Improve your English for meetings, presentations, emails, workplace conversations, and more through fully customized one-to-one training. Every course is built around your role, industry, communication challenges, and professional goals. Whether you work in finance, engineering, healthcare, HR, IT, or another field, your training focuses on the English you actually use at work.
Start by speaking with a teacher — it’s free. Your intake appointment is with a professional English Center trainer, not a salesperson. You’ll receive real feedback and practical course advice from the start.
This private Business English course is designed for professionals who already use English—or expect to use it more—and want to communicate more confidently and effectively at work. Whether you're preparing for a new role, working in an international team, or simply want to feel more comfortable using English every day, your course will be tailored to your goals.
Your course can include a broad range of workplace communication skills. Together, you and your trainer decide where to place the greatest emphasis based on your role, goals, and day-to-day communication challenges.
No two professionals have exactly the same communication challenges. That's why every Business English course is designed around your role, industry, current level, and professional goals. Together with your trainer, you'll decide where to focus your time to achieve the greatest impact.
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Business priorities change, and your Business English course should be able to change with them. For example, in the first few meetings, you might be preparing for an important presentation. And then when that's done , you might want to switch your focus to leading meetings, writing reports, or improving your pronunciation. Because every course is fully customized, your training can evolve as your professional needs evolve, ensuring you always focus on the communication skills that matter most.
Every Business English course is unique, but most professionals choose regular weekly sessions that fit around their work schedule. Your trainer will guide you through practical communication tasks, provide immediate feedback, and help you build the skills and confidence to communicate more effectively in English.
Choose the learning format that works best for you. We offer private Business English courses in Amsterdam, Amstelveen, Den Haag, and Hoofddorp, as well as online throughout the Netherlands and internationally. You can also combine in-person and online lessons in a hybrid program. Wherever you choose to learn, you'll work with the same experienced trainer and receive the same fully customized instruction.
Every session is highly interactive and built around real workplace communication. Depending on your goals, you might role-play meetings, rehearse presentations, improve business emails, discuss current projects, expand your professional vocabulary, or practise difficult conversations. Your trainer provides immediate feedback, helping you make measurable progress from one session to the next.
For more than 15 years, professionals throughout the Netherlands have trusted The English Center to help them communicate more effectively in English. Every course is taught by an experienced native-English trainer and fully customized to your goals, profession, and communication challenges. Whether you choose online, hybrid, or in-person training, you'll receive the same high level of personalized instruction and practical feedback.
The English Center is a teacher owned company and has a friendly, old fashioned approach to customer service. As a local language training provider based in the Netherlands, we truly care about your success. Your learning experience is assured by our Trustpilot reviews (we’re rated “Excellent”), our Google reviews, and our CEDEO recognition.
"It was a great experience with English center. My teacher made a course to suit my needs and my concerns by focusing on my most frequent weaknesses and shortcomings. I feel more confidence with my English skills since I made the course. It’s totally recommendable."
Eduardo, March 2024
"Great commitment from the teacher to accommodate my schedule. In a short period, the learning was quick and provided many points to continue advancing. I learned concepts I didn’t know existed."
Pablo, October 2024
We offer a free intake with a native-speaker trainer online. In that intake, we’ll get to know each other a bit. Then, based on that information, we will email you a training proposal for your customized Business English course. When you approve that proposal, we’ll get started! Request your free intake now.
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