You and your colleagues can learn 10 world languages in small groups or one-to-one. The lessons are taught by well-qualified language trainers teaching in their mother-tongue so you learn authentic language and culture. High quality and transparency are confirmed by 3 external quality labels and continuous internal quality assurance. Excellent references from participants and organizers of company courses verify this. So too does the list of satisfied TLC company clients, many of whom have worked with TLC for decades. With TLC you are guaranteed professionalism, high quality and flexibility at competitive prices.
You can choose any of the public courses listed which we will adapt or customize to suit your needs. Should you require a specialized course, for example, French for the Energy Industry, English for Call-Center operators, we can design this for you. For an immediate improvement in the English communication skills of your co-workers, we recommend our Business Seminars, tailor-made for you and your co-workers.
Our range of services for companies is rounded off by one-to-one training, editing and coaching. And whether your company needs a complete foreign language audit or the evaluation of a single recruit's language skills, we have the right assessment tools for an efficient, comprehensive report.
Through a partner school we also do training for our customers in the Geneva-Lausanne region.

Why TLC for corporate language training?

Quality and transparency guaranteed by 3 Quality Labels
- EAQUALS (European Association for Quality Language Services)
- eduQua (Swiss Quality Certificate for Further Education Institutions)
- Instituto Cervantes
Maintaining these standards requires strict recruitment and continuous quality assurance. This ensures you get what is promised.
- Our corporate clients: Excellent references from organizers of company courses verify our quality promise. So too does the list of satisfied company clients, many of whom have worked with TLC for decades.
- We employ top trainers. Our staff are well-qualified, foreign language trainers, teaching their mother-tongue. Business language classes are taught by teachers with supplementary qualifications in business language teaching and/or a background in business. Over half of our trainers are co-owners of TLC. They are highly motivated and know how to motivate their students.
- Satisfaction is measured and guaranteed: If, in the unlikely event, your colleagues are not happy with their TLC trainer, we change trainers. We understand that the chemistry must be right.
- Experience. We have been doing corporate training since our days as ABB Sprachschule, that is, for nearly 20 years.
- Efficient course administration from A to Z saves you work. Billing and reporting are done according to your wishes by your key account manager.
- Learning progress is measured. From the convenient, on-line pre-course assessment to regular progress tests through to individualized CEF certificates of achievement; your company's return on investment is ensured.
- Fair prices. Without saving on teaching staff, we keep our overheads low so that our prices remain competitive.
- Size, infrastructure and know-how. TLC offers things smaller schools cannot, eg. e-learning.
- Tailor-made courses: These ensure efficiency and higher return on investment. (Few schools have teachers who know how to design customized course. TLC does - and trains more each year.)

Language courses in your company

We come to you anywhere in North-West Switzerland. This includes Canton Zurich, Aargau, Solothurn, and Basle. Through a partner school we also do training for our customers in the Geneva-Lausanne region. A glance at our list of company clients says it all.

Why in-company language courses?

• The convenience and time factors. We come to you. This saves your colleagues time and stress.
• The environmental issue. One person drives or -- more likely -- uses the train instead of dozens of people.
• The needs of company groups are often more homogeneous, making it easier to ensure the courses are individual, practical, efficient. Company-specific language or vocabulary can be incorporated with an immediate transfer to everyday use.
• Flexibility. Course time, dates, duration and group size according to your wishes.
• The admin is outsourced to us. This frees you up to focus on your key tasks.
• The soft issues:Company language training promotes team building and communication between departments.
• Language learning is an excellent way to train mental fitness and to motivate and retain staff.

If you have enough employees who need foreign language training, let us make you an offer. (Link to Contact / Offer)

For information on the company course process, click here.

Company Courses at TLC

You understand the advantages of company courses, but don't have the rooms available in your company. You also believe a change of scene can be good for all. Alternatively you want to have a private group with people you know who have the similar level and needs to yourself. Enjoy all the advantages of private groups: you choose the time, frequency, content, group size and even the participants. And at prices which are lower than public courses!

You can do private group courses at TLC in Baden, Olten, Birr and Zurich. See the PDF below for prices.

Language Assessment Services

You work in HR and know that foreign language skills are a critical success factor for your company. You would like to approach the development in a structured way. Let TLC help you establish what the present skills are and what they need to be. How this gap can be eliminated follows in a second step.

Or let us help you at recruitment time.

We do the following language evaluations.
• A short assessment on the phone of the speaking and listening skills of individuals. You receive the evaluation marked on the Common European Can Do Framework of levels.
The price is CHF 30.- per person, with discounts for over 10 people.

• A comprehensive evaluation of speaking, listening, writing and reading skills with a detailed certificate. This is done remotely using a computer based test for English, German, French and Spanish - all with a business focus. For other languages, our language experts use a paper and pen test, plus a phone interview.
The price per test is CHF 80.-, with discounts for orders over 10.

• Hard proof of Return on Investment. The above tests are increasingly being used to measure progress of corporate language training. For example as a before and after check to track language improvement over an extended training period.

Call 056 205 51 78 to find out more.