Welcome

Fall 2008

Business English (POFT 1301)

Course Information Sheet

Dictionary and Thesaurus 

Correction Symbols 

COURSE CONTENT:

Unit A:Diagnostic reading and writing tests

Unit B:Assignment and completion of remediation (Perfect Copy lab work)

Unit C:English grammar (parts of speech)

Introduction to the Parts of Speech 

Nouns || Verbs || Pronouns || Subjects || Predicates ||

Adverbs || Adjectives || Prepositions ||

Coordinating / Subordinating Conjunctions 

and Conjunctive Adverbs 

Unit D:Sentence structure patterns 

What is a Sentence? Sentence Variety

Clauses || Phrases 

Four Types of Sentences 

Simple Sentence and Compound Sentence 

Complex Sentence and Compound Complex Sentence 

Unit E:Punctuation usage rules

period || comma || question mark || exclamation mark ||

colon || semicolon || hyphen || dash || parentheses ||

brackets || apostrophe || ellipsis || quotation marks || slash

Unit F:Introduction to business communications  

Unit G:Planning, composing, and revising business messages 

Strategies for Peer-Reviewing and  Team-Writing  

Audience analysis  

Brainstorming  

Invention  

Narrowing  

Outlining  

Libraries, documentation, cross-referencing  

Note-taking  

Rough-drafting  

Power-revision techniques  

Unit H:Routine (good-news) business messages

Unit I:  Negative (bad-news) business messages

Complaint and adjustment letters  

Unit J: Persuasive (sales) business messages

Unit K:Employment messages and Resume 

Unit L:Interviewing techniques

Essential Handouts and Assignments

   Pattern for a Routine Business Message 

   Email Information and Assignment 

Example "Pass Me" Email 

   Full Block Letter Style 

   Business Letter Assignment 

   Complaint Letters, Example and Assignment 

   Adjustment Letters, Example and Assignment   

   Resume Project 

Letter Requesting Written Recommendation or a Reference 

Reference List 

Letter of Application or Cover Letter 

Resume 

Sample Resume 

Sample Resume with Annotations 

Resume Template