As of the 1st of May the English language and e-learning departments of Smart Business Communications have joined the ICB group. Smart has 15 years experience in the development and delivery of Business English training predominantly for the banking and financial sectors in Paris with a team of highly experienced trainers, administrators and IT specialists.
ICB and ICB Europe director Eric Wrobley has been selected to be a member of the French committee to participate in the creation of a new international ISO standard specific to language schools. A first ISO technical workgroup session will take place on the 20th of May in Beijing.
ICB Europe is 10 years old! December 2009 marks our 10th anniversary of quality English language training. These first 10 years have been a constant effort to be or become a good language school. The goal of the future is to become excellent.
Before each course begins, all participants are evaluated in order to determine their level, needs and objectives. We propose three types of initial evaluations depending on the standards of the client company:
Duration: generally the evaluation lasts one hour with 15 minutes for the Needs Analysis, 30 minutes for the Grammar Test, and 15 minutes for the Oral Interview.
Cost: Evaluations leading on to training courses are not billed. Evaluations without training: 25 € HT.
Cost: 50 € HT per person for an evaluation followed by training. Evaluations without training: 75 € HT
Cost: given upon request
After 3 sessions and again in the middle of a course, all participants are encouraged to respond to a questionnaire on the ICB Europe site which checks on the efficient management of the course and satisfaction. In order to optimize the learning process, modifications are made to the program if necessary. The client receives a copy of all questionnaires along with satisfaction statistics. A third questionnaire is filled in at the end of the course.
At the end of each lesson cycle, participants are evaluated by their trainer in order to determine their current level and track progress relating to their objectives as well as identify future needs.
ICB Europe has been an “Authorised TOEIC Test Centre” since the year 2000. Our lesson cycles often end with a TOEIC test (or BRIDGE for low level students).
To help our clients avoid the costly error of hiring someone without the necessary level in English we offer a recruitment testing service comprising an oral interview, a test of written expression and a grammar test. The results are reported within 24 hours.
Cost: 90 € HT per applicant