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.
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
Write a Proposal and Get Results
Module 2•4 hours to complete
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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.
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
Write Clear and Complete Reports
Module 3•3 hours to complete
Module details
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
Write and Design Powerful Slides for Powerful Presentations
Module 4•4 hours to complete
Module details
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
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2 videos•Total 16 minutes
Organize, Write, and Design Effective Slides•7 minutes
How to Use Articles and Count/Non-count Nouns•9 minutes
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