What is the key to success for your language course?

Mastering a foreign language is an essential skill in today's globalised world. But learning a new language can be a challenge for your employees. So how can you make the process easier?

The answer lies in adaptating to each learner.

Adaptating to each employee is not just about flexibility when schedulin a class. It mainly concerns the way in which the language courses are designed and delivered.

In this article, we explore why adapting to the learner is the cornerstone of successful learning in the workplace. We will look at three major aspects:

• Adapting to each learner's learning preferences.
• Adapting to their current language level, and the level they need to master.
• Adapting to their industry.

Adapting to a learner's learning preferences

Each individual has their own learning preferences:

• Some learners are visual. Others prefer auditory learning, while others are more comfortable in an interactive environment.
• Some need to put their learning into action, while others need to think about it for a long time.
• Some learners appreciate a logical progression between courses, while others can easily move from one subject to another.

Ignoring these preferences can slow down the learning process and lead to a loss of motivation. This is why adapting to learning preferences plays a crucial role in the effectiveness of your language courses. By choosing teaching methods that are adapted to your employees' natural preferences, the trainer:

• Increases their motivation.
• Encourages quicker learning.
• Ensures they will retain their new language skills.

Choosing a language training organisation that adapts to your employees' learning preferences will be essential to:

• Ensure a quick and effective learning process.
• Encourage your employees to get involved in their training.
• Reduce the length of training courses.

So ask the organisations you contact if they can adapt to your employees' learning preferences.

Adapting to their current language level, and the level they need to master.

Adapting to the starting language level and the useful level required is a fundamental pillar of business language courses. It guarantees a coherent and effective progress throughout the course.

A language trainer will not prepare and deliver a course in the same way if your employee starts with:

• An A2 level.
• A C1 level.

It is therefore essential to assess your employee's starting level in order to create a relevant learning progression.

What's more, your employee may not need to be bilingual to feel at ease in their job. The second stage is to understand the useful level required for them to gain self-confidence and perform well in their professional life. The trainer will then focus solely on essential vocabulary and grammatical concepts, enabling rapid progress.

When choosing a language course provider, it is essential to choose an organisation that:

• Places your employees at the heart of their learning.
• Tailors courses according to starting and required levels.

This approach prevents boredom and frustration associated with content that is too simple or too complex.

Adapting to your industry

Another crucial aspect when learning a foreign language is taking into account your industry. Each professional field has its own terminology, expressions and linguistic specificities.

By adapting to the specific needs of your sector, the trainer makes the language course much more concrete for your employees. They will then be able to re-use what they have learnt in their professional life as soon as the course is over.

The benefits of this approach go beyond simply acquiring language skills. It also helps the new employee to integrate more quickly and successfully into your team.

You will therefore need to check that the training organisation offers content that is tailored to your industry.

Choose the Speak'Pro method to train your staff!

Choosing a B2B language course provider that puts adaptation at the heart of itheir method is a wise investment for companies looking to optimise the duration of their training, as well as their budget.

Adapting to your employees' learning preferences, their starting and required language levels and your industry creates an environment conducive to efficiency, motivation and commitment.

 

The Speak'Pro method is the only language learning method to use these three dimensions of adaptation, significantly reducing the time needed to move from one level to the next (40 hours on average compared with 50 for a traditional method).