This 12-hour course is tailored to writers of English as a second language (ESL), working in a business or technical environment. It addresses specialized ESL topics in language skills such as verb tense and mood, articles (a, an, the), idiomatic constructions, and critical differences between spoken and written expressions. Participants can bring samples of their writing to the class for use in discussions and practice sessions. 

Who Should Attend

Writers for whom English is a second language.

Course Topics
In this 12-hour workshop, you will strengthen your command of written English in the workplace, including the following topics:

• the parts of speech and the mechanics of sentence structure
• punctuation: colon, semi-colon, comma
• possessives
• use of pronouns
• avoiding of sentence fragments and comma splices
• subject/verb agreement
• English tenses
• the use of articles (a, an, the)
• prepositions used in phrases and with certain verbs
• English idioms (phrases that don’t translate directly)
• the effective use of adjectives and adverbs
• current vs obsolete phrases