Individual Courses

One-to-one Courses, designed for the individual, run at the time and place that suits the individual. Content and materials specially compiled to meet specific needs. These typically include a combination of business skills (such as presentations, negotiations, meetings, telephoning, socializing) and intercultural skills, as well as language development – general and job-specific (for instance, finance, marketing, human resources, legal issues, IT, engineering), vocabulary and grammar.

Beginner to advanced levels. Courses: 30 hours- 120 hours, according to needs. More information

Exclusive Group Courses

Tailor-made to meet the needs of groups (minimum 2 persons) from the same company or group of companies. Schedule and location to suit participants. Content and materials compiled to meet the specific needs of the group, in terms of language (general and job-specific), business skills (such as presentations, negotiations, meetings, telephoning, socializing) and intercultural skills.

Beginner to advanced level. Courses: 30 hours- 120 hours, according to needs. More information

Open Group Courses

Run at Breakthrough in Greece, throughout the year, from beginner to advanced levels. Participants (maximum 6 persons) from different companies and organizations, grouped according to starting level in English and learning objectives. Content and materials tailored to meet the particular language and communication skills needs (such as presentations, meetings, negotiations, telephoning, socialising , intercultural business) of participants. Courses: 30 hours- 120 hours, according to needs. More information

Residential Courses

Individual and group courses run on location at Breakthrough in Athens and Thessaloniki. An ideal choice for our clients from abroad to benefit from a combination of training in English and organised business meetings or social/cultural/sports activities. Training typically involves a combination of language (vocabulary, general & business-related, grammar, syntax) and skills development, in English (such as Presentation skills, Meetings and Negotiations, Tele-business, Socialising and Inter-cultural business). Choose from a series of weekend, one or two week options: Intensive 40 hours/week training, or a combination of 20 hours/week training and 20 hours organised business/social/vacation activities. Hosting in English speaking family accommodation or a hotel of your choice, for you, your colleagues, your family. More information

Business Skills Seminars

Business people and executives, in large and small companies across sectors, take advantage of the opportunity to develop and polish their language and communication skills in English, through BREAKTHROUGH’s specialised Seminars for intermediate and upper-intermediate level users of the English language. Through our active-learning methodology, participants “learn by doing” - acting out different roles and situations of direct relevance to their working lives, animated by highly skilled business trainers, and completed by multi-media applications. Run as Open Seminars, for participants from different companies, or as Exclusive Seminars, tailored to the needs of individuals or groups of participants (minimum 6) in the same company. Location and duration (from 8 hours to 30 hours) according to needs. More information

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• Breakthrough Thinking (creativity)
• Caring for Customers
• Social and Intercultural Skills
• Managing Change
• Managing Time
• Managing Stress
• Marketing Effectively
• Selling Successfully
• Negotiating Successfully
• Managing Meetings
• Presenting Effectively
• Business Writing Skills
• Business on the Telephone

Fast Track Learning

Many of our trainees in top-level or very specialized posts benefit periodically from intensive coaching and “brushing up” for a particular event or mission, such as a Presentation, a Press Conference or Media appearance, a top-level Business or Social Event, publication of an official Report. More information

Courses in the U.K.

A number of BREAKTHROUGH clients take advantage of one or two week residential courses run by our partner organizations in the UK. Individually, or alongside executives from other Countries, this is a one or two week “total immersion” experience in English, focusing on the particular business language and skills you need to develop. more information

Examinations

Breakthrough offers its clients the opportunity to prepare for a series of General and Business English examinations, such as:

• the Business English
• Lower, Advanced and Proficiency Certificates of the University of Cambridge
• First Certificate and Proficiency Exams of the University of Michigan
• TOEIC
• TOEFL
• Greek State Certificates of Language Proficiency
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All Courses run by BREAKTHROUGH for companies in Greece can be funded 100% by OAED (0.45% LAEK). BREAKTHROUGH is an official centre of the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry Examination Board