InContext Training

The English you need, in the context you use it.

Professional English that’s relevant from day one — whether you’re building the foundations or refining fluent English for your meetings, presentations and conversations.

Tell us what you need
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01 — Your reality

You know the situations. We help you handle them with confidence.

“I have a presentation next week, and I want to give it with confidence.”
“There’s an important meeting in English, and I’d like to be ready.”
“I’ve got a difficult email to send to a client, and I need to get it right.”
“I have trouble finding the right word at the right moment.”
“I just want to feel more confident and fluent speaking English.”
“I need to get to the point — more clearly, more concisely.”

If these sound familiar, you’re in the right place.

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02 — Who we work with

Whatever your field, your training fits how it works.

We learn how your field communicates — its meetings, documents and expectations — so your training is relevant from the first session.

ManufacturingEngineeringFinance & Asset ManagementESG & SustainabilityTechnologyMarketing & CommunicationsLabour RelationsLegal & ComplianceArchitecture & Construction

Since 2003 · 12+ sectors · across Germany and internationally

“Highly professional, reliable and exceptionally knowledgeable … consistently tailored our lessons to my individual needs and professional context.”
André H. · CEO, Union Investment

Many of these relationships have developed over years rather than single programmes — training that evolves alongside changing roles, new projects and organisational priorities.

03 — Why context matters

What matters is not only what you say, but how it comes across.

When training uses your real meetings, documents and conversations, what you practise is what you use the next day.

What people hear is only part of what’s really happening.

We look beneath the words to shape intention, structure and impact.

We work on what’s underneath, so what’s said lands where it needs to.
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“So, I think we should probably look at some options.”In clay: the words that soften and blur her point.Example
What they hearThe words.
ContextPointReasonClose
Explore
Align
Gain buy-in
Time-poor
Risk-aware
Needs clarity
Understood
Confident
Action
StructureHow it’s put
together.
IntentionWhat the speaker
is trying to do.
AudienceWho they’re talking to
and what matters to them.
ImpactWhat happens
as a result.

04 — The InContext approach

A plan built around you — and changed when your work changes.

Four steps, repeated as your needs change — each one guided by experienced judgement.

DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES01 UnderstandYour role, goals and real situations02 DesignYour real workbecomes the material03 AdaptPlans change when your week does04 ProgressMeasured in realcommunicationIllustration: a trainer and a learner discuss a draft at a small table, a laptop set to one sideEXPERIENCEDJUDGEMENT
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Experienced judgement

  1. 01Understand

    Your role, goals and real situations

  2. 02Design

    Your real work becomes the material

  3. 03Adapt

    Plans change when your week does

  4. 04Progress

    Measured in real communication

Development continues

See how your training adapts

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05 — In practice

What your sessions could look like.

Simply taking the next step in your English

A new tense, a new set of vocabulary — practised in the context of your own work.

Preparing tomorrow’s presentation

Sharpen the key messages, rehearse the delivery, and practise handling the questions you expect — and the ones you don’t.

Following a fast-moving discussion

Keep up when the conversation speeds up — catch what matters, check what you missed, and find the moment to come in.

Rehearsing a difficult conversation

Think through what needs to be said and how to say it — then practise until the words feel like your own.

“Our clients are already experts in what they do. We help them sound like it in English.”

Tom Leonard — Founder, InContext Training

The quality of a programme depends on the people delivering it.

Who we are

06 — Insights

Useful thinking on professional communication.

Illustration

Running more effective international meetings

Professional communicationWhy meetings drift in a second language — and the small habits that keep everyone contributing.
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Choosing the right level of formality

Language in contextToo formal creates distance; too casual costs credibility. How context tells you where the line is.
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Sounding like yourself in English

Confidence in a second languageWhy professionals often feel less themselves in a second language — and what helps close the gap.

07 — Next step

Every organisation communicates differently. Let’s start with yours.

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A conversation about your needs, without obligation.