Business English Writing Skills
A unique opportunity to gain individualised guidance and feedback from our expert tutor on the writing skills you need in your daily working life. Practise your writing skills in a small-group setting (up to 10 participants per workshop), and work on the skills that matter to you!
Start right now with a Pre-Course Task (see below) and then join this two-day practical and interactive workshop which will provide you with real skills in effective business communication. The focus will be on your individual needs, enabling you to improve your work-related documents.
Your two classes will be a week apart. Between classes, you will have a 1,000-word Business English writing task to complete and this will be reviewed by the trainer before the second class.
Business people who have to communicate in English, especially in writing, but perhaps have not considered the aspects of good writing in English.
This workshop will be of interest to all professionals who are looking to be more effective with their writing in English.
Objectives
- To encourage participants to develop a better awareness of style to help them become aware of their own strengths and weaknesses;
- To assist participants in gaining an understanding of what makes successful writing;
- To give participants the ability to produce professional, clear, effective documents more quickly.
Methodology
Participants are encouraged to look at their own written work and improve their techniques in terms of expression, tone, formality, style and accuracy.
Their writing skills will be developed through a series of written tasks, feedback and opportunities to revise and improve their output. However, in the case of larger groups, feedback may not be effectively given to all participants due to the size of the group and the short duration of the course.
Outcomes
- Understand the elements of effective writing;
- Have a better awareness of own individual problems and therefore be able to self-correct and write more accurately;
- Be able to produce more effective, professional documents;
- Have increased confidence and therefore be able to write emails and other business documents more quickly.
Key Elements of the Workshop
| Structure and clarity | Organising information and making it clearer for the reader. |
| Style | Choosing the right level of formality, being concise and consistent. |
| Tone | Choosing the appropriate tone for the mode of communication and the audience. |
| Grammar | Specific attention to typical mistakes of the participants. |
| Functions | Special phrases used for particular purposes. |
| Cohesion | Linking words, reference words, referring backwards and forwards within a document. |
| Plain English | Making sure participants use language designed to inform and not to confuse. |
Pre-Course Task: This will be reviewed by the tutor in order to tailor the course to your own Business English needs.
Please write a short email (250 words) on one of two topics. The email can be either:
a) to a colleague in London, arranging their visit to your company,
b) to a group of English-speaking members of your company confirming the details of a meeting.
Feel free to use your imagination!
