English for Business​

Language Development Solutions for Employers

Increase employee retention, boost productivity and promote business growth by utilising our English language self-assessment and bespoke training solutions. Empower your team by enhancing their language and communication skills for a more united workforce.

Oxford International’s bespoke solutions for English language testing and training are adaptive, immersive and scalable. Channelling over 30 years of expertise, we are a British Council and Independent Schools Inspectorate accredited language education provider, who are best placed to meet the English communication development needs of your employees. 

Helping employees succeed

Language Testing

Grant your employees the opportunity to evaluate their English communication skills with our English language level test to better inform their personal training and development needs.

English Training

We will work with you to design customised English language training courses that meet the needs of your business and employees.

Oxford ELLT Spotlight

English language testing

With Oxford ELLT Spotlight for Business

The Oxford ELLT Spotlight is a fully-customisable placement test, enabling your employees to quickly and accurately assess their English language skills in specific areas that are crucial to their role. Results can be used to better inform individual training needs and maximise success.

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Bespoke testing
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Fast results
Why Spotlight?

Our tests are as unique as your business. 

Our sector-leading customisation allows you to build a placement test that truly works for your needs. We build each test with our partners, ensuring each element matches your unique requirements and delivering results on your investment.  

Made-to-order

Select one our carefully crafted off-the-shelf tests or work with our experts to design a test to suit your business needs. 

Testing skills that matter

We work with you to ensure you’re testing the right skills, from: Reading, Listening, Grammar, Vocabulary, Speaking and Writing. 

Convenient and accessible

Modularised design that can be completed at an individual’s own pace making it easy to complete around busy work schedules.

Bespoke English language training

With English for Business​ courses from Oxford International Digital Institute

Design a course that suits your business needs with our customisable and contextualised learning. Live expert-led training that can be delivered in-person or online in a variety of class sizes.  

How we deliver:

Online

Accessible, secure and interactive in your time zone.

We come to you

We’ll send our experienced tutors to your workplace. 

You come to us

At our locations in London, Brighton, Oxford or Edinburgh.

Private Tuition (1:1)

Accessible worldwide in time zones that fit your employees 

Executive Groups (2-6 people)

Intimate and collaborative. 

Conference Classes (7+ people)
Engaging for groups.

Built for Business

Quickly integrate language assessment and training into your learning and development model to increase workplace engagement, communication and language confidence.

Seamless for managers

Bespoke solutions

  • We work with you to create a training course tailored specifically to your employee’s and business needs.

Dedicated global support

  • Our dedicated and expert global support team are on-hand to help your employee’s as they progress through their training course.

Integrated learning and real-time reporting

  • We provide a secure learning platform that’s easy to navigate and supports your employee’s in their learning journey from day one. Track their progress with our instant reporting and measurable learning outcomes.

Empower your employees

Specialised course

  • Industry-specific and business communication focussed content to upskill your employee’s English language and communication skills

Structured learning journey

  • We provide a personalised learning journey for each learner that is led by an expert-tutor and focussed on enhancing confidence in communication skills for each employee.

Empathic support

  • Each learner is supported throughout their assessment and training with live tutoring, a communication-based practice environment and academic support each step of the way

How it works

We understand that all businesses have unique requirements and goals, so we work with you to make the best testing and training programme that suits your needs. Moreover, we take away all the hard work for you, let’s explore how it works:

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Step 1:
Meet with our course design specialists who will evaluate your needs and build a tailored development programme for your employees.
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Step 2:
Equip your employees with a self-assessment tool, advanced language development platform and expert training to accelerate their language development.
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Step 3:
Empower your employees to reach their language goals, monitor their progress and performance to increase confidence of using English in your workplace.
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Step 4:
Reap the benefits of your employee’s new-found confidence in verbal, written and general English communication by increased employee engagement, collaboration and team cohesion.
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