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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Written English for the Workplace 1
Start Date:Location:
 2010-01-07 7:00pm-10:00pmThursday Book this course
 
Price: $2880 Duration: 30 hours 
Overview
You will find Written English for the Workplace 1 and Written English for the Workplace 2 useful if you want to be able to write business correspondence and simple reports which international colleagues and clients will read.
Who is it for?
You need to have intermediate level of English to benefit from this course.
Intermediate / Support Staff
Industry: All
What will I learn?
You will learn to:
- use the appropriate format and structure for emails and simple reports
- use language with a polite ?eutral?level of formality that is appropriate for workplace and business correspondence
- communicate your ideas simply with clear and grammatically correct language and logical organisation
- organise your ideas so that they follow one another logically.
Course Topics
- emails: basic dos and donts
- organisation of information for clear communication
- writing enquiries and replies
- making and confirming arrangements
- communicating good and bad news
- writing complaints, and replying
- expressing appreciation
- writing internal administration emails

Take this course as part of a package to qualify for funding under the Continuing Education Fund.