Online Course – Google Certified Professional Internship in Business English

Build business English communication skills. Advance your career and grow your capabilities.

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Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Communication on business topics such as management, finance, and marketing
  • Writing proposals, executive summaries and marketing materials
  • Using language structures to manage meetings
  • Achieving sales and negotiating deals
  • Applying communication skills and launching a new product in English
  • Creating an action plan for launching a new product
  • Communication with different departments such as finance and marketing
  • Preparing a project status report
  • Writing copy for a marketing campaign
  • Basic project budget analysis
  • Preparing a presentation for senior management

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Business managers
  • Marketing people
  • Project managers
  • Finance people
  • Sales managers
  • Product Managers
  • Negotiators
  • Team managers
  • Business communications professionals
  • Business consultants

Internship – a four-part course series

This specialization serves as an introduction to business English, where you will learn to communicate on topics such as management, finance, and marketing. You will also write proposals, executive summaries, and marketing materials. In addition, you will learn the language structures required to conduct meetings, secure sales, and negotiate additional deals.

In the final project, you will apply these skills to communicating and launching a new product in English, so that business managers will be equipped with a variety of linguistic tools with practical applications in a variety of business scenarios.

Hands-on Learning Project

A common need among new business people in an international environment is the ability to create an action plan for launching a new product. This task requires communicating with various departments within the company, including finance and marketing.

In this capstone project, you will build an action plan for launching a new product. The plan will include:

  • Project status report
  • Copy of the marketing campaign
  • Basic project budget analysis
  • A short presentation to senior management with details on the project status

This project will give you the opportunity to apply your English skills learned in the courses, and develop a document that is useful for your current job or a document that you can use as an example to demonstrate your new abilities and skills.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Business English: Management and Leadership

Course 1
30 hours
4.7 (1,430 ratings)

What will you learn?

In this course, you will follow a manager as she builds and leads her team to success. You will practice the language and communication styles required in English for:

  • Recruitment and training of professional staff
  • Managing and participating in well-organized meetings
  • Streamlining conference calls
  • Writing professional emails that are easy to read

Skills you will acquire

  • communication
  • English language
  • Management
  • writing
  • Meetings
  • Sending emails

Business English: Finance and Economics

Course 2
29 hours
4.7 (602 ratings)

What will you learn?

Learn from your successes and failures, and think critically about your communication options in the field of finance and economics. After the course, you will be able to:

  • Read and create compelling emails, reports, and presentations
  • Communicate clearly under pressure
  • Get instant feedback from financial professionals

Skills you will acquire

  • Business communication
  • negotiation
  • leadership
  • finance

Business English: Marketing and Sales

Course 3
29 hours
4.7 (673 ratings)

What will you learn?

You will learn to use English more effectively in marketing, sales or advertising. After the course you will be able to:

  • Express ideas through emails, reports, and persuasive presentations
  • Learn words and phrases related to marketing
  • Get instant feedback on your communication skills

Business English: Final Project

Course 4
32 hours
4.7 (29 ratings)

What will you learn?

In the final project, you will create an action plan for launching a new product, which will include:

  • Project status report
  • Copy of the marketing campaign
  • Basic budget analysis
  • Short presentation for management

This project will allow you to apply your English skills learned in the courses.