Our comprehensive range of language training courses for professionals
Entirely dedicated to language training for professionals Since 1983, BTL has offered a comprehensive range of three professional language courses based on a communicative approach.
- Visit general career path : from foreign language training based on professional language.
- Visit «job-specific» language course», which combines work on cross-disciplinary skills, technical vocabulary related to the learner's field of activity (finance, digital, medical, etc.) and the specificities of their role.
- Visit customized language course : it is designed for professionals with a specific goal in mind, such as a presentation or negotiation. BTL works with the learner to build a personalized Premium, 100% program combining training and coaching to prepare them for their project.
We take care to build training courses in over 20 languages that meet your business objectives. Whether the beneficiary is a beginner, intermediate, or advanced learner, the modules’learning the target language are tailored to your needs. Before starting, a language assessment allows us to evaluate your level according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).
You benefit from a personalized instruction with a native-speaking trainer who has experience in your field. The formats can be adapted to suit your employees' preferences and working hours: distance learning or face-to-face training at your premises (in Paris or elsewhere in France), blended learning, individual or group language courses, intensive courses, or advanced training courses.
With BTL, learning a language becomes a profitable investment, thanks to teaching methods rooted in your professional reality.
What are your foreign language needs?
Improving cross-disciplinary skills
Work on the essentials of general business language—whether in English, French as a foreign language, or another language.
Better communication on technical points specific to the business
Finance, IT, medicine... Master the language specific to your field of activity while working on cross-disciplinary skills.
Prepare a particular project
Do you have a unique need or project? BTL will create a customized program for you.
Our 3 language training courses
Our general professional language courses
General professional language training is language development for professional purposes, whether in English, French as a foreign language, or another foreign language. Language courses enable students to acquire or develop professional and cross-disciplinary language skills:
- oral and written expression,
- oral and written comprehension,
- pronunciation,
- general and professional vocabulary,
- grammar.
These concepts are based on specific, operational professional situations, such as:
- Managing telephone calls
- Presentating your company and its activities
- Reading and writing e-mails and reports
- Professional or socio-professional exchanges over the phone or face-to-face
- Participation in meetings and teleconferences
- Managing negotiations...
Our sector-specific language courses
Specialized language training courses enable participants to tackle the«use of language appropriate to the learner's role by working with authentic documents.
This work is combined with training in the language and professional skills essential to this role (telephone calls, writing emails and reports, meetings, etc.).
The language skills developed are thus systematically applied and reintegrated into the learners' field of activity.
Our experience in the corporate world has led us to train more than 150 different roles over the last 40 years, adapting our teaching approach to the specific needs of each of these professions. Here is a non-exhaustive sample:
- RH
- Commercial
- Legal
- ESG
- Luxury and culture
- Digital
Our customized 100% language training programs
If all the BTL training courses are customized, Here, 100% content is developed directly to address a specific theme, project, or topic.
Visit coaching Individualized training enables executives and senior officials to improve their oral performance in a variety of specific contexts, particularly in public speaking:
- a presentation at a symposium, conference or general meeting
- a presentation including a question-and-answer session
- an interview with the press (written, radio, or television)
Our training organization provides fully customized thematic workshops to your goal, such as:
- coaching in accent reduction : It is suitable for French speakers who already have a good level of English but want to improve their understanding of spoken English and express themselves more fluently, eliminating accent problems.
- support for a future oral presentation or seminar facilitation, or even an important negotiation with a foreign client or supplier.
- the’intercultural workshop allows you to learn about your host or target country in order to better understand cultural issues: China, Korea, Brazil, France, Germany, etc.
These tailor-made courses focus on advanced mastery of both spoken and written language.
Which languages are taught at BTL?
Not only French as a foreign language (FLE), French for native speakers (FLM) and English, but also all modern languages requested by our clients over the past 40 years, including... German, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Swedish, Dutch, Polish, Hebrew... and French Sign Language!
cross-disciplinary I'm very satisfied with my training, all the conditions required to make progress were in place... I appreciated his teaching methods, his approach and his way of working. , – Abdellatif M., digital sector.
A variety of formats for tailored language learning
Each of the three courses is available:
- in In person at our Paris training center, at your premises anywhere in France, or remote,
- in one-to-one or in collective,
- via a blended learning platform, combining online training with video and interaction with a language teacher.
Our language school also offers:
- of intensive courses,
- internshipsimmersion abroad,
- or even conversation classes.
Meet our exceptional team of native teachers
While courses are becoming more diverse and teaching materials are evolving, trainers remain at the heart of training: high-quality, trained, committed trainers who want to support their learners in achieving their professional goals.
Language courses are taught by experienced instructors with dual expertise:
– mastery of the target language
– long-standing professional expertise in a specific field of activity.
Only long-term monitoring allows us to optimize the potential of excellent trainers and offer our clients consistent training quality, with a stable team of native or bilingual trainers, some of whom have dual nationality, who are qualified to teach their main language.
The possibility of obtaining official certification to validate language proficiency
Each BTL learner receives a detailed final report at the end of their language training. The report specifies:
- their overall level and their specific level for each language skill, according to the CEFR scale;
- its strengths and areas for improvement.
The report thus reflects the progress made and sets out the roadmap for its further development.
Find out more about all our language assessment services >
Sometimes it is advisable to supplement our internal assessment with an independent certificate, for personal or professional purposes.
BTL offers its clients a selection of the best tests available on the market (TOEIC, CLOE, LILATE, Bright Language, Pipplet, etc.) and support with preparation, registration, and taking the exam.
What does language training at BTL include?
All foreign language training includes...
- Our individual audit by an expert teacher, written and oral
- Our customized program built to meet identified needs
- Our support multimedia courses
- Our walk-in appointments dedicated trainer comes to your premises or online appointment at a time to suit you
- Accompanying a native or bilingual trainer experienced (15 years on average)
- Our final report which positions its level on the European CEFR scale
- Proactive monitoring throughout the cycle to ensure guaranteed results - administrative, educational, quality ISO 9001
How does the pedagogical approach help you achieve your objectives?
- Program customization which is created according to the objectives identified during each learner's initial audit.
- Adapting to specific professional needs content evolves according to the learner's current professional situation, which puts it into practice new skills on a daily basis.
Support that is as tailored as our language training courses
BTL's strength lies in providing personalized support not only to learners but also to HR teams and training managers:
- Strategy and advice to perfectly address your business challenges
- Optimizing your training plan with a focus on ROI
- Tracking and reporting on your employees' training
- Support with financing (OPCO, CPF, and other assistance programs)
Because we know that choosing a language training organization is no small matter, we put our experience at your service.
Your professional goals, our answers
Over 40 years' experience,
since 1983
99% of
learners
satisfied out of
15k polled
All our teachers are
qualified &
experienced
360° language services
If you have any questions or would like a quote, we'd be delighted to hear from you.
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