ADVANGATES OF LINGUA EMPRESA

• The main advantage of Lingua Empresa is that it is based on the concept of Professional Linguistic Competence, rather than in knowledge levels and general contents (General English, French for Businesses, German for Economist, etc…).

The Professional Linguistic Competences (or PLCs) are the tasks that workers performed at work and for which the use of a foreign language is required. Language training designed according to Lingua Empresa is therefore based on the workers’ specific and real tasks.

• To show and example, the list with the 25 PLCs identified by Lingua Empresa includes titles such as “Deliver professional oral presentations”, “Direct business meetings”, “Deal with agreements and negotiate with customers and suppliers”,… Each professional has PLCs associated to its job. Learn more.

The concept of PLC is at the core of Lingua Empresa, what makes the model more,

• FLEXIBLE. The model is individually implemented by each company according to their current scenario, interest and possibilities.
• INNOVATIVE. It is based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
• PRACTICAL. Language training is organized and planned according to the so called PLCs what allows the setting of objectives that are measurable by businesses, trainers, and workers. The identification of PLCs is based on the real tasks that workers perform at their job.
• MOTIVATING. During the training, workers carry out activities that are similar to those developed in their job. It allows workers to quickly visualize their progress, increasing their motivation.
• MEETING REAL NEEDS. the model is focused on improving workers' performance on their daily tasks, but not on a general improvement of their linguistic level.