It is estimated that soon 87% of global business will take place in English. Students, although they can speak well in day-to-day conversations, still lack the professional communication skills required by employers today.

Many talented and devoted teachers have decided to enter the world of Business English without any background, training, or planning on how to make a successful go of it.

21st Century Skills, the Soft Skills, the 4C’s, are just a small part of what learners will need in the future. This talk will visit the problem and present a constructive future for new and improving BE professionals.

Presented by Rob Howard – Teacher trainer & Joint Coordinator @ IATEFL BESIG.

Our Masterclass workshops are typically delivered in 90 mins.

At Gallery Teachers, we endorse the philosophy of building on your previous knowledge and experience as opposed to just imparting knowledge on you. 

Therefore, in order to prepare you for the webinar and help you activate what you already know about the topic, we will suggest two to four reflective questions for you to consider before you join the event.

You will also be given the opportunity to post your reflections, along with any questions you may already have at the pre-watching stage, to the discussion forum. 

The reflective questions, as well as ideas and shared experiences posted to the forum by attendees, will be used in the real-time Q&A session in order to generate an engaging and meaningful discussion, involving the presenter and teachers from around the world. 

After the event, the forum discussion will take on a life of its own and teachers will be encouraged to continue posting their experiences, reflections and questions related to the topic of the webinar. So, if you feel strongly about the topic, we will make it possible for you to take the discussion beyond the scheduled workshop and continue sharing your ideas with like-minded teachers and teacher trainers from other countries