Category: Study English

There is a lot to love about Melbourne. Undeniably one of Australia’s most progressive, interesting and popular cities, Melbourne is rich in culture and activity and is home to some of the country’s most exciting and popular festivals.

Why Melbourne? It’s the perfect location for a holiday or to take an English course…

Melbourne draws people from all parts of the world. Tourism is very important in Victoria and this Australian state offers a range of wonderful things to see and do. Melbourne is widely regarded as Australia’s food capital and is punctuated with world-class restaurants and beautiful cafes, bars, pubs and clubs.

Melbourne offers great opportunity in terms of business, employment and study. A popular destination for students, Melbourne’s educational institutions are internationally regarded and offer courses in a wide range of areas, including some of the world’s best English courses. Melbourne is a great place to learn English and is understandably chosen as a perfect place to live and work while enhancing personal and career opportunities through confident use and understanding of the English language.

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People choose to learn English for a variety of reasons. One of the most significant and common reasons for undertaking an English course is to enhance employment prospects and increase your appeal as a potential employee. Hospitality is one of the main industries in which confidence and command of the English language offers distinct career advantages.

Why is learning English (even as a part of another Diploma) so helpful to a career in hospitality?

International trade and relations characterise the way so many businesses operate in this day and age, and English remains one of the most commonly spoken business languages. Because English is so often a common denominator for communication, it follows that people travelling all over the world and living and working in many different countries use English — in business, in hotels, in restaurants, bars and many other settings in which service is important.

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There are many great reasons to learn English and the advantages that come from speaking English when you travel are many, varied and valuable. In so many parts of the world, English is the ‘international language’ — although it may not be the language that is native to, or most commonly spoken in a particular country, English is most often the language that travellers share and local people use when communicating with visitors.

Here we take a look at six of the greatest advantages of speaking English when you travel:

1:  Ease of making bookings

As so many travellers will testify, being able to quickly and easily make reservations and other bookings is critical to the success of your adventures. Needing to spend time, effort and possibly money on translations and explanations can be stressful and is simply not effective.

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Although the hospitality industry includes many different careers and there are various opportunities for progression and promotion, these are often out of reach unless a person is a proficient and confident user of the English language. Being able to effectively communicate using English is important no matter where in the world you live, work or travel. Certainly, being able to successfully communicate in English is imperative when working in an English speaking country.

Why English?

Without doubt, the universal language of the hospitality industry is English. It does not matter whether you are a housekeeper in London, the maitre d’hotel of a restaurant in Singapore, a croupier in a Dubai casino or the concierge of a hotel in Sydney, it is almost guaranteed that you will be expected to have not only a passive understanding of the English language, but confidence in actively using it.

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