This course provides HR professionals with the key English language skills they need in human resources and labour law. It includes practice in language appropriate for interviewing applicants for jobs, conducting appraisal interviews, participating in discussions on HR issues, travelling abroad for fact-finding visits and to conferences, receiving visitors, socialising, telephoning, understanding written materials and producing written English as well as awareness of cross-cultural issues. Formal and informal contexts are included. Participants will take part in simulated meetings, negotiations and interviews as well as discussions on a variety of work-related and general topics, including current affairs.