Do you need to write more easily and effectively in English? This course will provide the tools to help you do just that. You will develop your personal voice in your writing. You will develop strategies to plan and produce clear, understandable text. You will learn and practice specific writing skills to use in different types of business communications including cover letters, mission and vision statements, proposals , instructions and reports. You will organize, design and write clear text for Power Point Productions. Writing skills include how to choose correct noun and noun modifiers; how to choose correct verb forms and tenses; how to write a variety of clauses and sentences.



Better Business Writing in English

Instructor: Amalia B. Stephens
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There are 4 modules in this course
Learning outcomes: After this module, you will be able to develop your personal voice and increase your accuracy, and appropriateness in written English, and produce a written document which displays your personal voice.
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4 videos3 readings4 assignments1 peer review2 discussion prompts
Learning outcomes: After this module, you will be able to increase your accuracy, and appropriateness in written English and plan and compose a business proposal in English.
What's included
3 videos2 readings3 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt
Learning outcomes: After this module, you will be able to increase your accuracy and appropriateness in written English and plan and produce a paragraph style report in English
What's included
3 videos1 reading3 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt
Learning outcomes: After this module, you will be able to increase your accuracy and appropriateness in written English and write, design and produce a set of clear and powerful presentation slides
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2 videos2 readings3 assignments1 peer review
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Reviewed on Oct 20, 2020
The course is simple, on point and really useful. It is fun to learn because the resource speakers are knowledgeable and very professional. Thanks.
Reviewed on Oct 29, 2020
I have learned the importance of good writing in business can make a different for me as an employee and company's image
Reviewed on Oct 28, 2020
I am so thrilled by the way learning is done here. Short and well explained notes, lecture videos are clear and presented well. Thanks to you offering me this course.
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