By Kate Lyra
Audiovisual professionals with poor English skills are at a disadvantage when it comes to working with international crews. For this reason, LATC designed an English course to improve English skills, while also learning industry jargon, themes and concepts as used by a working crew on set.
Whether you are just starting out in the film industry or have a consolidated career, one of the biggest struggles while working on a film is that it demands so much of your time. With this in mind, we have created many short term English Courses with various levels of proficiency which can be finished within a shorter time frame.
For example, our Survival English for Audiovisual Professionals allows you to begin learning English with specific situations found on an international film set. From numbers to clapperboards, from the alphabet to orders of the day, you can practice your first sentences in this Technical English course for beginners. By the end of the course, you will have learned how to introduce yourself, to talk about your specific roles and activities, as well as to ask for and offer relevant information in your day-to-day work.
Whether you will be working on feature films, TV and streaming dramas, commercials or reality shows, whether you are a sound recorder, casting expert, work with construction, locations, camera, or continuity, everyone on set learns the jargon. Because the LATC classes bring together students from so many different positions, the classes themselves have become a source of networking for many professionals in the industry.
I also must point out the enthusiasm of our professors. Each is very experienced in teaching technical English as a second language, but they have fully embraced these classes and have become very appreciative of the day-to-day organization on a film set.
Having worked in the audiovisual for so many years, I appreciate and understand their enthusiasm.
For more information on our intensive courses please visit: https://gatc-edu.com/intensive-courses/
