You’re not a kid anymore. Learn Like a Grownup!
In this post, we’ll introduce our private intensive English course for adults and explain how this kind of learning can help you achieve your professional language goals.
An intensive English course for adults is an adult-level, deep-dive, immersive program that focuses on rapidly improving your English proficiency. Private intensive courses are typically short in duration as compared to regular language courses, but they’re more demanding.
These courses are private and customized, we will build it around you! No more boring high school English grammar lessons. This is English for busy, professional adults.
Intensives involve several hours of training each day – typically 2-8 hours per day over one to three weeks, working with several trainers. This intensive apporach ensures that learners are fully immersed in the language. The English Center private Intensive courses are usually between 20–50 hours in total. Unlike regular courses, which spread learning over several months, an intensive English program concentrates your learning, offering a fast-paced, effective, and economical language experience. In other words, they deliver a lot of educational value for your investment.
Rapid Improvement: The most significant benefit of a private intensive English course for adults is the speed at which you can improve your language skills. The concentrated nature of the program ensures that you are constantly learning, practicing, expanding your knowledge, and building fluency & confidence.
Deep Dive Into English: Unlike weekly classes, intensive immersion courses demand your attention. They force your brain to function in English. You will go deep with the language, discover new words, make mistakes, and get relevant corrections and support, all in real time. Working with your native-speaker trainer, you will be fully engaged and truly enjoy spoken English communication. We promise that you will want to come back every day!
Skills focus: In your intensive course, we will use your tasks as the core of the course. Do you need to give presentations? Lead meetings? Close sales? Whether you just need to speak up in small meetings or present to hundreds of people in a grand hall, we will practice the language and the associated soft skills (diplomacy, intonation, engagement strategies) that will help you communicate as well in English as you do in Dutch, Spanish or French.
In the Netherlands, English is our favorite second language: And in our major Dutch cities, when you walk outside, you can keep practicing. Everyone you meet will speak English. In a shop? Speak English! In a restaurant? Order in English. At the museum, ask for the English language audio tour. At the major sites of the Netherlands, there will be no shortage of practice opportunities!
Enhanced Confidence: Regular practice and interaction in English helps build your confidence in using the language. You become more comfortable speaking, writing, and understanding English in various contexts. Your English becomes “top of mind.” It is easily accessed and produced.
Personal and Professional Advantages: Proficiency in English can significantly impact your academic and career prospects. It opens up opportunities for higher education, better job prospects, and the ability to communicate effectively in a global environment.
Professionals who want to perform better and feel more confident: Whether you are striving for a new job or very happy in your current position, better English will help you work faster, smarter, more productively, and with less stress. Better English means greater confidence, and that is something we all want!
Busy People: Adults who cannot commit to months of attendance in a weekly course are great candidates for an intensive immersion course. Just like planning for a holiday, course participants set aside 1 to 3 weeks to focus, really focus on English! And our clients can choose the best time of the year, including summer holidays!
I need it now (!) people: Professionals who need to prepare for an important event and have no time or patience for months of training. We can usually start these people fast.
Professionals Seeking New Jobs & Career Advancement: For professionals looking to enhance their career prospects, improving English skills can be a game-changer. It enables better communication, boosts confidence, and can lead to promotions and new opportunities.
Nederlanders and expats who live in the Netherlands: Local clients will be happy to know that they do not have to stay in a hotel to take this training. This non residential course means you can stay home and still be in class every day. As a plus, all of our locations are well located for public transport.
Anyone who needs to improve quickly: Whether you’re motivated by an English job interview, an important presentation at work or a business trip to London – anyone who wants to learn English quickly and effectively can benefit from an intensive course.
Our intensive private English courses are built around YOU. Your needs, your career goals, your work tasks, your learning style and your schedule.
Here’s what you can expect:
Customized (personalized) Learning Plans: We understand that each learner has unique goals and learning styles. Our courses are tailored to meet your individual needs, ensuring you get the most out of your learning experience. Our intensive courses always use the content that is the most relevant to you. For some clients, that means a private course in “English for Real Estate.” For others it’s “English for Pharma” or marketing. We have taught everyone from actors to CEOs, from insulation installers to psychologists, from software architects to fashion designers. Every intensive course is custom designed for you, the adult learner.
Experienced and Certified Instructors: Our instructors are highly qualified, experienced, and native English speakers. They use proven teaching methods to help you achieve your goals. When taking an intensive English course, you will work with several trainers.
Interactive and Engaging Lessons: Our private intensive English lessons are designed to be interactive and engaging, making learning enjoyable and effective. You will participate in various activities, including speaking, listening, reading, and writing exercises.
Flexible Scheduling Options: We offer flexible scheduling to accommodate your busy lifestyle. Whether you prefer morning, afternoon, or evening classes, we have options that fit your schedule.
Smart, Supportive Learning Environment: We provide a supportive and encouraging learning environment, ensuring that you feel comfortable and motivated throughout your course. Our trainers are carefully chosen. They are international, friendly, smart, supportive and, of course, 100% native speakers. You will enjoy working with your English Center teacher!
We have been delivering quality intensive training since 2009 and we’re certified by CEDEO, a Dutch organisation providing recognition to training providers who deliver high quality training. See more about CEDEO here.
Our Trustpilot reviews also reflect our high quality, personalised and customised approach to English language training. Click on the Trustpilot link to read our reviews.
Our private intensive English courses take place in two of the Netherlands most popular cities, Den Haag and Amsterdam. Study with us here in the Lowlands, and many of Europe’s finest museums will be right at your fingertips! When your lesson is finished, explore these two historic cities, where English is extensively spoken. Practice speaking English everywhere you go!
If you prefer a quieter setting, you can study with us in Amstelveen – part of Metropolitan Amsterdam – but with more of a suburban vibe and lots of green. Finally, you can choose an online intensive course. All our courses are taught by the same carefully selected native-speaker English team.
In general, you can start your private English Intensive course quickly. For more information, or to enroll, contact The English Center.
Don’t just take our word for it – hear from our satisfied students!
“Absolutely recommended for anyone who wants to improve English speaking. I took an intensive 5 morning English speaking course and it brought me a lot. By practicing presentations, pitches and conversations about my work, I learned many new words but gained a lot of confidence. I can recommend it to anyone who wants to improve their English!”
“Great experience: It was a great experience with The 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.”
Click to the Intensive Business English Course page and fill out the course enrolment form. Be sure to include your details, learning goals and preferences. Go to the Intensive Business English Course enrollment form now.
Or… request a free intake: Book a no-obligation Free Appointment with an English Center trainer. Let’s get to know each other and discover if this kind of course is right for you.
Or just call us. We are happy to speak with you in English or Dutch. +31 (0)20 823 0569.
