Do you need to write emails at work? Are you worried that your emails are not clear or that you make mistakes in your written English?
In this course, you will learn how to write well structured, professional emails using the correct level of formality.
Writing for business is the ideal course for anyone who needs to improve their business correspondence skills.
The course will show you how to write professional emails and other correspondence in English from beginning to end, in simple, clear steps.
Writing for business will help you to:
Write properly structured emails
Use the correct level of formality in emails and correspondence
Use the correct email etiquette to build better professional relationships
Learn over 250 of the most commonly used phrases in business writing
Plan, draft and finalise your professional documents
Analyse your reader so you can determine the best way to approach them
Apply the 4 C's of reader-friendly writing to make your correspondence clear, concise, courteous and correct
Avoid embarrassing errors in your writing
Proofread your document so it is error-free
The courses is divided into five sections:
Introduction to email writing
Emails and letters
Email etiquette
The process of business writing
Reader friendly writing
Who should take this course?
This course is appropriate for anyone who needs to write professional emails and documents.
The course is primarily designed to help ESL students learn how to write professional emails and documents, whilst more experienced writers or native English speakers can develop or refresh their business writing techniques.
Please note that Writing for business is designed to help improve your business writing skills (emails, letters, memos, reports and proposals). Although some of the ideas apply to all writing, this is NOT a course on writing fiction, nonfiction, blogs, poetry, or academic papers.
Writing for business also includes
Over 30 practical lectures for the most common business contexts
Over 2 hours of lectures
Supplementary activities
A course workbook featuring over 250 essential phrases for written business communication