BE in Action: Courses
You become the preeminent provider of a product or service by constantly and consistently improving quality. Innovation, integrity, and aggressive pursuit of excellence must be taken for granted. Your customers demand value-added services and so should you. Texts – even the texts we write – are only the starting point for MLS. The power of the Drama Method® and our extraordinary trainers bring the texts to another level. Our courses expand and improve upon the finest texts we can buy or design.
Comprehensive Business English Courses: Market Leader Series (each level - 1.5hrs. x 12 times, total 18 hrs. x 3 terms), Say What You Mean(1.5hrs. x 12 times, total 18 hrs.), Improvisation in Business(1.5hrs. x 12 times, total 18 hrs.)
Skill Focus Courses: International Meetings, Making an Impact, Guide to Living Overseas, Business Across Cultures, Effective Business English skills series. (each course - 1.5hrs. x 12 times, total 18 hrs.)
An empowered organization is one which individuals have
the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed
in a way that leads to collective organizational success.
Steven Covey
from Principle-centered Leadership, Stephen also wrote
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Course Samples - tailored to your company with additional MLS materials
Comprehensive Business English Courses
Market Leader series
Basic, Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate, Upper-Intermediate, Advanced
each level - 1.5hrs. x 12 times, total 18 hrs. x 3 terms
Market Leader is a five-level business English series designed to bring the real world of international business into the language teaching classroom. It has been developed in association with the Financial Times newspaper, one of the world’s leading sources of professional information, to ensure the maximum range and authenticity of business content. Now in its second edition, Market Leader is one of the top English titles of recent years. Market Leader combines some of the most stimulating recent ideas from the world of business with a strongly task-based approach.
Say What You Mean
Introductory
1.5hrs. x 12 times, total 18 hrs.
A basic level text focusing on simple, but essential, business structures and student-led vocabulary development.
Improvisation in Business
Intermediate, Advanced
1.5hrs. x 12 times, total 18 hrs.
A text based on improvising (ad-libbing) in English. Most appropriate for intermediate to advanced level students.
Market Leader 
Say What You Mean
Improvisation in Business
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Business Skills Focus Courses
International Meetings
Basic, Intermediate
1.5hrs. x 12 times, total 18 hrs.
Broader than the Effective Meetings text. Most appropriate for basic to intermediate level students.
Making an Impact
Basic - Intermediate
1.5hrs. x 12 times, total 18 hrs.
More focused than the Effective Presentations text – aimed at writing and perfecting one or two presentations. Most appropriate for basic to intermediate level students.
Guide to Living Overseas
Pre-Intermediate, Intermediate
1.5hrs. x 12 times, total 18 hrs.
A text based on Japanese workers posted overseas. Most appropriate for pre-intermediate to intermediate level students.
International Meetings
Making an Impact
Guide to Living Overseas
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Business Across Cultures
Intermediate, Advanced
1.5hrs. x 12 times, total 18 hrs.
A case-study based text exploring many aspects of business in countries all around the world. Includes vocabulary, expressions, and idioms appropriate for all levels. Case studies and discussions most appropriate for intermediate to advanced level students.
Effective Business English skills series
Intermediate, Advanced
1.5hrs. x 12 times, total 18 hrs.
Published by Oxford University Press, Effective Meetings, Effective Negotiating, Effective Presentations, Effective Socializing, and Effective Telephoning is a video-based series aimed at intermediate to advanced level students.
Win in Business
Intermediate, Advanced
1.5hrs. x 12 times, total 18 hrs.
Practice the language of negotiations in a series of group activities, games, and simulations.
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Email Writing series
All levels
1.5hrs. x 12 times, total 18 hrs.
Active, physical practice of 1) cold introductions, 2) making requests, 3) accepting/refusing, 4) complaining, and 5) apologizing
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Model Language Studio’s Corporate Training Department is able to tailor texts to your company’s unique needs. In the past, MLS has created texts for such diverse clients as:
securities firms manufacturers IT shipping retailers restaurants hotels medical clinics golfing technology experts insurance providers film studios
TV stations ad agencies educational institutions ministry of education, culture, sports publishers airport securities
Introductory Chinese (Mandarin) Language and Culture
This course is an easy-to-follow introduction to the basics of Mandarin Chinese. It provides the foundation of Chinese grammar, as well as extensive work on pronunciation and vocabulary building. As the course progresses it provides ample opportunity for conversation practice utilizing the Drama Method®. Explores various themes touching upon Chinese society and cultural affairs.
Japanese Through Drama
This course practices Japanese business situations using the Drama Method®. Students practice specific expressions and vocabulary then simulate their use in context. Tailor-made programs are designed according to the student needs, combining grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary and kanji studies.
A Sample Case
Client's request
Our client's corporate strategy saw them beginning negotiations to enter the Chinese market within three 
months. Accordingly, they felt it essential for the employees in charge of the Chinese project to have some experience in Chinese language and culture studies. None had studied the language thus far. It was decided that they should be able to make basic conversation and have suitable business culture awareness within three months.
Breakdown of the client's needs
Subject: Complete Beginners Objective: Basic Conversation
⇒What kind of skills are necessary?
・basic comprehensibility
・scope of basic Chinese
・body language in Chinese
・voice and pronunciation
・vocabulary
Duration: Three months
⇒How to gain these skills efficiently in three months?
・Intensive lesson
・Reasonable lesson length allowing participants to easily join the class even during working hours
・A follow-up system to make up unavoidable absences
MLS‘s proposal
Three-1.5 hour lesson per week, divided into five themes: basic comprehensibility/scope of basic Chinese/body language in Chinese/voice and pronunciation. In every lesson, students are required to practice in dialogue exercises as an extension to that day's study theme. MLS trainers conduct this intensive program for three months and help students with the essentials. Follow-up support programs are offered as necessary.
