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Better Business Writing in English

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Better Business Writing in English

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.7

514 reviews

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
2 weeks at 10 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
96%
Most learners liked this course
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.7

514 reviews

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
2 weeks at 10 hours a week
Learn at your own pace
96%
Most learners liked this course

There are 4 modules in this course

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.

As you work through the course, you will complete self- and peer-evaluations. Many of the peer assignments will have 2 or more options so that you can choose the best path depending on your current situation. Through a combination of lectures, quizzes, supplementary resources, practice and performance, you’ll gain the skills and confidence to write well in English for your business and professional purposes.

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.

What's included

4 videos3 readings4 assignments1 peer review2 discussion prompts

4 videos•Total 21 minutes
  • Intro to Course•1 minute
  • Personal Voice•6 minutes
  • Sentence Types Part 1•6 minutes
  • Sentence Types Part 2•8 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
  • Written Communication•10 minutes
  • Sentence Type Resources•10 minutes
  • Get More from the Georgia Tech Language Institute•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 120 minutes
  • Simple, Compound and Complex sentences•30 minutes
  • Comprehension Check•30 minutes
  • Practice Compound Sentences•30 minutes
  • Practice Adverb Clauses•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
  • Write a Cover Letter OR Company Description/Mission/Vision Statements•120 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 20 minutes
  • Introduce Yourself to your Classmates•10 minutes
  • Discuss Personal Voice•10 minutes

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

3 videos•Total 19 minutes
  • 3 Key Parts of a Proposal•6 minutes
  • Strong Sentences Part 1: Verb Tense & Parallel Structure•7 minutes
  • Strong Sentences Part 2: Subject-Verb Agreement•6 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
  • Spelling Present Tense Verbs•10 minutes
  • Verb Tense, Parallel Structure and Subject Verb Agreement Resources•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 90 minutes
  • Lesson Review•30 minutes
  • Comprehension Check•30 minutes
  • Comprehension Check•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
  • Write a Proposal •120 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Discuss grammar rules from this module•10 minutes

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

3 videos•Total 22 minutes
  • How to Connect Ideas & Sentences•7 minutes
  • How to Write a Process•6 minutes
  • 3 Main Parts of a Paragraph•8 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
  • Online Writing Tool•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 90 minutes
  • Module 3 Review•30 minutes
  • Comprehension Check•30 minutes
  • Comprehension Check•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
  • Write a 1-Paragraph Report•60 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Discuss process writing•10 minutes

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

What's included

2 videos2 readings3 assignments1 peer review

2 videos•Total 16 minutes
  • Organize, Write, and Design Effective Slides•7 minutes
  • How to Use Articles and Count/Non-count Nouns•9 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
  • Count/Non-count Nouns & Articles Resources•10 minutes
  • Where to go from here?•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 90 minutes
  • Module 4 Review•30 minutes
  • Comprehension Check•30 minutes
  • Nouns and Articles•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 120 minutes
  • Create a Powerful Slide Presentation•120 minutes

Instructor

Instructor ratings
4.8 (190 ratings)
Georgia Institute of Technology
10 Courses•1,735,904 learners

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Reviewed on Oct 28, 2020

I have learned the importance of good writing in business can make a different for me as an employee and company's image

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Reviewed on Dec 18, 2020

I have newly learned about proposal writing & grammar using in sentences. Thank you very much, Ms. Amalia B. Stephans & other staff, of Georgia Tech

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Reviewed on Sep 9, 2022

I​ strongly recommend this course you won't regrets. This Business writing course is one of a kind and is relevant to everyday life.

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