The Accreditation in Languages for Business
What is it?
- An innovative professional accreditation
- A practical and meaningful pathway suitable for a wide range of students
- Encourages learners to use language skills for career enhancement and economic benefit
- Ideal as an enrichment course (may count towards the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award)
- Raises the profile of language learning and increases student uptake at sixth form and university
- Graded pass, merit, distinction combining 6 end of module assessments (using supporting notes) and a final closed book assessment
- Teaching resources available in French, German and Spanish
- Online blended learning materials
- An innovative professional accreditation
- A practical and meaningful pathway suitable for a wide range of students
- Encourages learners to use language skills for career enhancement and economic benefit
- Ideal as an enrichment course (may count towards the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award)
- Raises the profile of language learning and increases student uptake at sixth form and university
- Graded pass, merit, distinction combining 6 end of module assessments (using supporting notes) and a final closed book assessment
- Teaching resources available in French, German and Spanish
- Online blended learning materials
Key Features
- delivers an accreditation which reflects practical and authentic application of foreign languages in today's workplace;
- promotes independent, confident and effective linguists with the language skills required to make a positive and effective contribution to international economic activity;
- gives access to a language pathway for learners of varying abilities;
- provides a rigorous accreditation mapped against the National Occupational Language Standards;
- approved and certified by awarding body: The Skills and Education Group;
- 16 UCAS points from September 2023 with Level 3 (an extra module);
- delivers an accreditation which reflects practical and authentic application of foreign languages in today's workplace;
- promotes independent, confident and effective linguists with the language skills required to make a positive and effective contribution to international economic activity;
- gives access to a language pathway for learners of varying abilities;
- provides a rigorous accreditation mapped against the National Occupational Language Standards;
- approved and certified by awarding body: The Skills and Education Group;
- 16 UCAS points from September 2023 with Level 3 (an extra module);
Webinar Training
We regularly schedule live webinars to cover the ALB accreditation in more depth, details of the assessment criteria and also chance for you to ask any questions.
Please register via one of the links above or email us to request an event, access details will then be emailed to you a day or two before.
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Testimonials
The ALB qualification has enthused our year 11 students. Students are engaged and excited by the future employability prospects that this course has provided for them. They have enjoyed the interaction with the higher level business vocabulary range of activities.
North Liverpool Academy
This is a fantastic course. I am teaching this ..to students with no Spanish to those who are studying for A-level. ..very practical, interesting to teach and with a great variety of activities to engage students... The material is very current and the skills learnt will be extremely useful in the workplace. Employers will love it!
St George Abbott school
Our students really appreciate the opportunity to join these classes and build their language skills in preparation for the ALB. It's a bonus on top of their other studies and they look forward to gaining an additional qualification.
University of Huddersfield
Very practical and helpful for real life situations.
Student
A well-planned course allowing individuals to immerse themselves in Spanish culture, whilst developing important language skills that will be beneficial in future jobs.
Student