English Business Writing Skills
What is this course about?
To supply the learners with the necessary knowledge and confidence, enabling them to conduct professional e-mail and letter writing including minute taking. This workshop is geared towards English Second Language users and does address basic grammar and common errors.
Key content covered
How do I improve my English
Why it is so important, free resources and practical suggestions
Basic English Building Blocks
The basics from nouns and verbs to direct and indirect speech
Common grammatical errors to avoid
A comprehensive list of grammatical and spelling errors
Emphasis - how and why
Being coherent in your approach
The Six C's of business letter writing
The basics explained
Business letter writing checklist
A comprehensive check and editing list
Opening and closing formats
Providing templates
Conversational style techniques
Setting the tone and keeping to the point, using plain English, avoiding unnecessary jargon
Sentence Structure
Getting the sentence structure right
Getting the navigation right
Getting the sentence structure right
The language of minute taking
Getting the tenses right
You benefit from our experience
The difference between this workshop and the Business Writing workshop is simply that additional grammar and punctuation modules have been added.
With so few South Africans conducting business in their first language, this workshop will be of assistance to those who find themselves uncertain of their written skills. This is a 2-day workshop and is only presented inhouse.
"I have made this letter longer because I did not have the time to make it shorter." ~ Blaise Pascal
Unit standard alignment
| US ID | NQF | Credits | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 119465 | 3 | 5 | Write/present/sign texts for a range of communicative contexts |
| 119459 | 4 | 5 | Write/present/sign for a wide range of contexts |
| 12153 | 4 | 5 | Use the writing process to compose texts required in the business environment. |
| 119463 | 2 | 5 | Access and use information from texts |
| 119456 | 2 | 5 | Write/present for a defined context |
| 119636 | 1 | 6 | Write/Sign for a variety of different purposes (Historical) |
| 119457 | 3 | 5 | Interpret and use information from texts |
| 119469 | 4 | 5 | Read/view, analyse and respond to a variety of texts |
| 119640 | 1 | 6 | Read/view and respond to a range of text types (Historical) |
Compiled for maximum organisational outcome — SETA alternatives are available on request.
Run English Business Writing Skills for your team
Every workshop we publish is also delivered in-house — at your premises anywhere in South Africa and beyond, at one of our venues, or live online. Before we deliver, our course designers can adapt English Business Writing Skills to your team: your industry’s examples in the case work, your real challenges in the exercises, your operational rhythm in the schedule. We meet you, agree the outline together, and only then do you place the order.
In-house rates drop per delegate as the group grows — for larger teams it is usually the more affordable option as well as the better-fitting one.
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