Essential English for Professionals (2-DVD Set) (1st Edition, 2008)
Sharpening Sharpening your command of English will contribute exponentially to your professional (and personal) development. This DVD set links to a Cranefield MDL Short Course that is designed to enable high-level professionals not to lose sight of the essentials of accurate and correct English. The course aims to equip people with essential knowledge and skills in formal English, and to cultivate an orientation of developing these in everyday practice.

The benefits of English skills in the professional context are numerous and significant:
1) Effective and efficient communication (most importantly).
2) Preventing negative perceptions due to grammatical errors and/or inappropriate tone or usage.
3) Enhancing the overall quality of oral presentations and written reports/documents.
4) Depending on your professional context, professional credibility can be promoted through your command of language in your oral and written communications.
5) Finally, in the academic context, language and writing skills are also indispensable in producing quality assignments, dissertations and theses.

This 2-disc DVD set forms part of the materials for the multimedia distance learning (MDL) course, 'Professional English Skills'. The course is available to any person in any country (provided that he or she is already basically proficient in English). As is the case with all MDL courses, anyone may register online at any time, and materials will be dispatched on the next available dispatch date after receipt of the full tuition fee. The general international fee for 2011 is 295GBP (this includes all materials, online support, assessments and examination, and courier to your door). For more information, please visit Cranefield College.