Those who have successfully mastered the basics of standard English, and now need to be able to express their ideas more clearly and effectively, at an advanced level. Whether you are summarising reports to present key information to senior management, or writing to your key customers, this is the course for you! Participants should already have a good understanding of Business English, but may have trouble knowing how to begin, or follow through, on various types of business correspondence. This course begins with a brief review of techniques from Spearhead’s Professional Business Writing Skills course, and builds, and expands, on these techniques, while also learning new ones.

This advanced program has been designed to perfect your Business Writing Skills. You will gain practice in writing a variety of business correspondence, both formal and informal, as well as enhancing your accuracy and written fluency.

• To review the basic principles of Business Writing
• To understand what your key message is, and deliver it in a courteous, clear, correct, and concise way
• To practise using positive language, especially when giving disappointing / bad news to the receiver
• To understand how to adjust your language for different types of readers
• To develop scanning and summarising skills
• To learn how to convey the core messages from a longer text / report, to the recipient
• To gain proofreading skills to give your writing the professional touch

• Confidence in writing at an advanced level
• The ability to use the right type of language to suit your audience
• The skills necessary to produce top-quality written communication
• Accuracy, fluency, and advanced proofreading skills