Grammar for Better Business Communication
Clear business communication is essential to getting your message across and proposal accepted. Why let lapses in grammar mar your message? This course troubleshoots and clears up your doubts about problem areas in writing. You will learn how to manipulate the English Language to your advantage to emphasise your message.
Detail
| Date: | |
| Duration: |
2, day(s) 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fee: | $680.00 |
| Venue: | 51 Anson Road, #03-53 Anson Centre Singapore 079904 |
Fees are subjected to prevailing GST of 7%
For more information, please contact JobsDB Learning at 65788111 or email to learning@jobsdb.com.sg
Payment must be made before the commencement of the workshop. No cancellation is allowed 7 days prior to workshop.
Outline
· Identifying the objective of the writing to attain the desired result
· Shaping, sequencing and developing the material
· Review of the tenses (focus on the perfect tenses)
· Review of the Parts of Speech (focus on the errors that arise)
· Using the dictionary
· Choice of sentence types and their effect
· Manipulating sentence structure to suit the purpose (independent and dependent clauses)
· Writing clear subjects and positioning these strategically
· Avoiding dangling constructions
· The enemies of a good style
· Weeding out ambiguity and clutter
· Selecting the right words and transition links for coherence
· Creating effective paragraphs
· Persuading the reader
· The demands of different writing (email, memos, letters, reports, proposals, newsletters
Facilitators
Valerie Valberg-Yeoh brings to the course 26 years of experience in communications. The top
graduate of her cohort of teacher trainees became Editor of Singapore Airlines’ award-winning
house newspaper, Outlook. Her particular expertise is linguistics. After an overseas stint, Valerie
returned to teach Communications Skills at the Singapore Polytechnic.
Valerie has been conducting training in both written and spoken communications. In 1993, she
won the PAN SE Asian Toastmasters’ Speech Competition and has added presentation skills and
speech training to her courses. She also conducts courses for the Institute of Public Relations.
Among Valerie’s corporate clients are the Singapore National Employers’ Federation, Creative
Technology, Visa International, Singapore Technologies, GlaxoSmithkline, Nanyang Polytechnic
and the Monetary Authority of Singapore
Who Should Attend
For PR practitioners and anyone interested in improving writing skills and acquiring better
Business English for effective communication