English writing skills
Introduction and objective
This course helps you refine and strengthen your writing skills and enables you to express yourself clearly and beautifully. The course teaches best practices students and professionals must know to create effective writing, including emails, and reports.
Course Objectives:
- Allow learners to write in English with confidence.
- Write excellent paragraphs with unity and coherence.
- Express ideas clearly in an academic/business format.
Duration
8 modules
Learning outcome
At the end of this programme, participants will be able to:
- Practice the qualities of professional writing style, such as sentence conciseness, clarity, accuracy, avoiding wordiness, coherence and transitional devices.
- Revise and edit effectively all assignments.
- Organise ideas and conclusions coherently when writing.
- Expand range of language when writing official documents.
- Gain practical written communication skills to improve engagement with various stakeholders.
Outline
Module 1: Paragraphs
Learning to construct Paragraphs
Module 2: Formal Writing/Academic Tone
Learning the difference between Formal and Casual writing
Module 3: Transition Signals
Connecting ideas and adding cohesion to your writing
Module 4: Vocabulary
Choosing precise words to convey message
Module 5: Conciseness
Delivering a clear message
Module 6: Effective Emails
Making an impact on your reader
Module 7: Summarizing
Summing up the key points in your words without unnecessary details
Module 8: Paraphrasing
Putting a passage in your words without plagiarizing
Assessment (if any)
100% Attendance
Delivery mode
Online or Face-to-face
Designed for
High school students, University students and professionals