British Council Sri Lanka

Business Writing Essentials

This comprehensive workshop provides you with a basic understanding of modern business writing enabling you to write all types of documents more effectively and professionally.

Through discussions, case studies and hands-on activities, you will learn how to plan and edit a variety of documents. You will write case studies and receive feedback from your trainer and other participants on your strengths and areas to improve on.

BENEFITS

After this two-day workshop you will:

understand the basics of business writing
work on your strengths and improve your weaknesses
know the conventions of modern business writing

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

You can expect to:

examine business writing conventions through a range of texts
learn to adapt your writing to different readers and situations
discover techniques to make your writing more professional, convincing and reader-friendly

COURSE OUTLINE

Writing a case study from your workplace
Introducing the 5Cs of good writing

Complete

Considering your purpose for writing and your readers
Making follow-up actions clear
Planning effectively

Clear

Being specific
Writing paragraphs and linking
Using logical structure
Designing an attractive layout

Courteous

Developing good relationships with your readers
Considering the language you use

Correct
Avoiding repetition and

Common writing errors
Grammar and word choice

Concise

Using short, familiar words
Avoiding repetition and redundancy

Summary

Vetting your work
redundancy

WHO THE COURSE IS FOR

This course is for clerical and secretarial staff and junior staff new to a company.

When:

26 and 27 June
from 0900 to 1600

Where: Cinnamon Lakeside – Dukes Court 1
Fees:
Individual price - Rs. 19,600/- (includes lunch &
refreshments)
At your own
premises - Rs. 186,000/- (up to 20 participants)
This price does not include the
cost of transporting the trainer
to and from your premises

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