Course descriptionWhether you require an intensive one-to-one Lithuanian course at our London training centre or an in-company Lithuanian course at your offices, Communicaid is uniquely placed to provide you and your organisation with a language course that meets your needs. With training centres in London, Paris, Frankfurt and New York providing countrywide coverage and partner organisations worldwide, Communicaid is ideally placed to be your local, national and international training partner for Lithuanian courses.
Our Lithuanian language courses are highly personalised and designed to improve your Lithuanian communication and language skills, whether your focus is social, business, financial, diplomatic or legal.
Benefits of our Lithuanian language course
A Communicaid Lithuanian course will provide you with the ability to:
- Speak Lithuanian with confidence
- Interact more confidently when visiting Lithuania and/or dealing with Lithuanian speakers
- Build rapport, strengthen relationships and empathise with Lithuanian-speaking colleagues
and clients
- Demonstrate goodwill and facilitate international communication at both a personal and
organisational level with Lithuanian speakers
Who should attend our Lithuanian school
A Communicaid Lithuanian language course is suitable for:
- Anyone doing business with Lithuania
- Anyone planning to relocate to Lithuania and wishing to attend a Lithuanian course in order to
prepare in advance for their assignment
- Business professionals conducting business regularly with Lithuanian speakers who wish to -
build rapport and strengthen relationships by attending a Lithuanian course
- Government and non-governmental agency representatives working in Lithuania who need to
be able to communicate at all levels
Lithuanian course content
The content and format of your Lithuanian language training course will depend on your profession, proficiency in Lithuanian and objectives. Whether beginner, survival, intermediate or advanced, key areas covered in all our Lithuanian courses include:
- Spoken fluency
- Listening skills
- Pronunciation and accent
- Reading skills
- Telephone skills in Lithuanian
- Email skills in Lithuanian
- Sector-specific terminology
- Presentation & negotiation skills
Approach
Lithuanian training is available seven days a week, 365 days a year. Language training takes place between 08:00 and 20:00 although training is also available outside of these hours upon request.
Suitable tailored and published materials will be used throughout your course, with recommendations on self-study material and extra reading made at the beginning and throughout the duration of your course.
We offer a variety of training formats for your Lithuanian course – from intensive, weeklong courses to extensive, modular lessons. Appropriate formats will be discussed during your diagnostic consultancy (please click here to read more about our approach).
Lithuanian course trainer
All Communicaid Lithuanian trainers are native speakers with at least 3 years’ professional Lithuanian training experience. In addition to relevant academic and linguistic qualifications and experience, many of our Lithuanian trainers also possess considerable exposure and expertise in the professional world.
Your Lithuanian trainer will be assigned to you following the results of your diagnostic consultancy according to your objectives and areas of focus. Detailed below is a sample profile of a member of our Lithuanian training team.
JC
JC started her training career in Lithuania working as a trainer of both English and Lithuanian to Lithuanian speakers and expatriated professionals. On relocating to the UK, JC successfully transferred her experience and skills to deliver Lithuanian courses to employees of British public sector organisations. She works extensively for the Immigration and Criminal Justice Departments and has also been involved in providing Lithuania courses to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.
lietuviu kalba – Facts about the Lithuanian language
Lithuanian is the official language of Lithuania. There are approximately 4 million native speakers of Lithuanian, most of whom are located in Lithuania, although speakers of Lithuanian can also be found in neighbouring countries such as Latvia, Estonia and Russia.
Lithuanian is classified as a Baltic language, a group of its own within the Indo-European language family and is most closely related to Latvian, although they are not mutually intelligible. The Lithuanian language has two main dialects Highland Lithuanian and Lowland Lithuanian. Standard Lithuanian is based on Western Highland Lithuanian.
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Lithuanian is written using the Latin alphabet and is composed of 32 letters, which include the following: a, c, e, e, š, u, z