To work in line of Macao SAR government’ life time learning policy and to cope with the increasing use of English in all businesses, IFT and Macao Federation of Trade Unions are offering three 1-year English certificate programmes designed for individuals with different English proficiencies and with different career goals. It is hoped that through these courses, occupational language skills in tourism and service related fields can be enhanced, promoting society improvement at large.
The three certificate programmes are:
- English Certificate I - Practical English
To enable absolute and false beginners to develop the ability to cope with simple oral and written communications for everyday use and within a work-related context.
- English Certificate II - Workplace English
To equip participants with the knowledge and skills to deal with daily administrative tasks and to develop ability to communicate in social travel and work-related contexts with confidence.
- English Certificate III - Business English
To get participants ready to deal with supervisory tasks using English and interact fluently and confidently in both social and business contexts. After this programme, participants should be able to deal with more complex situations like understanding and producing routine business correspondence and reports.
The duration of each certificate is 270 to 343 hours, and includes 6 courses and tutorial sessions for exams. Upon completion of each course, participants will receive a certificate issued by IFT. Upon completion of each certificate, participants will be eligible to take the internationally recognised LCCI Spoken English for Tourism (SEFT) and LCCI English for Business (EFB) public exams.
Participants may complete all three stages starting from level 1. For admission, applicants are required to pass an entry test or finish the previous levels of the above programmes. All courses are fully subsidised by Macao SAR through Macao Federation of Trade Unions, admitting a total of 150 students.
Besides this programme, Macao Federation of Trade Unions is also a partner of IFT Community Education and Development Programme (CEDP), working together to nurture well-trained professionals for tourism industry, and enhance the general quality of Macao citizens, which in turn facilitates the prosperity and sustainability of the Macao economy.