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Course Duration

14 hours

Type of course

Short Courses

Campus where course is offered

ITE College Central

Enhance your English skills with our comprehensive course designed to help you master essential grammar rules, learn persuasive writing techniques, and avoid common mistakes in business communication. Through hands-on activities and recommended readings, you will improve your language abilities and become more effective in both personal and professional communication. This course will empower you to speak and write clearly, setting you up for success in your workplace.

Fee for this course can be paid using SkillsFuture Credits. Visit www.skillsfuture.gov.sg/credit for more information.

Mode of Training:  Classroom

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What you'll learn

Part 1: Essential Grammar

  • Understand basic grammar rules for clear communication.
  • Learn about parts of speech like nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more.
  • Master sentence structure, including subject-verb agreement and punctuation.
  • Use verb tenses correctly.
  • Improve your vocabulary by learning new words and phrases.

Part 2: Functional Writing

  • Understand the different types of writing: persuasive, narrative, discursive, and descriptive.

Part 3: Common Errors in Business Grammar

  • Identify and correct common mistakes in business communication, both spoken and written.

Part 4: Situational Writing

  • Learn how to write memos, emails, reports, proposals, letters (formal and informal), and meeting minutes.

Part 5: Comprehension: Understanding the Written Word

  • Extract key information from texts.
  • Understand the context of what you read.
  • Practice writing summaries.

Part 6: Understanding Contextual Information

  • Learn how to understand information from newspapers.
  • Interpret business memos effectively.
  • Analyse social media and other media information.

 

Entry Requirements