About this Course

Course Descripton

This comprehensive workshop builds your foundation in grammar and effective writing from a business perspective. You will learn to write all types of documents more effectively and to project a business image for your work through your writing.

Through discussions, exercises and hands-on activities, you will learn how to plan, write and edit your reports before sending them to your boss/es. You will write case studies and receive feedback from ACES Business English Coach on your strengths and areas to improve on.

What You Will Gain

Participants will achieve the following outcomes:

1 – Understand the basics of business writing and grammar

2 – Write from your business readers’ perspectives

3 – Write with clarity and style, projecting a professional image about your work

4 – Able to edit own writings efficiently and quickly

Course Outline

Write sentences that are short, simple working structure and effective use of vocabulary

- Understand purpose for your writing; Clear about the action you want your reader to take

- Verbs vs Nouns – action words

- Most effective way to begin sentences

Write Findings/Observations/Matters arising using Vocabulary that Business Readers can Understand

Aware of the Tone in your Writings

- Giving bad news

- Writing letter of apologies

Less is More

- How to cut out redundancies

- Common mistakes made in long sentences

Common Pitfalls in Writings

- Common mistakes made in reports

- Common grammatical errors

Email Writings

- Professional etiquette

- Do’s and Don’ts

Common Mistakes in local Pronunciation

Editing own documents – how to do it efficiently and quickly

What’s Next

Who Should Attend

ANYONE who uses emails, draft letters, proposals & other materials.

1 – Marketing / PR Professionals

2 – Human Resource Professionals

3 – Secretaries / Personal Assistants

4 – Business / Sales Professionals

5 – Corporate Communication Professionals

6 – Technical Professionals

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