Grammar for Business Writing
Details
After the workshop, you will be able to:
- recollect how the English language works
- communicate more accurately and effectively
- use precise vocabulary to convey the intended meaning
- avoid common English errors to polish your business writing
Managers, executives, and non-executive staff.
Methodology
Participants are guided through practical steps of the topic with a combination of lectures, group work, and proofreading and editing of business texts using dictionary software.
Outline
- The Structure of English
- words
- phrases
- clauses
- sentences
- Noun countability
- paper or papers
- food or foods
- Tenses
- I have replied to the email or I had replied to the email
- Transitivity
- I look forward to hear or I look forward to hearing
- Verb Mood
- If I am you, I will tell him or If I were you, I would tell him
- Subject and Verb Agreement
- None of the documents is or None of the documents are
- Preposition
- I am on the bus or I am in the bus
- Correct sentence structures
- Punctuation
- Commonly Confused and Misused Words
- revert or reply
- kindly or please
- subject to or subjected to
Speaker/s
Ms Florence Au
Florence has been training adult learners in business communication for about 27 years. Her initial training stint in the private sector saw her teaching secretaries and administrative staff in the writing of letters, memos, reports, press releases and minutes
of meetings for examination courses. With this experience and that accumulated from her job as an administrator and later a training manager, she went on to train public officers. She has since been training at the Civil Service College (CSC) for more than
12 years. At CSC, Florence conducts public-run written communication courses in the Write programme, which includes grammar, emails, letters, reports and minutes of meetings. Besides these, she also develops and trains customised programmes for the Singapore
Police Force, Ministry of Education, Health Promotion Board, Singapore Land Authority, Building Construction Authority and People’s Association. In addition, she has re-written three courses for IPAM – Writing Reports and Proposals, Writing Minutes of Meetings
and Writing Effectively - The Quality Service Approach.
Florence holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Literature, a Diploma in Translation and Interpretation and professional qualifications from the UK in writing minutes of meetings and shorthand.
Special Offer
Normal: S$421.20
Members: S$324.00
Schedules
| Tue | 09:00 AM — 05:00 PM |
| Wed | 09:00 AM — 05:00 PM |
| Thu | 09:00 AM — 05:00 PM |
| No. of Days: | 1 |
| Total Hours: | 7 |
EON Consulting & Training Pte Ltd was established in 1996 and specialises in providing human capital consulting and training services to organisations in Singapore.
It has helped organisations improve on strategic human capital alignment and day-to-day HR operations through three main areas of support, namely, consulting, training and information service.
Mission
We build human capital capability and capacity through organisational development solutions.
Vision
To be the preferred human capital development partner in the Asia Pacific region.
Core Values:
ADVENTURE
Enthusiastic to take up challenges and adapt to changes.
SERVICE TO OTHERS
A positive presence, always trying to help and be useful to others.
PROFESSIONAL
Proactive and strives to conduct business at the highest technical and ethical standards.
INSPIRATIONAL
A positive influence to others, a source of energy that motivates others to think out of the box.
RESILIENCE
Responsive and resourceful in adversity to bring results, deals with people and situations with respect even in challenging moments, a force of calmness, stability and reliability.
EXCELLENCE
A life-long learner, always seeking better ways to do things. ...
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