English Language Training

Communication Skills for International Professionals

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English language training is the number one stop for effective international communication.

However, language skills need to be trained according to needs and goals. There is no point just aiming for fluency! This is an unrealistic goal.

What do you need your English for? Do you need to boost your confidence?

If you have a specific goal and a timeframe, get in touch and let’s see what we can do!

I am a Cambridge Oral Examiner.

I have trained a multitude of people from an array of industries including CEOS, TV presenters, artists, politicians, journalists, police officers, financiers, lawyers, bus and train drivers, engineers, health and safety managers, doctors and clowns.

The Offer

1-1 coaching sessions can be booked for a half day or 2 x 2-hour sessions online.

My training courses can be adapted to suit individual needs – if you have an idea of what you’d like to achieve, happy to talk!

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Meet Me

My name is Vanessa and I am a trainer and teacher, helping professionals to work more effectively across cultures.

My training is in person or virtual, one-to-one or in groups.

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Working in English when it’s not your first language

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Why does intercultural training always start with YOU?

I was recently asked why most intercultural training starts with taking a closer look at your own culture. I could see the client just wanted to get straight down to business and learn about how to manage her team in the UK. When people seek out intercultural...

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What Others Are Saying

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Vanessa is a pleasure to work with and she is genuinely passionate about what she does. She works very hard to ensure she delivers the best outcomes for our clients and as a result feedback is always very positive.

Cathy Wellings

Vanessa was my English professor at the Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences. What she taught us about cultural differences and their impact on international cooperation was incredibly valuable and interesting. Vanessa is not only a highly professional teacher, but also a very lovely human being.

Sarah Kohl

Vanessa is extremely knowledgeable in all intercultural concepts and models and has examples to share from an abundance of international work assignments she has completed

Sarah Grötzinger

Vanessa is a professional intercultural trainer who adapts quickly to different situations so that she meets the expectations of clients both intelligently and personally.

Saskia Torn Broers, MEd

Vanessa’s cultural knowledge helped me to relocate from Europe to the States

Vanessa Zwinselman

What I liked the most – she is able to involve all the students to participate in the discussion. Her workshops prepared me well for my first years living abroad, made me more conscious, and helped to avoid many adaptation problems

Alexandra Demidova

Thanks to her support, I am now constantly developing my communication skills, reaching positive outcome from any interaction with people from all around the world.

Federico Stoppello

Vanessa is a great trainer! Throughout my classes with her, I enjoyed not only business English but intercultural components of working abroad. She is very disciplined, knows where to focus and always finds the ways to motivate you!

Elif Arikan

She proved to be able to transfer her own intercultural experience and sensitivity to others in a motivating way. Participating in her lectures was highly rewarding. Without the insights gained during her lectures I might not have chosen to go for a Master’s degree in cross-cultural communication afterwards.

Dorothee Simpfendörfer

Vanessa is a great trainer who has helped me polish my interview skills in English. The lessons were varied, interesting and we had a lot of fun too. I loved the discussions about social behaviour in Austria and England.

Raphaela Stefandl-Herburger