This course will teach you how to apply advanced principles and strategies to produce successful business writing. It takes an immersive narrative approach so you learn how to use context to write purposeful and audience specific business texts. You will learn to deploy a range of tools and tactics so your business writing is on point, concise and appropriate, whatever the organisational culture or whomever the client or stakeholder.

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中级
As an advanced course this is for learners who already have some experience of writing in English for business.
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中级
As an advanced course this is for learners who already have some experience of writing in English for business.
您将学到什么
Importance of the relationship between vocabulary and intertextuality.
Seven key questions successful writers are able to ask and answer.
要了解的详细信息
了解顶级公司的员工如何掌握热门技能

该课程共有5个模块
Module 1 (Lessons 1.1 through to 1.12) covers introductory material about how the course approaches business writing, the learning scenario and the learning process. You will learn about the business narrative and the company, Globe, that provides a comparable real-life context for the writing you do on the course. You will consider how the course approaches learning and be introduced to the seven key questions that successful writers are able to ask and answer as part of producing texts. This module also looks at the first Output Text that you will produce as part of the course scenario, a Short Answer Response, which will involve using a structure to organise ideas as well as writing concisely and specifically.
涵盖的内容
4个视频4篇阅读材料5个作业1个讨论话题
4个视频•总计47分钟
- 1.1 Welcome to the course: Introducing one big idea and seven questions.•6分钟
- 1.4 Looking at how you will learn on this course•13分钟
- 1.7 Introducing and Contextualising the Output Text: Short Answer Response•7分钟
- 1.11 Studying an Exemplar of a Short Answer Response•22分钟
4篇阅读材料•总计27分钟
- Introducing the educator.•2分钟
- 1.2 Setting up Course Aims, Outcomes and the Scenario•10分钟
- 1.6 Downloading a Key Resource: The Writing for Business Advanced Resources Pack•5分钟
- 1.8 Considering a Short Answer Response and the 7 Writing Questions•10分钟
5个作业•总计125分钟
- 1.5 Reflecting on your business writing experience•20分钟
- 1.10 Writing your Short Answer Response•30分钟
- 1.12 Reviewing and Reflecting on your Short Answer Response•30分钟
- 1.3 Checking your Understanding of Aims, Outcomes and the Scenario•15分钟
- 1.9 Checking your Understanding of a Short Answer Response and the 7 Writing Questions•30分钟
1个讨论话题•总计10分钟
- Week 1 Discussion Forum•10分钟
Module 2 (Lessons 2.1 through to 2.12) sees you complete the application process to Globe and move into an assessment centre. You will write an example of a formal letter, a Covering Letter, and a Report. You will focus in detail on two of the seven writing questions, those concerning Register and Sentence accuracy, range and variety. You will learn about degrees of formality and how to use language features to modulate register, as well as how to use a range of sentence types to best suit your writing purpose and aims.
涵盖的内容
4个视频2篇阅读材料6个作业1个讨论话题
4个视频•总计36分钟
- 2.1 Introducing and Contextualising the Output Text: Covering Letter•4分钟
- 2.5 Studying an Exemplar of a Covering Letter with a focus on Register•13分钟
- 2.7 Introducing and Contextualising the Output Text: Report 1•4分钟
- 2.11 Studying an Exemplar of a Report with a focus on Sentence Variety & Accuracy•14分钟
2篇阅读材料•总计20分钟
- 2.2 Considering a Covering Letter with a focus on Register•10分钟
- 2.8 Considering a Report with a focus on Sentence Variety & Accuracy•10分钟
6个作业•总计240分钟
- 2.4 Writing your Covering Letter•60分钟
- 2.6 Reviewing and Reflecting on your Covering Letter•30分钟
- 2.10 Writing your Report•60分钟
- 2.12 Reviewing and Reflecting on your Report•30分钟
- 2.3 Checking your Understanding of a Covering Letter and Register•30分钟
- 2.9 Checking your Understanding of a Report and Sentence Variety & Accuracy•30分钟
1个讨论话题•总计10分钟
- Week 2 Discussion Forum•10分钟
In Module 3 (Lessons 3.1 through to 3.12), you leave the Globe assessment centre and start your internship at Globe. You will write a piece of reflective writing, and through this text explore the different ways vocabulary can be packaged and used to improve range, accuracy, and variety. As you start your first internship project at Globe and deal with issues in customer relationship management (CRM), you will write an adjustment letter to a client and look at grammar features that are common in different text types. You will revisit register and vocabulary and consider how frequently occurring word items can affect your communicative purpose.
涵盖的内容
4个视频2篇阅读材料6个作业1个讨论话题
4个视频•总计40分钟
- 3.1 Introducing and Contextualising the Output Text: Reflective Writing•3分钟
- 3.5 Studying an Exemplar of Reflective Writing with a focus on Vocabulary•19分钟
- 3.7 Introducing and Contextualising the Output Text: Adjustment Letter•7分钟
- 3.11 Studying an Exemplar of an Adjustment Letter with a focus on Grammar•12分钟
2篇阅读材料•总计20分钟
- 3.2 Considering Reflective Writing with a focus on Vocabulary•10分钟
- 3.8 Considering an Adjustment Letter with a focus on Grammar•10分钟
6个作业•总计240分钟
- 3.4 Writing your Reflection•60分钟
- 3.6 Reviewing and Reflecting on your Reflective Writing•30分钟
- 3.10 Writing your Adjustment Letter•60分钟
- 3.12 Reviewing and Reflecting on your Adjustment Letter•30分钟
- 3.3 Checking your Understanding of Reflective Writing and Vocabulary•30分钟
- 3.10 Checking your Understanding of Adjustment Letter and Grammar•30分钟
1个讨论话题•总计10分钟
- Week 3 Discussion Forum•10分钟
In Module 4 (Lessons 4.1 through to 4.12), you will complete the first internship project (CRM) and write two emails as you seek to wrap this up. One email is to a group of colleagues at Globe who you do not know, while another is to a colleague that you do know. You will also explore two further key writing questions, those of Purpose and Audience, and learn how your relationship with the audience affects your decisions as writers, not only in terms of how you position yourself using register and other language choices, but also in terms of how you use information from other texts.
涵盖的内容
4个视频2篇阅读材料6个作业1个讨论话题
4个视频•总计37分钟
- 4.1 Introducing and Contextualising the Output Text: Email to Colleagues (Unknown)•4分钟
- 4.5 Studying an Exemplar of an Email to Colleagues Unknown with a focus on Purpose•14分钟
- 4.7 Introducing and Contextualising the Output Text: Email to a Colleague (Known)•3分钟
- 4.11 Studying an Exemplar of an Email to a Colleague Known with a focus on Audience•16分钟
2篇阅读材料•总计20分钟
- 4.2 Considering an Email to Colleagues Unknown with a focus on Purpose•10分钟
- 4.8 Considering an Email to a Colleague Known with a focus on Audience•10分钟
6个作业•总计240分钟
- 4.4 Writing your Email to Colleagues Unknown•60分钟
- 4.6 Reviewing and Reflecting on your Email to Colleagues Unknown•30分钟
- 4.10 Writing your Email to a Colleague Known•60分钟
- 4.12 Reviewing and Reflecting on your Email to a Colleague Known•30分钟
- 4.3 Checking your Understanding an Email to Colleagues Unknown and Purpose•30分钟
- 4.10 Checking your Understanding of an Email to a Colleague Known and Audience•30分钟
1个讨论话题•总计10分钟
- Week 4 Discussion Forum•10分钟
In the final Module 5 (Lessons 5.1 through to 5.10), you will start and complete your second internship project and explore ways in which you are uniquely placed to improve Globe's performance. You will write a Report that highlights your innovative and strategic business thinking and focus on the creative visual aspects of a text. Your final Output Text will be a Press Release. In this, you will bring together the skills that you have learned during the course to showcase and test out your ability to independently ask and answer the seven writing questions that you have practised during the five Modules.
涵盖的内容
3个视频2篇阅读材料6个作业1个讨论话题
3个视频•总计19分钟
- 5.1 Introducing and Contextualising the Output Text: Report 2•3分钟
- 5.5 Studying an Exemplar of a Report with a focus on Organisation & Layout•14分钟
- 5.7 Introducing and Contextualising the Output Text: Press Release•2分钟
2篇阅读材料•总计15分钟
- 5.2 Considering your second Report with a focus on Organisation & Layout•10分钟
- 5.8 Considering the Press Release with a focus on the Writing Process & 7 Questions•5分钟
6个作业•总计255分钟
- 5.4 Writing your second Report•60分钟
- 5.6 Reviewing and Reflecting on your second Report•30分钟
- 5.9 Writing your Press Release•60分钟
- 5.10 Reflecting on your Press Release and the Course•45分钟
- 5.3 Checking your Understanding of your Report and Organisation & Layout•30分钟
- Press Release: End of Course Test•30分钟
1个讨论话题•总计10分钟
- Week 5 Discussion Forum•10分钟
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