An immersion program for working professionals whose first language is not English.
Those who speak English as a second language add their intellect and energy to our businesses and organizations every day. But their true capabilities may be masked because the language they must use is not their own.
Regardless of someone's job duties, communication is at the core of success. Meetings, email, discussions, reports-each communication situation can move the enterprise ahead, ensure connections, and build careers. Ideas and information must be revealed clearly through each communication.
But accented speech-in meetings, discussions, and presentation-limits understanding. Likewise, when the writing in emails and reports is distracting or confusing, technical expertise is hidden. Vital information and new ideas are unintentionally concealed when expectations differ about how speakers and audiences interact. And the lack of confidence often leads some to avoid risking certain communications altogether.
The Institute for American English at Work presents second-language speakers of English an opportunity to make significant progress in speaking and writing.