Better Business Writing in English

Georgia Institute of Technology

About this Course

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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.

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Beginner Level

Approx. 14 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish

Instructor

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Amalia B. Stephens

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Georgia Tech Language Institute

822,105 Learners

10 Courses

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100% online

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Flexible deadlines

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Beginner Level

Approx. 14 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, Turkish, English, Spanish

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Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the nation's top research universities, distinguished by its commitment to improving the human condition through advanced science and technology.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

4 hours to complete

Write to Share and Achieve Your Goals

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.

4 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 21 min), 3 readings, 5 quizzes

4 videos

Intro to Course49s

Personal Voice6m

Sentence Types Part 16m

Sentence Types Part 28m

3 readings

Written Communication10m

Sentence Type Resources10m

Get More from the Georgia Tech Language Institute10m

4 practice exercises

Comprehension Check30m

Practice Compound Sentences30m

Practice Adverb Clauses30m

Simple, Compound and Complex sentences30m

Week

Week 2

3 hours to complete

Write a Proposal and Get Results

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.

3 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 19 min), 2 readings, 4 quizzes

3 videos

3 Key Parts of a Proposal5m

Strong Sentences Part 1: Verb Tense & Parallel Structure6m

Strong Sentences Part 2: Subject-Verb Agreement5m

2 readings

Spelling Present Tense Verbs10m

Verb Tense, Parallel Structure and Subject Verb Agreement Resources10m

3 practice exercises

Comprehension Check30m

Lesson Review30m

Week

Week 3

3 hours to complete

Write Clear and Complete Reports

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

3 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 22 min), 1 reading, 4 quizzes

3 videos

How to Connect Ideas & Sentences7m

How to Write a Process6m

3 Main Parts of a Paragraph8m

1 reading

Online Writing Tool10m

3 practice exercises

Comprehension Check30m

Module 3 Review30m

Week

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Write and Design Powerful Slides for Powerful Presentations

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

3 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 16 min), 2 readings, 4 quizzes

2 videos

Organize, Write, and Design Effective Slides7m

How to Use Articles and Count/Non-count Nouns8m

2 readings

Count/Non-count Nouns & Articles Resources10m

Where to go from here?10m

3 practice exercises

Comprehension Check30m

Nouns and Articles30m

Module 4 Review30m

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Better Business Writing in English

Better Business Writing in English