Portuguese Courses for Business in Cardiff

Many professionals in companies across the UK, as well as private individuals, have benefited from an Portuguese Language Course with SIMON & SIMON. We have a terrific team of qualified native-speaker Portuguese teachers, and with an average of 15 years' experience they will ensure you benefit from a course designed specifically around your needs, whether you are a complete beginner or an advanced learner with more specialised requirements. We consistently receive excellent feedback on our Portuguese tutors from our clients, and we send our students a profile on their Portuguese tutor prior to their Portuguese lessons commencing, with information on the tutor's background and experience.

Maybe your only knowledge of studying languages is what you remember from school. Modern language teaching has recently changed to be much more entertaining and rewarding. Your Portuguese lessons in Cardiff will be carried out almost completely in Portuguese. This is the Communicative Approach and by this method you will notice progress from the initial lesson. You will soon feel confident and able to use Portuguese to communicate in various business and social situations.

Our Portuguese language courses are available on both a 1:1 and group basis, but the majority of our clients offer 1:1 Portuguese training to their employees. However, with careful planning, group training can offer great value for money, provided there is a real commitment from the participants to get together at the same time every week. We strongly recommend you keep group numbers to 6 or less for these types of courses to be successful. Those learning Portuguese in at Cardiff on a 1:1 basis will naturally make much faster progress, as the course will be designed around their individual needs and focus on their particular strengths and weaknesses.

Portuguese Course Management

Every SIMON & SIMON Portuguese language course is overseen by one of our highly experienced Account Managers, all of whom are multi-lingual. At the start of your Portuguese language course we will send you a profile on your trainer, followed by a Course Plan and relevant course materials, and then a Progress Report after every 40 hours of training. You will also receive a copy of our quarterly newsletter, Breaking the Language Barrier, featuring a superb prize draw and invaluable weblinks to language learning sources.

SIMON & SIMON’s Portuguese language courses have been run for clients in many different locations. With a global network of language trainers a Portuguese language course can be held in almost any major city throughout Europe and elsewhere. We can arrange Portuguese language courses in your home or, as many of our clients prefer, in your offices to remove the need for you to travel. Full-time residential Portuguese language courses are also an option. For a list of locations, please contact our office.

Cardiff Portuguese Course Schedules

We run Portuguese language courses in Cardiff all year. Most of our students participate in no less than one 90-minute lesson per week, but many students will participate in more if work commitments allow. Weekend Courses can be facilitated, and our Portuguese weekday courses run from Monday to Friday, from 8am to 8pm. Intensive Portuguese language courses are also available and can be run at the client’s premises or a residential centre in the UK or overseas. These courses take place over 6 hours a day, Monday through Friday, for 30 hours per week.

Your Portuguese language course’s content will be tailored to your experience and goals. Prior to the course, we will assess your Portuguese language level and speak to you comprehensively about the areas and subjects you are interested in. Students may be complete novices who need everyday Portuguese conversational skills or have more proficiency in Portuguese and wish to be able to discuss various business topics such as banking or finance more fluently. Students may desire to bolster their Portuguese for negotiations and meetings or focus on gaining better listening, pronunciation and comprehension skills. No matter what your needs, you can be confident that our very experienced Portuguese language trainers will work with you on a Portuguese language course that is tailored for you so that you quickly meet your goals.

Portuguese Language Examination Courses

Portuguese examination preparation for business or other examinations can also be assisted with. Our students boast a 95% rate of passing such examinations, proving the value of our policy of Portuguese teachers in Cardiff with experience above the average. SIMON & SIMON also organises registration and administration of Portuguese examinations as well as issuing results certificates as a part of our service.

The table below is based on recognised language levels used by various academic institutions accross the European Union. A highly motivated student attending weekly sessions with their language trainer can expect to move from one level to another after 50 hours providing they also commit to a similar number of hours of self-study.

Of course, some people find learning languages easier than others, and some students will have more opportunities to practise the language in the course of their work and leisure, so these factors also need to be considered when trying to assess how long it will take to move from one level to another.

Company Funded Training

If your company is thinking of investing in language training our free consultation and demo lesson is a real opportunity to see if SIMON & SIMON is right for you - hundreds of other companies have chosen SIMON & SIMON, so we hope you will join them.

To take up this special offer, please call Cristiana Aragoni, on 020 7931 9869 - quoting "Demo Lesson" - our no-obligation consultation and demo lesson is free of charge.

Self-Funded Training

If you are interested in taking one of our courses as a private individual, then our free demo lessons are a perfect opportunity for you to meet one of our language trainers, experience the teaching methodology firsthand, and for us to assess your level and course needs - all with no obligation.

Demo lessons typically last 1 hour, and take place at our offices in central London, close to Victoria Station.

To take up this special offer, please call Cristiana Aragoni, on 020 7931 9869 - quoting "Demo Lesson" - our no-obligation consultation and demo lesson is free of charge.

Portuguese is a Romance language developed from Galician-Portuguese that was spoken in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia. It is an official language of the European Union, the Organisation of American States, the African Union, and Lusophone countries. With around 240 million speakers, Portuguese is the sixth-most spoken language in the world. Portuguese is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Mozambique. According to estimates by UNESCO, Portuguese and Spanish are the fastest-growing European languages after English and the language has the highest potential for growth as an international language in southern Africa and South America.

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