Why Blended?

Research has demonstrated that blended training programmes improve the transmission of learning from knowledge to application. Blended English language courses offer you the advantages of classroom-based training integrated with the cost-effectiveness and flexibility of elearning, combining group learning and discussion, self-training, interactive learning and individual tutoring from qualified professional English teachers.


Objectives

Blended Learning courses are designed to improve the participant's use of English in all four language areas including fluency and comprehension. The elearning part of the learning cycle expands and enriches the participant's knowledge of vocabulary and grammar, and improves reading and listening comprehension. Participants improve their fluency through applied simulations, conversation, and skills workshops with native English language trainers - in the classroom, by telephone, virtual classroom or email support.


How can Blended English courses help us?

  • Effectiveness and Productivity - optimizing the training process
    • more time available with the trainer for fluency practice and role-play consolidation,
    • 360 degree learning and practice of each language skill in a realistic business context,
    • more emphasis on personalization and application to the client's business and sector.
  • Flexibility - the possibility to adapt learning to your work schedule and demands
    • shorter, more powerful learning sessions,
    • a personalized learning curve and pace adapted to each individual's needs and abilities.
  • Innovation - evolution in the training process:
    • powerful and insightful progress monitoring and reporting,
    • higher student motivation and participation,
    • stimulating high-quality interactive content and bespoke classroom role-plays.

So how does it work?

The course integrates classroom or telephone coaching lessons with a qualified English language teacher with online study to improve the participant's application and confidence in using English.

The Blended Learning English course focuses on the accomplishment of student-specific performance objectives and the development of new skills using an initial TNA to recommend a personalized learning path, and providing the student and HR Department with measurable and documented progress statistics.

The elearning part of the course allows you to choose which topics to study according to the participant's individual strengths and weaknesses in comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, etc. Participants can also choose to specialize in Business EnglishPDF document, General EnglishPDF document, or a combination of both.

Using the English language competencies test results, the course is composed of three steps:

Blended Learning English course objectives


Personalizing the Learning Cycle

The first phase of the course concentrates on testing, induction, and tailoring the course to the individual needs of the participant.

The second phase is divided into two streams - didactic and application/practice. The didactic stream allows each participant to:

Blended Learning for English courses study at their own pace due to the flexibility of the eLearning course, complemented and reinforced by the study book
English courses with Blended Learning practise and perfect new concepts with a qualified English teacher
English courses for companies using Blended Learning receive feedback and reminders from the follow-up

The application/practice stream reinforces and builds confidence in the participant's use of the English language through role-plays, conversation, skills workshops and debates. As with the elearning part of the course, the teacher lessons can be designed to focus on specific Business English situations or general English language skills.

The skills workshops can be adapted to deliver specialized client- or sector-specific training as well as International Presentation Skills, Clear Communication, Negotiations in English, Understanding and Writing Legal Documents, etc.

Blended Learning English course: study and learning cycle - click here to view explanation (pdf format)

View learning cycle explanationPDF document


Progress Reporting

TJ Taylor Training provides constant up-to-date reporting to the HR department and participants to monitor progress, resolve problems and to maximize learning performance and so our client's investment in training.

 

If you would like further information on the didactic content of our courses you can consult the Business English course curriculumPDF document or the General English course curriculumPDF document.

Our Blended English language courses have been designed to deliver cost-effective, flexible and didactically rigorous English language training. Should you require any further information, a no-obligation quotation, or would like to discuss how our courses can help your company communicate across countries and cultures, we are always available by email or telephone.

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