The Real Estate Broker Association of Thailand (REBA) has joined forces with the Business Institute of Real Estate Development (BIRD) to establish an ‘English for Real Estate Brokers’ course.
Dr. Somsak Muneepeerakul, President of REBA, said the aim of the course is to help improve the English skills of Thai property agents, who are often competing with foreign agents from other ASEAN countries.
He noted that when compared to other ASEAN countries, the English skills of Thai real estate agents are quite poor.
Dr. Somsak added that business people in Singapore, the Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos focus on studying foreign languages, not only English but also local languages from neighbouring countries. Thai real estate agents, he said, need to speed up and improve their language skills in order to remain in such a competitive business.
REBA expects that competition in the real estate sector will increase once AEC 2015 takes full effect at the end of 2015.
The ‘English for Real Estate Brokers’ course will be taught in different levels, from basic conversations to advanced grammar, as well as Business English for property agents. The course is open for both REBA members and non-member agents.
Contact REBA for more information at +66 (0) 2679 3255.
Andrew Batt, International Group Editor of PropertyGuru Group, wrote this story. To contact him about this or other stories email andrew@propertyguru.com.sg
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