Opportunities for professional development: Developing People Internationally and Communicating Internationally in English
A workshop presented by Steve Flinders, York AssociatesFebruary 11th, 2012
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Télécom ParisTech
Once you go through the 49 rue Vergniaud gate, go straight, through the car park to the large set of double doors. Opale will be on your right as you enter the building.
Where is Business English going? Are you keeping track with developments in the field. It is clear that more and more, BE teachers are being expected to help their clients focus on business outcomes and successful international communication rather than on language accuracy and that adding intercultural awareness and interpersonal skills training to your repertoire can provide you with a professional advantage.
York Associates is a training organisation based in York in the north of England which offers various types of trainer training courses to support Business English teachers in their professional development, including two which work on these areas:
- Developing People Internationally (DPI) is a three-day course which has been run successfully in France on several occasions over the last four years, to help trainers to deliver international team training;
- Communicating Internationally in English (CIE) is a new one-day interpersonal skills training course which will be launched in France later in 2012. Descriptions of both courses are below. Both courses will be supported by The Language Network
The three-hour workshop for TESOL France in February will provide participants with a taste of what happens in each of these training courses and will provide insights into both these areas of training. The workshop will stand alone with practical takeaways from both halves, but in addition, attendees will qualify for an additional 5% discount on top of the 15% discount on the standard prices for which TESOL France members are already eligible.
The workshop will be led by Steve Flinders, a director of York Associates.
Developing People Internationally accreditation workshop,
Paris, 22 - 24 June
This course is for teachers and coaches who wish to develop their
skills to deliver international team training. Participants are
introduced to the DPI framework and approach, and familiarised with a
flexible collection of video-based materials developed by York
Associates. These focus on the common challenges of working in
international teams e.g. building team understanding, creating a clear
direction, dealing with conflict and achieving cooperation. The course
is designed to provide trainers with materials to design their own
specialised courses on international team development and is also
relevant for those wishing to integrate this topic within their
existing teaching practice.
Communicating Internationally in English one day trainer
training workshop in 2012
This course aims to develop the core interpersonal skills essential
for successful professional communication across cultures.
Participants will develop their understanding of some of the
fundamental interpersonal communication challenges which support all
human communication: clear speaking, effective listening, building
relationships, influencing, giving feedback, making collective
decisions, facilitating diverse groups, etc. The course will enable
participants to develop self-awareness of
their own personal communication style, the styles of others and to
find strategies to create stronger mutual understanding and achieve
better results at work. It will draw on ideas in York Associates'
2011 book, Communicating Internationally in English by Bob Dignen
(director of York Associates) and Ian McMaster (editor-in-chief of
Business Spotlight magazine).