organizations based in Thailand so that they reap the benefits described in the three paragraphs above.

English language vocabulary:
catching up with (verb + preposition + preposition): meeting and talking to again

trigger (noun): mechanism to start an action

motivation (noun): reason to do things

loyalty (noun): remaining committed to an organization

acquainted with (verb + preposition): knowledgeable about

engenders (verb): brings about

more elevated (adverb + adjective): higher

morale (noun): employees’ joint feeling towards an organization

desirable (adjective): to be wished for

tangible (adjective): real and can be shown

arena (noun): field

universal (adjective): worldwide

reap (verb): gather or collect

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Posted By Webmaster on October 10, 2010

Good English communication skills essential for public relations and presentations

The importance of good spoken English language skills for those working in public relations, marketing and presentation areas is highlighted very well in a pertinent article I have just read describing a presentation given to an audience of travel journalists from around the world promoting tourism in Bangkok.

High level English language proficiency is vital for those involved in public relations and marketing whose job is to promote the Thailand tourism industry. Photo: John Le Fevre

The core message of this commentary is that public relations campaigns and presentations in the international arena require high level English language speaking skills to ensure that they are truly effective. English Click, through its many professional training programs, can provide specific English language training courses that meet this need.

The particular presentation the writer was referring to happened to be in the extremely important tourism sector, and I quote some sentences from the article:

1. Most Thai companies and institutions have difficulty communicating to a non-Thai public.

2. The presenter had incredible difficulties understanding and speaking English in front of [the] foreign media.

3. The presenter admitted that he had not understood the question very well due to his poor English skills.

4. Most other questions, for example, about budgets for tourism, cooperation in tourism fields, etc. remained unanswered.

In the field of tourism, English Click is able to deliver effective, results-driven English Language Training Courses for the Hotel and Hospitality Industries and English Language Training Course for the Travel and Tourism Industries, with each course focusing on the specific vocabulary used by those working in (i) tourism in general, (ii) hotels and (iii) restaurants.

On a general level, making an effective English language presentation with good public relations expertise requires directing one’s attention to many different details in technique and practice, as well as the ability to speak English and listen with understanding.

Again, English Click can provide training courses in how to give effective presentations in English, adapting the detail of the course to any company or organization that wishes to avail itself of this program.

English language vocabulary

core (noun-adjective): central
pertinent (adjective): relevant to a particular subject
arena (noun): field
incredible (adjective): unbelievable
vocabulary (noun): the body of words used in a particular language
expertise (noun): advanced skill or knowledge
technique (noun): particular methods of doing something
adapting (verb): changing to make more suitable
avail itself (verb): make use of

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Posted By Webmaster on September 3, 2010

Kasetsart University teams up with English Click for general English communications

The importance of general English communications skills in the workplace will be emphasized at a seminar/ workshop being conducted by English Click in conjunction with Kasetsart University on September 7.

The two and a half hour session is a realistic and positive initiative by the University’s teaching staff and recognizes that their students, once they enter the workforce after graduating, will advance further and faster in their chosen career if they possess high level English language skills.

The seminar will highlight a number of general situations and requirements that occur in all working organizations, whether they are in the government sector or in the private commercial field.

Clearly there is a host of particular vocabulary and expression sets applying to each individual work pursuit and the students at Kasetsart University will need to follow up with further specialized study to acquire the English language jargon of their own chosen profession.

The seminar is based on a special 24-page booklet divided into six modules and contains a number of activities that enable the students to practice their English skills.

Our general English communications skills workshop/ seminar modules comprise:

1. General introduction to English language
DVD illustrating English dialogue in the workplace.

2. Telephoning
Audio examples of x dialogues.
Activity – students practise a conversation in pairs.

3. Looking after visitors
Meeting, welcoming and looking after a visitor – offering refreshments.
Activity – students role play this scenario in pairs.

4. Writing
English language writing used in the workplace: e-mails and letters, reports and research documents, minutes of meetings.
Activity – students to complete a short writing exercise.

5. Presentations
Common English language used in presentations and basic rules for giving an effective presentation.

6. English language social communications in the workplace
Audio example of a work related English language social communications dialogue.
Activity – students hold a social conversation, e.g. at a conference, in groups.

The evening promises to be informative and rewarding, and we will post photographs of the seminar in a future Talking Point update next week.

English Click can provide fully tailored general English communications skills courses on each of the modules included in the seminar for companies or other education facilities wishing to duplicate the progressive approach taken by Kasetsart University on request.

English language vocabulary

initiative (noun): new and imaginative piece of action
graduating (gerund): obtaining a degree
career (noun): the course over time of a person’s job or profession
occur (verb): happen
host (noun): very large number
pursuit (noun): following, search
jargon (noun): specialised language used in a particular profession
modules (noun): sections

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