English For Specific Purpose(ESP)

The British Academy provides courses and modules in numerous fields of industry and commerce. Each English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course focuses on career-specific vocabulary and contexts that is combined with the General English course in order to develop your overall English language skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening. These courses benefit professionals who want to develop their English communication skills for a work environment.
Some of the ESP courses we cater for include:
Accounting
Topics include bookkeeping, financial statements, taxes, career options, and office interactions.
Air Force
Topics include the parts and types of aircraft; air force organisation and training; the range of air force career specialisations.
Banking
Topics include bank accounts, careers, online banking, types of bank, and regulation
Business
Topics include making introductions, salary information, doing business with different cultures, quality standards, and business strategy.
Civil Aviation
Topics include parts of an aircraft, take-off procedures, en route events, landing procedures, and flight hazards.
Construction – Buildings
Topics include tools, foundations, structures, roofs, and finishing.
Electronics
Topics include setting up a workplace, electrical safety, transistors, circuits, and reading diagrams.
Engineering
Topics include tools, materials, number, engineering concepts, converting measurements, and career options.
Finance
Topics include banking, investing, careers, business operations, and insurance.
Hotels and Catering
Topics include hotel equipment, bookings, food and beverage services, security issues, and career options.
Law
Topics include basic legal concepts, court processes, legal billing, evidence, and international law.
Medical
Topics include hospital employees, parts of the body, patient care, common illnesses, and career options.
Navy
Topics include parts of a ship, nautical language, types of ships, weaponry, navigation and more.
Nursing
Topics include hospital departments, basic equipment, specific illnesses, nursing duties, and career options.
Petroleum
Topics include types of oil rigs, petroleum mapping, oil rig mechanical systems, and the drilling process.
Others include
Topics include Command and Control, Tourism, Information Technology and Police.
For any course not shown please contact us: info@britishacademy.ae

Levels available
Pre-Intermediate (B1), Intermediate (B1+), Upper-Intermediate (B2), Advanced (C1)
What the course will include:
- Pre-course placement test
- At least 15 hours of General English with 10 hours of ESP
- Mixed-nationality classes
- Average class size of 8-10
- Individual learning plan
- Continuous assessment
- Bi-monthly tutorials to discuss each student’s progress and learning needs
- Progress reports
- Certification on the successful completion of each level, and at the end of the course