Language Trainers for Professionals
Language skills create a smoother working life
1. Language skills improve efficiency
When a work community has the necessary language skills, cooperation becomes more effective and mutual understanding grows. Project work is smoother when the uncertainty caused by a foreign language does not slow down ideation and decision-making. A common language enables a common goal.
2. Language skills improve customer and staff satisfaction
A common language is reflected in customer and employee satisfaction. A common language strengthens workplace culture, brings certainty to communication, and helps people to work together. It is easier to build trust in customer service when there is a common language. Good language skills create a positive customer experience.
3. Language skills create a competitive advantage
Language skills and cultural understanding provide a significant competitive advantage in international negotiations and collaborative projects. A company's staff with diverse language skills will venture into new areas more confidently. Strong language skills are the key to a smoother working life and growth where results speak for themselves.
Working life language trainer since 1979
For almost 50 years, we have focused on providing the highest quality language training to organizations and individual professionals in various fields. Strong customer trust, a diverse experience base and a flexible organization have brought us a stable and long-term customer base. We offer the opportunity to study several different languages, so check out our selection of training languages.
We are committed to developing our customers' language skills in the long term.
Developing language skills directly affects productivity in projects, negotiations and customer service, among other things, and it also strengthens the common culture of the work community. We organize tailored language training either at our clients' premises or at IWG's own office or as distance learning - today the majority of our courses are delivered online. Our training aims to strengthen versatile professional language skills.
It is important to us that each course supports your organization and its individual goals, making work smoother and more successful. We are able to respond to the changing needs of working life by providing high-quality and effective language training.
Training solutions
General educational themes
Language strategy for businesses
IWG's history
Long roots and continuous development
IWG began in 1979, when German Karin Kunz-Uusitalo founded a language school called ABC Language School on Näsilinnankatu in Tampere.
He noticed that as Finland became increasingly international, the importance of language skills in companies increased.
Initially, the offering covered various language courses for children to seniors, but soon the training needs of companies and professionals took on a central role.
Language selection and expansion
From the beginning, the teachers have been both Finnish and native language experts. The teaching staff grew with the expansion to cover most of Finland.
The demand for different languages has varied depending on market situations, and in the 1990s and 2000s, for example, Spanish and Portuguese rose in popularity, driven by the South American market.
- Late 1980s: The language school increasingly focused on the growing needs of business.
- 1996: The change to a limited liability company brought with it the name IWG Instituutti Oy. In the early 2000s, operations expanded nationwide.
The explosive growth of distance learning
At the turn of the millennium, IWG began offering distance learning via Skype – a true pioneer. By 2020 at the latest, distance learning had become the main choice for almost all corporate clients due to its efficiency and logistical flexibility. Today, up to 97% of IWG clients want to benefit from the benefits of distance learning.
Towards the future
IWG Institute is constantly adapting to the changing challenges of its clients' working lives and developing its pedagogical methods. IWG responds flexibly to fluctuations in the demand for different languages. Growing from tradition and utilizing the opportunities of the digital age, IWG remains dedicated to one core business: providing high-quality and effective language training that meets the constantly changing needs of professionals and companies.