"I have begun to dream in English and I am proud of this" says French business client

Anne Sophie came to Heritage English from Paris for an intensive one-to-one business English language training week this month.  She works for an international corporation that provides water treatment and environmental services.

She needed to improve her English to communicate with more confidence in meetings, to improve her vocabulary and to be able to socialise more easily and take minutes in meetings.

In the lessons Gail focused on her need to consolidate the use of English tenses and general grammar structures.  Celia followed on the training with videos and exercises to practise functional phrases for participating in meetings.  This is something that Anne Sophie will be expected to do in her future role when travelling overseas to visit colleagues and clients overseas.

We took a "selfie" on a visit to Hurst Castle

"I appreciated the 1-1 lessons in the teacher's house and I felt very comfortable with it.  It gave the opportunity to make conversation in and out of lessons.  

"My host family was great!  Caroline and Stuart were straightforward and warm - that is all I needed.

"I have begun to dream in English - so I am quite proud of this!"

Thank you Anne-Sophie.  We wish you all the best in the future.
Celia and Gaile

Presentation practice pays off for Paris-based international communications director: "Our client was very happy"

We were delighted to get a telephone call from David Bitton last month.  David is an old (not in years) student who now regularly comes back to us for a boost in his English when business requires fluency for a new presentation to clients.  

David is an actor, author and playwright based in Paris, who also heads a successful company providing communication training to people needing to convey a message in the global business world.

On this occasion he had to present his ideas to an important new client, to be followed up by a practical workshop... in English! 

 The first problem was that the English text had been translated from the French original by a computer.  We all know the problems with computer language, so it was a 24-hour task for his teacher to work together correcting the mistakes as well as keeping the right meaning for the message he wanted to communicate.

The second problem was that David had only 2 days available to re-write his script and to practise!

We managed the first task, but had no time for the second.  However the opportunity to socialise with us and his lovely hosts Sam and Andy helped him to find his oral fluency and read below what he said about the result ...

Celia, Sam and Gail 

Many thanks for all these nice moments with you ….

We had a lot of success not only in our conference but also in our workshops.

It was challenging but very interesting to meet people from all around the world

Our client was very happy and we‘ve been rewarded with applause :)

This time we forgot to take photos, but here is a sunny summer photo of  David and Celia, taken on his first visit to Heritage English in 2010