Certificate in Business English Intermediate Level: Saturday
(Awarded by Ascend Education Centre)

Certificate in Business English Upper-Intermediate Level: Tuesday & Thursday
(Awarded by Ascend Education Centre)

Information is correct as of the 3/3/2013 but is subject to change.
* There will be make – up lesson for classes that fall on Public Holidays.

Fees: Payable by Nets, cash or cheque addressed to “ASCEND EDUCATION CENTRE PTE LTD”

1. Application Procedure and Payment of Application Fee

If you would like to join any of our part time classes please call us at 6338 1378 or email enquiry@ascend.edu.sg

We will arrange for you to come to our centre located near Clarke Quay MRT and take a free placement test to determine if you are suitable for the class.

To reserve a seat in the class, please pay the S$50 application as there are only 15 seats available in the class. Paying the application fee guarantees you a seat in the class.

The Application fee can be paid by Nets, Cash or SGD Cheque made payble to "Ascend Education Centre Pte Ltd".

2. The Private Education Institution-Student Contract & Payment of Course Fee

Ascend Education Centre Pte Ltd only collects course fees once the student has taken their placement test at Ascend Education Centre and signed The Private Education Institution-Student Contract. The purpose of the contract is to safeguard the students’ rights. Under the Fee Protection Scheme (FPS), Ascend Education Centre Pte Ltd has an insurance arrangement that ensures course fees paid by students to Ascend Education Centre are insured by AXA Insurance Singapore Pte Ltd. The insurance protection serves to protect the students' course fees in the event Ascend Education Centre Pte Ltd is unable to continue operations due to insolvency, and/or regulatory closure. Furthermore, the FPS protects the student if Ascend Education Centre Pte Ltd fails to pay penalties or return fees to the student arising from judgments made against it by the Singapore courts.

Course Fee payment can be made by Cash, NETS, SGD Crossed Cheque, Cashier’s Order/Bank Draft and made payable to: ‘Ascend Education Centre Pte Ltd’.

3. Miscellaneous Fees

Miscellaneous fees can be made by: NETS, cash, bank draft, money order or SGD cheque made payable to: ‘Ascend Education Centre Pte Ltd’

4. About the Certificate in Business English Course

Purpose of the course

The purpose of the Business English Course is to advance student's knowledge of the english language for professional purposes.

Syllabus for Intermediate

About the Class

The course is intended for students either preparing for a career in business or those already in employment who want to enhance their English communication skills. The course contains contemporary ideas from the world of business and employs a task-based teaching methodology. Students are expected to use their own experience and opinions in order to maximise involvement and learning. The course meets a wide range of needs which students have including different areas of interest and specialisation, different skills requirements and constraints on the amount of time available for self-study.

5. Teacher's Profile for Certificate in Business English Course

David Town,
David is from New Zealand, but spent many of his formative years in Singapore, having lived here for nine years here as a child. He has worked in various positions, including as an Editor and an Urban Planner, but has returned to English teaching as that is what he enjoys most. He has taught all levels in Beijing, Moscow and Auckland. He has a bachelor's degrees in Science and Law and a Master's Degree in Environmental Policy, as well as a Cambridge CELTA teaching qualification.

More recently, he has begun the DELTA programme to continue his professional development. What David enjoys most about teaching is having the opportunity to interact with people from a variety of different backgrounds and cultures and he believes that such interaction paves the way for a positive learning environment in the classroom.