Course Instructor: Liz Paine
Introduction
Learning and honing business writing skills can have a positive impact on your business and / or career success. That’s why we’ve put this simple to follow course together. We want you to be successful and be able to present your business correspondence in a way that achieves the results you need.
In this simple to follow course, we’ll step you activities designed to demystify the skills associated with writing well. We’ll be here to support you all the way with learning materials, videos and activities to show you the principles of writing well in a business context.
Course Instructor: Liz Paine
Target group:
Anyone interested in improving their business writing skills.
Topics:
- Preparing to write
- Corresponding by email
- Corresponding by letter
- Types of letters
- Effective document design
- Useful phrases for business writing
- Getting the tone right
- Denotation and connotation
- Words often confused
- Writing in plain English
- Active and passive voice
- Jargon, buzzwords and cliches
- Reviewing, editing and revising your writing
- Parts of Speech
- Punctuation
- Writing in plain English
- Understanding active and passive voice – which to use – when and why
- Mastering punctuation
- Shades of meaning – denotation and connotation
- Writing emails that get results
- Strategies to overcome writer’s block
- Checklist for clear writing
Course Features
- Lectures 25
- Quizzes 15
- Duration 46 days
- Skill level All levels
- Students 41
- Assessments Self
Curriculum
- 3 Sections
- 25 Lessons
- 46 Days
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- The secrets of good writingModules20
- 2.1BW – Welcome3 Minutes
- 2.2BW – Topic 1 – Preparing to write10 Minutes
- 2.3BW -Topic 2 – Corresponding by email10 Minutes
- 2.4BW – Assignment – Topic 2 – Sally’s request for an increase in Salary20 Days
- 2.5BW – Topic 3 – Corresponding by letter10 Minutes
- 2.6BW – Topic 4 – Types of letters10 Minutes
- 2.7BW – Topic 5 – Tips for effective document design10 Minutes
- 2.8BW – Topic 6 – Useful phrases for business writing10 Minutes
- 2.9BW – Topic 7 – Using the right tone10 Minutes
- 2.10BW – Assignment – Topic 7 – Tone28 Days
- 2.11BW – Topic 8 – Denotation and connotation10 Minutes
- 2.12BW – Quiz – Topic 8 – Denotation and connotation10 Minutes9 Questions
- 2.13BW – Topic 9 – Words often confused12 Minutes
- 2.14BW – Quiz – Topic 9 – Words often confused15 Minutes20 Questions
- 2.15BW – Topic 10 – Writing in plain English10 Minutes
- 2.16BW – Topic 10 a – Quiz – Writing in plain English10 Minutes10 Questions
- 2.17BW – Topic 10 b – Quiz – Active and passive voice10 Minutes10 Questions
- 2.18BW – Topic 10 c – Quiz – Jargon, buzzwords and cliches10 Minutes11 Questions
- 2.19BW – Topic 11 – Reviewing, editing and revising your writing10 Minutes
- 2.20BW – Assignment – Apply your writing skills20 Days
- Parts of speech and punctuation23
- 3.1BW – Parts of speech13 Minutes
- 3.2BW – Parts of speech10 Minutes10 Questions
- 3.3BW – Introduction to punctuation2 Minutes
- 3.4BW – The history of punctuation4 Minutes
- 3.5BW – Punct – Capital letters10 Minutes
- 3.6BW – Punct – Quiz – Capital letters10 Minutes10 Questions
- 3.7BW – Punct – Full stops, question marks and explanation marks10 Minutes
- 3.8BW – Punct – Quiz – Full stops, question marks, exclamation marks10 Minutes10 Questions
- 3.9BW – Punct – Commas10 Minutes
- 3.10BW – Punct – Quiz – Commas10 Minutes10 Questions
- 3.11BW – Punct – Colons10 Minutes
- 3.12BW – Punt – Quiz – Colons10 Minutes10 Questions
- 3.13BW – Punct – Bullet points5 Minutes
- 3.14BW – Punct – Dashes and hyphens10 Minutes
- 3.15BW – Punct – Dashes and hyphens10 Minutes10 Questions
- 3.16BW – Punct – Parentheses and brackets12 Minutes
- 3.17BW – Punct – Quiz – Parentheses and brackets10 Minutes10 Questions
- 3.18BW – Punct – Quiz – Semi-colons10 Minutes
- 3.19BW – Quiz – Semi-colon12 Minutes10 Questions
- 3.20BW – Punct – Apostrophes10 Minutes
- 3.21BW – Quiz – Apostrophes10 Minutes13 Questions
- 3.22BW – Punct – Inverted commas / quotation marks10 Minutes
- 3.23BW – Punct – Quiz – Inverted commas / quotation marks10 Minutes10 Questions
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