For areas such as communication skills there is simply so much variety of need. If you want to be very accurate and fluent, it will take longer. All dates, for all training solutions, are an approximation. In every case, we talk through your needs and advise you accordingly.

Two days of training intensively equates to 12 contact hours overall. For many training solutions, spreading this 12 hours out over a month or more will allow all participants to not only listen and learn but apply any learning in their actual workplace and discuss the experience back in the training room with others. This iterative approach is well-evidenced as making greater impact. In a nutshell, little and often can beat intensive.

We work with clients to find a schedule that is optimal. Many clients will study with us over breakfast or lunch once or twice a week. Training sessions take place between 8.30am and 9.15 pm, subject to closures for prayers.

Yes, of course. In order to maximise your impact, we may ask participants to complete some learning tasks pre-course so they are ready to contribute fully on the training day itself. Whatever your availability, you can be assured of the very best quality.

Short question, long answer! Measuring impact from any training is the single-most difficult metric to provide. In order to provide reliable test data, we need to provide both an initial benchmarking test and a final assessment that is comparable. This affects your training in a number of ways. Firstly, it eats into your training time. Secondly, in order to do well on the final assessment, we also need to guide you on passing the assessment well. For some training products, for example language-based solutions, this is simple. For others, such as confidence in presenting, an objective measurement is often elusive.

To counter this difficulty, we do two things. The first is to make use of a range of qualitative assessments, asking participants, for example, to rate confidence before and after. Secondly, we make good use of learning accountability partners (LAPs).

All too often, your staff go on training programmes and then return to their workplace sharing just the bare minimum of information with the people who paid for this training. When commissioning a training company, you will want to know far more than just ‘I had a good time…it was really fun…I liked the trainers etc.’ At CfBT, we make sure line managers know what their staff are learning, what they do well, what they struggle with, and more importantly, what help they want back at the workplace to apply the learning. In short, we share training experiences, on an ongoing basis, with LAPs so that they can have meaningful conversations and help those they manage to achieve real growth.

Yes and no. The ideal size of most training groups is around 8-15. In reality, companies will often want to send more or fewer than this number. For very small cohorts, we will try and group your staff with another company in a similar position. For larger cohorts, we may ask you to split participants into two or more groups. This isn’t a science and each case is different. We will discuss this with you when we meet to talk through your needs and offer our best advice.

In most cases, we run these courses in the evenings. CfBT runs adult classes Monday -Thursday from 7.15-9.15pm. The other students will be working Bruneians just like you. The classes are fun, interactive and, in the case of IELTS, evidenced as making a greater impact on your result than preparing alone.

(Correct, May 2023) After discount, for full payment, E365 costs $288. With the course lasting 20 hours, this works out at $14.40 per hour, including all resources and certification. The IELTS programme is much more intensive and involves a considerable amount of work from participants and teacher alike. This cost, after discount, is $378 for 28 hours, which works out at $13.50 per hour.

Yes. You will pay a pro-rated sum based on the full price of $420. For example, if you come to 4 lessons (8 hours), you will pay $60 (May 2023).

At CfBT, we employ people based on their teaching ability, qualifications, and experience rather than any passport. All of our teachers are native, or near-native speakers and they come from Europe, Australasia or Brunei. All are highly qualified (MA level) often with a additional specialism.

We make a free assessment of every student before a course. This helps us place you in the right class with students of a similar level. It also enables us to advise you on anticipated progress based on evidence not guesswork.

Yes. In fact, this is our strength, and what makes CfBT different from other providers. Our highly qualified and experienced teachers place a large emphasis on getting you confident to speak and listen. We will help you to develop your pronunciation and listening abilities as this is often how others will judge your language ability, for example at an interview.

Yes, from time to time, we will run these courses open for the public, and for companies with small numbers of employees. As long as we can reach a minimum cohort size of 6, we will run a programme.