This course is part of the Improve Your English Communication Skills Specialization

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Improve Your English Communication Skills SpecializationGeorgia Institute of Technology

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This is a course to help you write effective business emails in English. This course is unique because each module will provide tips on writing more professional emails as well as lessons to improve your overall English writing skills. Therefore, you will improve your grammar and vocabulary skills for email writing and also improve your cross cultural knowledge to make you more powerful and successful in your business communication. You will look at different email formats to analyze tone, formality levels, and various organizational styles. You will be able to improve your emails of introduction, announcements, requests and emails that apologize or revise a request. In this course you will write and revise 4–5 emails, complete several comprehension quizzes and review the emails of other participants.  
By the end of this course, you will be able to 
•	Improve your overall written English skills
•	See differences and similarities among the different email formats 
•	Write more effective subject lines and email text
•	Apply various key language to different types of emails
•	Correct common errors such as punctuation and capitalization
•	Study tone and level of formality in emails 
•	Understand how culture affects what is appropriate in a business emails 
•	Write powerful business emails for professional needs

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Improve Your English Communication Skills Specialization

Approx. 13 hours to complete

English

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Flexible deadlines

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Coursera Labs

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Course 1 of 4 in the

Improve Your English Communication Skills Specialization

Approx. 13 hours to complete

English

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Gerry Landers

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Georgia Tech Language Institute

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

4 hours to complete

Get to Know Basic Email Writing Structures

4 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 24 min), 4 readings, 4 quizzes

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Let's Start Writing

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 13 min), 1 reading, 3 quizzes

Week3

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Introduction and Announcement Emails

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 10 min), 1 reading, 3 quizzes

Week4

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Request and Apology Emails

3 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 12 min), 1 reading, 3 quizzes

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TOP REVIEWS FROM WRITE PROFESSIONAL EMAILS IN ENGLISH

by YXFeb 2, 2021

Contents are clear and useful, but the difficulty levels can be raised up. Also, I would be happier if there's a sample answer for each assignment. BTW, the unfair scoring is popular in this course.

by TNOct 22, 2020

It was an honor being a part of the Georgia Institute of Technology. I must say thanks once more to my lecturer Mr. Gerry Landers for your amazing lectures and feedbacks. You're an amazing teacher .

by SFAug 18, 2020

Thanks to Coursera and Georgia Institute of Technology for offering this course. Grateful to Gerry lander for articulating everything so nicely. I am so delighted to complete this course successfully.

by KASep 18, 2022

I am glad to participate in this course. I really appreciate it and thankful for the coursera team. I also thanks to the professor Mr. Landers who provides wonderful speech and explanation. Thank you.

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About the Improve Your English Communication Skills Specialization

This Specialization helps you improve your professional communication in English for successful business interactions. Each course focuses on a particular area of communication in English: writing emails, speaking at meetings and interviews, giving presentations, and networking online. Whether you want to communicate to potential employers, employees, partners or clients, better English communication can help you achieve your language and professional goals. The Capstone course will focus especially on making those important connections to take your career or business to the next level. Make yourself more competitive by improving your English through this Specialization: Improve Your English Communication Skills.

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