Language & Cultural Training Courses
Press Release - 19 Feb 09
Cactus Language Training and CultureSmart! Consulting Introduce NEW Language & Cultural Training Programme
Cactus, one of the world’s leading language training companies, and CultureSmart! Consulting have teamed up to offer their clients a new programme integrating language and cultural training.
Organisations now operate on a global scale and interaction with people from different cultures is an everyday occurrence. Providing a complete understanding of the chosen language and the attitudes and values of the culture, the new programme is ideal for orgaisations wishing to equip their people with the knowledge and skills to conduct international business more effectively.
The programme can be tailored to meet the individual’s requirements, but it typically features 40 hours of Language Training and 4 hours of Cultural Training. The language elements focus primarily on grammatical structures, lexical patterns and pronunciation techniques, drawing from various cultural insights such as how people greet each other and how to show respect. The cultural aspect of the course is designed to create an intellectual and attitudinal framework which informs the context of the language, and looks at social relationships, management and communication styles.
“We’re delighted to be working with CultureSmart! Consulting to deliver a programme reflecting the natural synergy between language and culture,” said Chris Moore, Head of Cactus Language Training. “Whether it be liaising with an overseas supplier, working as part of a multi-cultural team or managing an international project, learning the language and understanding the cultural background and business practices of the people you are working with has become increasingly important.”
David Solomons, Chief Executive at CultureSmart! Consulting added: “Our new programme is participative, informative and directly applicable to the world outside the training room. It’s not about providing students with facts or figures or a list of dos or don’ts, it’s about giving a sense of why people from other cultures behave the way they do. We do this by providing students with the language skills, an insight into how it works in a cross-cultural setting, and how it can be used appropriately and effectively in the work-place.”
For further information, please visit http://www.cactuslanguagetraining.com/en or call 0845 130 4775 and select option 4
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Media contact : for more information please contact Michelle Curtis, Communications Manager at Cactus, on 01273 201 936 or email
Notes to Editors
Cactus and CultureSmart! Consulting both have many years of experience working on a global platform, delivering programmes to individuals, SMEs and blue-chip corporations. Clients include: Amazon.com, Barclays, BBC World, BMW, BP, Burberry, Cap Gemini, Carphone Warehouse Group, Coca-Cola, Disney, EDF, Eli Lilly, Ernst & Young, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Gazprom, Google, GlaxoSmithKline, HSBC, Kimberly-Clark, KPMG, L'Oreal, Linklaters, Microsoft, Ministry of Defence, Motorola, MTV, Nestle, Novartis, Oxfam, Save the Children, Shell, Siemens, Sony, Tesco, Visa
About Cactus Worldwide
Cactus is one of the world’s leading language training companies, providing courses in over 30 languages, in 50 countries and 150 destinations worldwide. It specialises in all forms of language training, including programmes for enterprises and individuals, evening courses, language holidays and school trips, as well as tailor-made packages and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).
Cactus also uses blended learning approaches, included self-study and online and distance learning under the banner “learn a language your way”.
Founded in 1998 and with its headquarters in Brighton, Cactus has expanded to include a US division based New York. Its impressive portfolio of over 15,000 international clients includes Tesco, Microsoft, BT, Burberry, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Oxfam, to name a few.
Cactus boasts an extensive network of accredited language schools and teachers worldwide, setting new standards in language education. In addition, the company’s TEFL division is the only international admissions and job service for TEFL, sending over 1000 trainees a year to TEFL courses and jobs in international teaching locations.
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About CultureSmart! Consulting
CultureSmart!Consulting was formed in association with Kuperard, publishers of the world famous Culture Smart! guides.
CultureSmart!Consulting offers face to face cross cultural, diversity and change management training. Our seminars provide simple and powerful behavioural tools which demonstrate that you can radically transform your relationships to being co-operative, harmonious and, above all, productive. They are easy to apply and self generate, to change your style from ‘mono cultural’ to ‘multi-cultural’ quickly and simply, empowering you to become a truly ‘International Manager’.
We at CultureSmart! believe that the key to an effective inter-cultural relationship is to gain the information you need from your colleagues - rather than from ‘country briefing’ type seminars and ‘information sources, thereby getting relevant information from the relevant source at the relevant time, whilst, simultaneously building a co-operative relationship.
We believe in spending the valuable time that is allotted to us by delivering interactive, experiential and dynamic activities and exercises…to empower you to become effective in any multi cultural environment!
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