Refresher course on Business English

To help you re-polish your mastery of English, the Center for Global Best Practices (www.

cgbp.org) is holding a special seminar entitled, Refresher Course on Business English scheduled on Feb. 22 and 23, at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City.

It’s a two-day back-to-basics intensive course for professionals, senior executives and entrepreneurs to help them refresh their memory and re-sharpen their skills once again to master the world’s language for business. With your busy schedules, we’ve designed this English review program in the shortest possible way with maximum results! No long-winding lectures and never a boring moment. This English masterclass is highly recommended for everyone who uses English as a second language. For more details, visit www.

cgbp.org to see other best practices seminars including Write Right for Positive Results, Master Class on English Pronunciation and Effective Presentations, Best Practices in Business and Government Protocol and many more! You may also contact CGBP at (02) 5568968 / 69 (Manila); (032) 5123106 / 07 (Cebu) and (074) 4235148 (Baguio). In- terested participants may avail of the early registration savings and group discounts for three or more participants.

This unique program will feature Prof. Lucris Carina AgnirParaan, Ph.D., course director at the Center for Global Best Practices. She finished her doctorate degree, major in English Studies at the University of the Philippines in Diliman where she was awarded the “Outstanding Dissertation” of the College of Arts and Letters. She earned her MA in Language and Literature at the University of the Philippines in Baguio where she graduated with a 1.007 GPA. Her AB in Phi- losophy was also earned at UP Diliman, and she graduated high school at the International School of Kuala Lumpur where she was the first Asian and first woman editor-in-chief of the school paper.

She conducts regular public and in-house English refresher workshops and seminars on business communication and verbal skills. Among her recent clients are 3M, Aboitiz, American Peace Corps, American Embassy, Anflocor, Chevrolet, Coke, Lifebank, Medicard, PJ Lhuillier, Savant Technologies, UCPB Gen and the offices under the Executive Secretary in Malacañang. Her program is open to the general public.