English Courses in Portsmouth for Human Resources

What are the course objectives for the
English for Human Resources Course?

The course is designed to develop the communicative performance of Human Resources staff in their dealings with staff, superiors, external colleagues, trade unions and other HR personnel in an international context. It is also intended to enable them to use standard HR terminology with the appropriateness of linguistic context and style.

We have HR staff from many different areas come and study with us, with varying levels of experience and expertise. In the last two years, we have had HR executives from Recruitment, Labour relations, Consultancy, Training and Development to name a few. Students whose English is excellent and students who are still not confident in expressing themselves in English.

English for HR professionals: Communication Skills

In our English for Human Resources course as well as formal classroom teaching to learn English, there is an emphasis on communicating effectively and to help our students achieve this, study activities include role-plays, case studies and simulations, video and audio recorded simulations

While focussing on the language of HR there is also a broad range of input about business English in general. The focus of the Human Resources course is on practical & effective business English for professionals and communication skills, and depending on the students’ specific needs may include:

• Meetings and Teleconferencing – how to participate with other members of a team.
• Negotiations – discussing how to come to an agreement with someone in a diplomatic way.
• Presenting Information – being able to express oneself in a clear way.
• Dealing with Numerical Data.
• Telephoning – checking and clarifying and improving listening skills.
• Socialising and Networking – Before or after a meeting, at a conference or in the restaurant.
• E-mail, Letter and Report Writing.
• Cross-cultural awareness – how different culture approach similar situations and how to avoid misunderstanding.

Human Resource English for Professionals: Lexical Content

On the English for Human Resources course we will work together with the student to look at the language that is required for them to be able to do their job more effectively, this might include building the range of vocabulary in some of the following areas::

• The role of Human Resources Management.
• Job Analysis.
• Planning and Recruitment.
• Selection and Interviewing.
• Training and Development.
• Compensation, Incentives and Benefits.
• Diversity.
• Strategy.
• HR Documents.
• The Legal environment.
• Appraisal and career management.

Special emphasis is placed on the relevant vocabulary, register and grammatical structures that are used in this field and the client is given the opportunity to practise using the language that he or she has acquired by means of seminars, group sessions and communicative practice activities.

English lessons for HR: A Case Study

To read what Chiara has to say about the English for Human Resources course that she attended last year. Click here.