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Business English & Professional Communication

Clear, confident professional English — the skill that wins remote jobs and better pay.

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About this course

Build the everyday communication skills that working remote teams actually reward: writing professional emails and chat messages, switching from casual to formal English with confidence, speaking clearly on calls and in meetings, listening well, writing crisp updates and reports, and handling difficult conversations like a pro. By the end you will have a polished communication pack — a professional email, a meeting/update summary, and a recorded one-minute self-introduction — the kind of proof that wins remote roles and freelance clients paying in naira and dollars.

The person who gets the remote job, the raise, or the repeat client is often not the most skilled — it's the one who communicates most clearly. Communication is the channel your talent travels through to reach the people who pay for it.

What you'll learn

Course syllabus — 7 lessons

  1. Why professional communication is your highest-paid skill12 min
  2. Professional emails and chat messages that land well14 min
  3. Register-switching — from casual to clear formal English13 min
  4. Speaking clearly on calls, meetings and presentations14 min
  5. Active listening and asking good questions12 min
  6. Writing reports, updates and the Done/Doing/Blockers rhythm13 min
  7. Cross-cultural etiquette and handling difficult conversations13 min

Your project

Build Your Professional Communication Pack: an Email, an Update Summary, and a 1-Minute Self-Introduction

A single public link (for example a Google Doc) containing a polished professional email, a meeting or status-update summary, a 1-minute self-introduction script with a playable link to your recording, plus a short scenario note and an edit note.

Certificates on Skillnaija are earned, not issued for attendance: you submit this project, it is graded against a rubric, and passing issues a certificate anyone can verify.

Frequently asked questions

Is Business English & Professional Communication free?

Yes. Business English & Professional Communication is completely free on Skillnaija. You need a free account to open the lessons, and there is no charge for the course, the project, or the certificate.

How long does Business English & Professional Communication take to complete?

5 weeks · ~4 hrs/week. There are 7 lessons, about 2 hours of material in total. You learn at your own pace and your progress is saved.

Do I need any experience to start Business English & Professional Communication?

Beginner-friendly. You can start from scratch — no prior experience is assumed.

What will I learn in Business English & Professional Communication?

You will build practical skills in Clear, confident professional English for remote work, Writing professional emails and chat messages, Switching register between casual and formal English, Speaking on calls, meetings and short presentations, Active listening and asking good questions, Writing reports and status updates (Done/Doing/Blockers), Cross-cultural and async remote etiquette. Every lesson is written for a Nigerian context, with examples drawn from how the work is actually done and paid for here.

Do I get a certificate for Business English & Professional Communication?

Yes, but it has to be earned. You complete the course project — Build Your Professional Communication Pack: an Email, an Update Summary, and a 1-Minute Self-Introduction and submit it for grading. Passing the project issues a verifiable certificate; finishing the lessons alone does not.

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