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The assumption underlying the approach taken here is that the way we teach should be adapted to the way learners from a particular community learn

In East Asia, most students see knowledge as something to be transmitted by the teacher rather than discovered by the learners.

closure-oriented style for most East Asian students. These closure-oriented students dislike ambiguity, uncertainty or fuzziness.

We are not experts on how to give an effective presentation, lead a successful meeting or network at conferences.

Terms such as meetings, presentations, telephoning, socialising and negotiating help to define what business people need to do in English.

Successful businesses people are multi-taskers and multi-skilled. They don't walk into a presentation and only "present". They also socialise with audience members beforehand and write emails to follow up contacts afterwards.

SEW examinations also allow employers to place employees at the appropriate SEW exam level by using the SEWCheck - a list of can do statements which are mapped to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and each SEW level. This allows, for example, heads of departments to decide which level each employee needs to achieve in order to perform their job effectively. SEWCheck offers a placement tool and a way to measure the English language proficiency goals of the organisation