About us
Grüezi, bonjour, buenos dias ...
Minnaar van Wyk Personalized Language Services teaches those languages most widely spoken, like Chinese, English, and Spanish. However, we also teach German, French, Italian and other languages,
such as Norwegian and Korean.Naturally, the main focus is on those languages most often used in the Swiss business environment: English, German,
French, Spanish and Italian.
Language training
as personal as your professional finger print
We specialize in providing employees, managers, skilled workers and executives with optimal conditions to learn and perfect their use of a foreign language.
Through a partnership of equals we impart knowledge aimed at your function in your organization, attuned to your business and in accordance with your personal needs.
You do not simply learn a foreign language with us but exactly what you need in order to achieve your personal goals in your business life.
Lean processes
pleasant relief for learners,
the HR department and bookkeeping
Companies collaborating with us immediately notice the difference: we relieve course participants, the HR department and accountants of all unnecessary administrative work.
Our lean processes ensure that we can arrange language training in your organization quickly and with ease. Lessons are booked and when necessary postponed without hassle. We take your distinct business needs into account.
If no alternative procedure has been agreed upon, you can conveniently pay the course fees every 8 weeks. Clearly structured and transparent accounts facilitate easy auditing. Attendance sheets track your employees’ participation.
As a token of appreciation for their work, the language trainers chosen by Minnaar van Wyk Personalized Language Services are remunerated above market average. They are valued members of our organization. This results in long-term cooperation and, consequently, a pleasant working atmosphere.
Regular quality control by means of feedback from customers, as well as spot lesson observations by Minnaar van Wyk, also ensure continued high-quality training.
Minnaar van Wyk
owner and manager in Basel
Minnaar has extensive experience as a foreign language trainer in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry in Basel and the surrounding area. This has enabled him to accrue experience with the conceptualization and teaching of tailor-made foreign language courses.
These courses have included intensive preparation for employees immediately before an overseas posting, preparing technicians for roles as instructors overseas, and a lot of help with giving presentations.
Good trainers
instead of empty promises
Excellent trainers are the be-all and end-all if you want to learn a language efficiently. Good trainers are able to incorporate the existing knowledge and skills of participants into the course. They can accommodate the different personalities in the group while never losing sight of the specified requirements of the course. We can engage with the different characters and levels of education of participants in the groups, while flexibly applying different methods and strategies to ensure interesting and efficient lessons.
That is why our trainers are generally graduates and have a teaching qualification, in addition to having sufficient experience to work as adult language trainers in industry.
Our team
of language trainers
We specialize in providing employees, managers, skilled workers and executives with optimal conditions to learn and perfect their use of a foreign language.
Through a partnership of equals we impart knowledge aimed at your function in your organization, attuned to your business, and in accordance with your personal needs.
You do not simply learn a foreign language with us but exactly what you need in order to achieve your personal goals in your business life.
Right from the beginning, we take plenty of time to assess your needs. Apart from defining your learning goals, we also try to ascertain which learning environment suits you best.
Excellent trainers,
combined with the right chemistry
When learning a foreign language, it is often about learning as much as possible in the shortest available time and starting to confidently use the newly acquired abilities. In order to achieve this, Minnaar van Wyk provides you with selected trainers who respond to your needs in the group and one-on-one courses. Trainers who will engage with you as a person.
All English trainers at Minnaar van Wyk Personalized Language Services are CELTA certified.
The CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults) is an internationally recognized certificate for English teachers. It is conferred by Cambridge Assessment (UCLES), a part of the University of Cambridge.
