Available courses

Art History

A history of the visual arts around the world, with emphasis on the meaning and philosophy of art.

English for Banking and Finance

This course is designed primarily for people who work in banks and other financial institutions. Such employees have at least two areas of interest. First they must deal with foreign customers on a day-to-day basis. Thus, they will have to engage in dialogues with customers about deposits, loans, transfers, remittances, etc. Secondly, these employees must master the complex world of international finance, so they must be able to read about the various innovations, such as Bitcoin, Microfinance, Investment accounts, etc.

The course is also suitable for advanced students who intend to work in the finance industry. Thus, university students and even late high school students can benefit from the course. For example, university business majors may take the course as supplementary to their undergraduate studies.

Bank employees are expected to have a reasonable level of English. Therefore, this course is not for beginners. It assumes a level of English required of most bank employees, and so it does not focus on grammar and basic rules of English, which would normally be treated in a General English course. Rather, it emphasizes vocabulary and phrases used in the financial industry.

 

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing this course, the students should be able to:

1.       Hold a conversation in English with a bank customer on the most common banking topics.

2.       Master the basic vocabulary of finance and banking.

3.       Read financial documents, either internal to the bank, or internationally.

4.       Describe the main tools of the financial industry and to explain the differences between them.

Assessment

Lesson Plans

Using Songs and Poems

Online Teaching

Teaching Idioms

Teaching IELTS/Duolingo

Teaching Speaking/Listening

Teaching Grammar

Teaching Writing

Teaching Reading

Principles of teaching English reading to speakers of foreign languages.

TOEFL Preparation

Powerpoint Structure

The importance of establishing a good structure in your Presentation. What are the elements of a good structure?

TEFL 120 Hour Certification Course

This is AATEFL 120 hour TEFL course after which a personalized, secure, online verifiable completion certificate is issued.

English for Cambodian Hospitality Management

The Tourism and Hospitality industry in Cambodia is growing rapidly, but job growth is not keeping pace with demand for services. The Phnom Penh Post recently estimated that some 400,000 job vacancies are going unfilled in the industry.

Educational Institutions are not providing the skilled management for the Hospitality industry. Programs exist, but students are not flocking to these specialties. One possible explanation for this apparent lack of interest is that in students’ minds the hospitality industry is synonymous with low-level jobs like cleaners and restaurant waiters. Potential students need to be convince of the need for upper-level jobs, especially management positions.

Perhaps even more than in most managerial positions, specialized positions in hospitality require a high level of specialized English. At present, training in such English is not being provided. School and colleges may offer courses that teach dialogues for waiters and receptionists, but little is done to offer instruction in the rather different English needed by hotel and restaurant managers.

This innovative course is aimed at potential managers of hotels and restaurants, where a specialized English is required on a daily basis.

The course offers specialized reading for comprehension, specialized vocabulary, internet search exercises, and “learning-by-doing” exercises, where students are asked to visit hotels and restaurants to observe the English used there and to compare that English with what they are learning in the material of this textbook.

The material can be used as a 3-credit, course at university level, or as a stand-alone course for potential and existing managers in the Hospitality industry.