About 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.
Who is this class for: This course is primarily designed for non-native English users who want to improve their business writing skills in English. The language skills reviewed in this course are mainly targeted for intermediate level. However, there are many items that any non-native English user will find helpful to improve their overall written communication.
Taught by: Amalia B. Stephens, Lecturer
Georgia Tech Language Institute
| Level | Beginner |
| Commitment | 4 weeks of study, 3-4 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
| User Ratings |
- Video: Intro to Course
- Discussion Prompt: Introduce Yourself to your Classmates
- Video: Personal Voice
- Practice Quiz: Comprehension Check
- Discussion Prompt: Discuss Personal Voice
- Reading: Written Communication
- Video: Sentence Types Part 1
- Practice Quiz: Practice Compound Sentences
- Video: Sentence Types Part 2
- Reading: Sentence Type Resources
- Practice Quiz: Practice Adverb Clauses
- Reading: Get More from the Georgia Tech Language Institute
- Video: 3 Key Parts of a Proposal
- Practice Quiz: Comprehension Check
- Video: Strong Sentences Part 1: Verb Tense & Parallel Structure
- Reading: Spelling Present Tense Verbs
- Video: Strong Sentences Part 2: Subject-Verb Agreement
- Reading: Verb Tense, Parallel Structure and Subject Verb Agreement Resources
- Practice Quiz: Comprehension Check
- Discussion Prompt: Discuss grammar rules from this module
- Video: How to Connect Ideas & Sentences
- Practice Quiz: Comprehension Check
- Video: How to Write a Process
- Discussion Prompt: Discuss process writing
- Practice Quiz: Comprehension Check
- Video: 3 Main Parts of a Paragraph
- Reading: Online Writing Tool
- Video: Organize, Write, and Design Effective Slides
- Practice Quiz: Comprehension Check
- Video: How to Use Articles and Count/Non-count Nouns
- Reading: Count/Non-count Nouns & Articles Resources
- Practice Quiz: Nouns and Articles
- Reading: Where to go from here?
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