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EC Live Business English Skills

This course is suitable for students who want to
  • Professionals aiming for career advancement
  • Job seekers enhancing their marketability
  • Entrepreneurs expanding their global reach
  • Anyone passionate about mastering workplace English

Learn English Online with EC Live Business English Skills

Our new range of courses have been designed for people focused on their career in an international environment. Each course has a separate focus allowing flexibility; choose one or all four. Students will learn the language, skills and strategies they need to be more confident and more effective communicators in their chosen areas.

EC Live Business Skills Courses include:

  • Live lessons 2 days per week at 12:00 (London Time) – Every Wednesday and Friday

  • 3 hours per week (1.5 hour daily)

  • 1 hour collaboration per week

  • Max. 8 students per class


Topics for 2025

 

Throughout the year, you will join a class covering any one of these topics:

  • Sales Techniques and Pitching
  • Business Writing: Reports and Proposals
  • Time Management in the Workplace
  • Customer Service Language and Skills
  • Social Media for Business
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Sustainable Business Practices
  • Strategic Planning and Goal Setting
  • Project Management 
  • Marketing Language and Strategies
  • Change Management in Business
  • Effective Teamwork and Collaboration
  • E-commerce and Online Business
  • HR in the Workplace
  • Company Structure
 
 

Class Time Zones

Riyadh time

14:00, 20:00

Rome time

13:00, 19:00

London time

12:00, 18:00

Tokyo time

20:00, 02:00

Sao Paulo time

08:00, 14:00

EC Live FAQs

We have always celebrated innovation, so we are proud to bring the classroom into your home with our new EC Live online English classes! Our focus is on better learning outcomes for online classes through our experienced, qualified English teachers through a combination of:
 
  1. virtual learning
  2. online collaboration with other students and
  3. self-study

When you learn English online with EC, lessons will be delivered through Zoom.

Zoom has everything teachers need to create engaging learning environments, from content and assignments to collaborative classrooms and chats.

You will find your Zoom lesson links in your MyEC calendar once you register your MyEC account. You will receive information on how to create your MyEC account after you book your course.

If you have any issues logging into your MyEC or you do not receive the email mentioned above, please contact us at info@ecenglishlive.com

We have designed a programme that covers all the effective methods for language study – face-to-face online lessons, collaborative work with classmates, and self-study.
 
Online English classes have a different dynamic from regular lessons, so we have;
1.    Reduced the number of students in these lessons
2.    Reduced the time spent in larger group calls.
This reduces the ‘zoom fatigue’ that people experience from spending too much time on long calls with larger groups of people – but don’t worry we have added Structured Collaboration. This is time you spend working on a task with a fellow student. This form of interaction is less exhausting and because it is carefully structured with really clear goals – and excellent learning event.

Yes! Online English classes will follow the same EC curriculum and use the same National Geographic Learning books as in regular classes. This curriculum is supplemented by our online learning platform MyEC.

EC Live Premium start every Monday.
EC Live Standard starts every Tuesday
All courses are on weekdays, from Monday to Friday based on the London times. Please note if you are studying at 00:00 London in Asia your lessons will be Tuesday to Saturday.
Bookings and payments should be completed by Wednesday, to join the induction on Friday, and start classes Monday. Bookings received after the Wednesday cut-off, will need to start with the Induction the following week on Friday.

The minimum age to attend our online courses is 16.

Yes! For General English there is a recorded lesson for you to see, on demand.
For exam students, every Tuesday there are trial lessons 
Students please visit pages.ecenglish.com/en/ec-virtual-students to book your Tuesday session FREE of charge!

Yes. In order to send you the booking confirmation with your credentials and access to EC Live, you will be asked to pay in full. Please note that this process will take a minimum of 48 hours when paying by card and up to 7 days when paying by bank transfer. We kindly ask you to consider this when choosing the start date of your online course.

We accept payment by credit/debit card (VISA, MasterCard) using an online payment link we will send you, or by international bank transfer. The full payment must be made within 24 hours after receiving the invoice. Please note that you will only be able to start your course when we send you the credentials and access after receiving the full payment, and this process will take a minimum of 48 hours when paying by card and up to 7 days when paying by bank transfer. We kindly ask you to consider this when choosing the start date of your online course.

Once we have received full payment, we will send you the booking confirmation, log in instructions, username, and password. This process will take a minimum of 48 hours when paying by card and up to 7 days when paying by bank transfer. We kindly ask you to consider this when choosing the start date of your online course.

Yes, you can, but your course will stop week by week as well and you will break the flow of your learning experience. We highly recommend booking a minimum of 4 weeks at a time.

Please contact your Student Advisor or reply to the last email you received from us. In order to place your booking, we would need the following details:
 
Name –
Surname –
Date of birth –
Nationality
Email address –
Starting date –
Starting lesson time (please choose from the following schedule depending on where you are currently based here) –
How many weeks? –
Would you like to add individual lessons to your course? If yes, how many (45mins each)?
If you want to add individual lessons the price is as follows:
1  lesson: EUR 70.00 per lesson
5 lessons: EUR 60.00 per lesson
10+ lessons:EUR 50.00 per lesson
  • Course eBooks powered by National Geographic Learning.
  • Access to our qualified English teachers.
  • 90 minutes a day of face-to-face live online English teaching.
  • 30 minutes a day of structured collaboration with your classmates.
  • Full access to our student portal, MyEC, with many self-study resources (over 1,500 grammar exercises and 200 Flashpoints – up-to-date articles or videos on a current news topic with a set of exercises around them).
  • Regular assessment, designed to help you progress.
  • Ability to upgrade and add private one-to-one lessons.
  • Pre-lesson task – (15 minutes)

Helps you come to the classroom feeling confident and ready to speak about the lesson topic.

  • Online Session (90 minutes)

The teacher tells you the objectives and goals for that lesson, you will study with your partners to learn grammar, vocabulary, and skills. The post-class collaborative activity will be set up so that you will practice using today’s language in real-life context.

  • Post-lesson task (30 minutes)

After the online lesson the teacher will give you a collaborative task to do with your partners.

This task will help you to practise what you have learnt. You will also think about how you can use your new language and skills in your life outside the classroom

Lessons have a maximum of 10 students per class.

Yes, you have lesson time options depending on your course. All times below are London times:

EC Live Premium:
08:00, 12:00, 16:00, 00:00

EC Live Standard:
12:00, 18:00

EC Live Business Modules:
12:00

Please note that the clock changes in the UK in the last week of October and last week of March.

Yes! If the schedule you chose for your EC Live course is not the ideal for you, you will be able to change it, but only after the end of a full week. You will begin with the new time the following Monday. It’s not possible to change in the middle of a week.
 

All of our academic team are experienced and qualified English teachers.

All our teachers meet the qualification requirements of the British Council accreditation – CELTA or equivalent is the minimum qualification.

We will ask you to complete your placement test through MyEC a few days before your starting date, and we will assign you to the according level depending on your results.

All of them! Your attendance will be monitored. If you are below 80% attendance the Director of Studies will speak to you. 

Yes, your attendance will be monitored which you will be able to see on your MyEC profile

You can contact student support at info@ecenglishlive.com who will give you an overview of that lesson so you can self-study.

You can contact student support at info@ecenglishlive.com who will help you find the correct class.

Yes, MyEC has all the necessary information and instructions you need.

Yes, we will ask you to complete your placement test through MyEC a few days before your start date, and we will assign you to the according level depending on your results.

Yes, you will have access to the learning platform for three months after you finish.

Yes, we have assessments built into all our courses. These assessment processes are designed to help our students maximise their progress.

Yes, once your online English course is finished, you will receive an e-certificate. A hard copy can be provided for a small charge.

Yes! We also offer private online one-to-one lessons. Each lesson is 60 minutes. It is possible to bundle these for a discounted price. Please contact us at info@ecenglishlive.com for more information.

We must receive all bookings with payment by the Wednesday before the course start date (on Monday). This allows time for you to complete the placement test and receive the welcome information before you start.

Assessments are completely personalised and you are tested on teacher recommendation based on your participation in class and on collaborative tasks.

Holidays when no classes will be held are the following: Good Friday, Easter Monday Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

If you require any assistance, you will be able to email us directly at info@ecenglislive.com which is monitored around the clock.

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