Business Writing Course

Description

The Business Writing Course may include:

• Writing Business E-Mails;
• Writing Faxes and Memos;
• Writing Business Letters;
• Writing Business Reports;
• Writing Business Proposals.

This course is designed for business professionals who are nonnative English speakers.
During this course the participants will:

• Learn how to use the appropriate tone and style in their correspondence;
• Enhance their productivity, job performance and self-confidence;
• Build their English vocabulary and learn hundreds of words essential to effective business writing;
• Review guidelines of standard English grammar, word usage, punctuation and capitalization.

Course Outline

Mechanics

The Basics

• Components of Business Letters;
• Format of Business Letters;
• Paragraph Structure;
• Creating Sentences that Clearly Express Relationships of Ideas;
• Strategies for Planning and Drafting;
• Critical Thinking Strategies.

Vocabulary

• General Business Vocabulary;
• Common Business Abbreviations;
• INCOTERMS.

Grammar

• Parts of Speech;
• Various Principles of Subject and Verb agreement;
• Use of Various Verb Tenses;
• Regular and Irregular Verbs;
• Active and Passive Sentence Construction;
• Pronouns;
• Comparative Adjectives and Adverbs;
• Special use of Adjectives;
• Uses of Articles in Sentences;
• Modifiers of Nouns and Pronouns;
• Prepositions;
• Connectives in Coordinate Constructions;
• Connectives in Complex Sentences;

Punctuation and Capitalization

• Use of the Comma;
• Use of Semicolons and Colons;
• Use of Dashes, Parentheses, and Brackets;
• Uses of Quotation Marks, Ellipses, and Apostrophes;
• Uses of Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Marks;
• Rules for Correct Capitalization of English Words and Phrases;
• Rules for Writing Numbers as Words or as Figures.

Register

• Tone vs Style;
• Appropriate Email Etiquette;
• The importance of Using Plain English;
• Correct Use of Popular Cliches and Euphemisms;
• Politics of Business Writing.

Topics

• Enquiries;
• Replies and Quotations;
• Orders;
• Payment;
• Complaints and Adjustments;
• Credit and Collection;
• Banking;
• Insurance;
• Agents and Agencies;
• Transportation and Shipping;
• Personnel Appointments;
• Sales, Marketing, and Public Relations Correspondence;
• Customer Service Correspondence;
• Social, Personal, and Miscellaneous Correspondence.

Study options

Individually or in mini-groups (2-4 students).

You can attend classes at IFL LANGUAGE SCHOOL or our teacher can come to your place.

Course Length

30-90 lessons*

Minimum lessons weekly

2-hour* classes are held twice or three times a week.

Course start

Course can be started any time throughout the year if you are planning to take it individually or in a mini-group.

Entry requirements

Only for the students whose level of English is Intermediate or above.

Request our fees

*The words lessons and hours are used interchangeably and mean 55-minute tuition.