Corporate Foreign Language Training
For those who are interested in
making maximum use of limited time,
learning the language in the country where it is spoken
is the most efficient and effective way to learn.
You can learn from CDs or DVDs or from a tutor that comes to your office,
but investing time and money to do a
Total Language Immersion program abroad is just so much more effective.
 In the long run, you will save time and money.
executive language courses
improve foreign language proficiency
become culturally prepared
Foreign Language Immersion /
Executive Language Courses
for
Executives & Professionals
25+ languages  /  40+ countries
“You never get a second chance  to make a first impression.”
FLSAS’ Corporate Foreign Language Training Courses are for Executives & Professionals:
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those who need to improve present foreign language skills;
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those who are just beginning their foreign language learning experience;
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those who want foreign language and cultural preparedness training before doing business in a country;
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and those for whom learning a foreign language is not the way they prefer to spend their time.
Doing business in a foreign country or doing business with foreign clients in your own office is not just about doing business anymore. Being successful globally is not only about business. In many countries and cultures you need to develop a rapport with your client before you start to do business. You need to be linguistically prepared and culturally prepared. Knowledge of at least the basics of the language of the country of your clients and some of the cultural traditions and etiquette goes a long way. You do not want to do something or say something that would  inadvertently offend your client by doing something that would be perfectly acceptable at home. You can unknowingly ask the wrong personal questions, make inappropriate gestures, misinterpret body language, etc. We offer programs that make maximum use of your limited time.  A short time spent in a country that speaks the language you are learning will accomplish a good deal.  It is a practical use of your time and money.  FLSAS Corporate Foreign Language Training are Active Language Learning Programs. That means that, unless otherwise requested, one part of your language instruction will be spent in lessons with texts and materials, and the other part will be spent out “in the street” using what you know (even if only the basics). It is an exciting way to learn with dynamic results. You learn the foreign language the way you learned your own language; you are living it. The final distribution of actual formal lessons, and activity lessons will be up to you. You can request special vocabularies and to meet people in your field. Unless you choose otherwise, lodging will be in a homestay. You need to live in a situation where you continuously hear only the target language. The hardest part of foreign language learning is mastering everyday conversations. You can best get that type of conversational exchange in a homestay. HomeStays are with executive appropriate hosts. There are 3 categories: Standard, Business and Luxury. Private bathrooms are definitely available. The educational level of the hosts is high. You are matched with hosts who share some of your interests. Sharing mutual interests facilitates conversation… and language learning. For those who are skeptical and have not had a total foreign language immersion experience before… If you only have one or two weeks, how much can you learn living the language in one week? Definitely much more than if you do not go at all. You have to take advantage of every opportunity, even if it is only one week. If you wait till you have something more ideal – 4 weeks or 6 weeks or longer – you will probably never do it… and you will miss out on business opportunities.
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Please let us know what type of Corporate Foreign Language Training you are looking for …
- Target Language
- Country
- Length of Stay
- Dates
- Present Proficiency Level (Absolute Beginner is perfectly OK)
- and what you want to accomplish?
- improve your conversation skills
- prepare for a trade show
- prepare for a presentation in another language
- better understand clients or employees
- learn about the culture of your clients or employees (being culturally aware and culturally prepared is a necessary part of doing business globally).
- or ???
 ■We will arrange a corporate foreign language training course to meet your requirements and give you the costs. Almost nothing is impossible. Unusual requests require more advance planning.
Some Additional Comments:
As the cliche goes, we all know that people do business with people they “know, like & trust.” Developing a rapport with your client is the proper way to begin the business or professional relationship.  To be known, liked and trusted by your present clients and employees or future clients and future employees, knowledge of their language will be an asset. It will show your clients that you take an interest in them personally, and are not just interested in their money. You do not have to be fluent or speak in perfect sentences. A little bit of effort goes a long way. It may be as simple as being able to ask your clients in their own language about their family members or about their favorite sports team or about their vacation. Or it can be a bit more complicated such as preparing yourself for a trade show where not everyone will speak English, giving a presentation in another country, attending a meeting or a seminar in another language. Even if you speak primarily in English (or other native language), having the basics of the language of the country makes a good first impresssion. If you study a foreign language for two weeks, you will not become fluent, no matter what some programs promise. Fluency is not the goal; that is a long term project. The real, most important short term reason to learn a foreign language, when you only have a limited amount of time, is to show your clients that you are interested in knowing more about them, learn about their culture, their holidays, their sports, their values, learn something about “where they are coming from” or “what makes them tick.” If you make the effort to converse with them, just a little bit, even at the basic level, you will be that much closer to knowing them and liking them and having them know, like and trust you. Very simply, spending even a limited amount of time in a country where the language is spoken will improve your foreign language proficiency skills much more quickly.