Practical English for University Staff - Week in the Heart of Europe

• Do you use English regularly in your academic or professional environment but wish to express yourself more confidently and naturally?
• Do you wish to become more fluent in terms of using English as part of your work?
• Would you like to explore the city of Prague?

This course provides you with tools to use English more fluently and effectively in your professional career. Participants will enhance their fluency and accuracy in both spoken and written English, expand their academic vocabulary, and increase their confidence in communicating with international colleagues and students.

Through interactive sessions, discussions, and task-based activities, participants will practise key skills such as delivering presentations, writing academic emails, participating in academic meetings and conferences, negotiating and assisting students and staff.

This course is targeted for university staff members with intermediate, upper-intermediate and advanced competence, who wish to activate the English they already have in respect to both receptive and productive skills and obtain new day-to-day practical skills concerning vocabulary, presenting, writing emails, negotiating or office communication.

Groups:

• Group A - B2/C1 level (CEFR)
• Group B - B1 level (CEFR)
• Group C - A2 level (CEFR)

Minimum Level of English: A2 (CEFR)

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Intended outcomes?

Upon completing the course, participants will have strengthened their oral communication skills and increased their competence in the English language as well as broadened their knowledge of field-specific vocabulary.

• Course duration: 30 training hours of in-class lessons and excursions
• Additional benefits:
  • Welcome package
  • Welcome lunch
  • Coffee break refreshments

Teaching methods: Small groups (10–15 students) are created for language sessions involving vocabulary-building, specific learning tasks, group work and practical office role-plays.

In-class:

• Practical English Grammar
• Vocabulary for the Academic Environment
• Intercultural Communication in Higher Education
• Academic Etiquette
• Formal Language in Academic Writing
• Writing and Responding to Academic Emails
• Presentation and Public Speaking Skills
• English for Meetings and Negotiations

Excursions (four of these will be selected for Mon - Thu schedule):

• Walking tour of Prague’s historical centre (Old Town and New Town) with its numerous sights and unforgettable atmosphere
• Walking tour of Prague Castle, including St Vitus Cathedral and other sights
• Guided visit to the Old Town Hall
• Guided visit to a brewery with beer tasting
• Charles Bridge museum and a boat trip on the Vltava river
• Guided visit to the historical seat of Charles University

All excursions listed above are included in the course fee.

Course dates:

• 13-18.7.2026

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Our in-person courses take place in Voršilská street in the centre of Prague, a five-minute walk from the Národní třída metro stop.

We do not provide accommodation for this course. If you are interested in accommodation in the student dormitories of Charles University, please contact Dormitories and Refectories. We cannot guarantee free capacity during the course.