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The aim of this chapter is to propose a generally applicable model for language training in the corporate sector. Anchoring language training into a company´s structural training programme is both desirable and logical. It is after all companies, in particular through their personnel departments, who place demands on the foreign language skills of their employees. It is therefore essential that companies have a clear defined concept and framework for language training based on the strategic goals of the company and the competency models for individual working positions. When developing such a concept, the personnel department requires specific knowledge regarding language education in general, including terminology. When developing models for corporate language training we distinguish three basic phases, namely: identification of the needs for language learning within a company; preparation of the concept of language training for employees; implementation of corporate language courses.