Business Writing for Professionals
Improve the power and accuracy of your professional writing skills
Business writing is an essential skill for most professional workers in
the information age. This course is designed to help professionals
improve their writing skills by gaining accuracy with the fundamentals
of Business English, as well as the structure required for emails and
reports.
Participants are encouraged to use examples of their authentic business writing to enable tutors to provide useful feedback on their industry specific writing skills.
1. Spelling & punctuation
2. Business terminology
3. Writing sentences
4. Constructing paragraphs
5. Writing emails
6. Writing reports
When you join this course, you will gain access to Englishtec’s easy-to-use online learning management system for a period of 4 weeks.
Professional staff who require help with their business writing skills.
The tutors are native English speaking professionals from Australia. They are highly experienced English teachers who will be able to clearly guide you through the course and provide the feedback you need to rapidly improve your skills.
This course will prepare professional staff with the skills to plan, write and edit written work so that it is accurate and clear.
Students need a computer, access to the internet with a connection fast enough to be able to play short online videos.
Matt McGinniss
Video - Welcome to Business Writing for Professionals
How to Study Business Writing for Professionals
Video - Business Spelling
Quiz 1 - Spelling
Video - Punctuation
Quiz 2 - Punctuation
Worksheet - Record your Common Errors
Word Form
Quiz 3 - Word Form
Avoiding Unnecessary Language
Avoiding Cliches
Quiz 4 - Unnecessary words and clichés
Quick Reference Sheet - Words & Phrases
Video - Writing Complete Sentences
Video - Subject-Verb Agreement
Video - Verb Tenses
Quiz 5 - Complete sentences, subject-verb agreement & verb tense
Choppy Sentences
Run-on Sentences
Quiz 6 - Choppy, run on & parallel sentences
Quick Reference Sheet - Writing Sentences
Parts of a Paragraph
Coherence in Paragraphs
Signposting in Paragraphs
Quick Reference Sheet - Constructing Paragraphs
Formal Tone
Fact vs Opinion
Active vs Passive Voice
Quick Reference Sheet - Using the Correct Tone
Editing & Proofreading
Commonly misspelled words in business