Fine Tuning Your Business English

Structure Duration

Two days

Trainer

Andrew Mckay

Commencement Date

26-27 Apr 2016

29-30 Aug 2016
29-30 Nov 2016

FEES S$963.00* (including GST)

* Members enjoy a 15% discount before GST
* Group Discount (3 or more participants) - 10%
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Introduction
English is the number one language for businesses around the world and a good command of English is an
absolute essential for todays high fliers. The ability to communicate well in both writing and speaking, is one of the
keys to being successful at work.

With our help on this course, you will acquire the knowledge and skills needed both written and verbal to impress
your boss, colleagues, customers, your family and friends.
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Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to;
Recognising the Different Parts of Speech
Giving effective presentations
Understanding present, past and future verb tenses
Understanding the Active versus the Passive Voice and their uses in business
Improve understanding of Sentence Structure
Learn collocations - 50 common verb-noun phrases used in business
Understand the uses of countable and uncountable nouns, subject/verb agreement
Have learned about writing proposals
Have learned about formal and informal writing for emails
Analyse differences between Business Jargon and Plain English
Learn about Standard vs Singaporean English; identify many common mistakes/grey areas
Understand conditionals
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Target Audience
All who wish to improve the way they communicate in English.
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Duration
Two days
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Curriculum
Training Needs Analysis
Getting to know each other

 Recognising The Different Parts of Speech

Effective Presentations:
Grammar - Present Tenses
Grammar - Active versus Passive
Sentence Structure
Collocations - 50 Common Verb-Noun Phrases used in Business
Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Grammar - Future Tenses
Writing - Proposals
Email - Formal and Informal Writing
Subject / Verb Agreement
There Is / There Are With Some and Any
Grammar - Past Tenses
Grammar - Cause and Effect, Ability
Business Jargon versus Plain English
Standard versus Singaporean English
Grammar - Conditionals - If I Were You
Case Study and Presentation
Identifying Common Mistakes / Areas for Improvement
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Methodology
Lecture with PowerPoint, white board, group work, pair work, individual exercises and feedback.
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