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Business English Course: Email Writing For Business
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(320 ratings)
1,201 students

Business English Course: Email Writing For Business

Improve your written communication & learn essential email etiquette & professional business English phrases
Created byNick Blake
Last updated 10/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • Write effective Emails for a variety of professional situations
  • How to use the correct level of formality in your writing
  • Over 250 phrases for use in professional Emails and correspondence
  • How to follow the correct email etiquette
  • How to avoid common mistakes in your email writing
  • The process of business writing - PDF (Plan, Draft, Finalise)
  • Build and maintain positive relationships with your readers through the 4 C's of Reader-friendly writing (Clear, Concise Courteous and Correct)

Course content

6 sections35 lectures2h 27m total length
  • Introduction to e-mail writing1:32

    This lecture gives an overview of section 1 of the course

  • Email Structure4:10

    In this lecture, students learn how to apply the correct structure to their formal and informal emails.

  • The subject line4:45

    In this lecture, students learn the importance of the subject line and how to grab their readers' attention.

  • Email Formality8:05

    This lecture teaches useful vocabulary for learners who need to write emails in English. The lesson explores the differences between formal, informal and neutral email styles.

  • Writing less formally4:10

    This lecture covers important phrases for writing less formally in your business communication.

  • Email phrases you need to know3:47

    This lecture introduces 20 essential verbs that can be used in your written communication.

  • Abbreviations6:38

    This lecture teaches essential abbreviations common to business emails.

  • Correct spelling5:14

    This lecture teaches ESL learners how to say their email and web addresses out loud.

  • Introduction to email writing

Requirements

  • ESL learners should have at least an intermediate level of English (B1 in CEFR)

Description

Do you need to write emails at work? Are you worried that your emails are not clear or that you make mistakes in your written English?

In this course, you will learn how to write well structured, professional emails using the correct level of formality.

Writing for business is the ideal course for anyone who needs to improve their business correspondence skills.

The course will show you how to write professional emails and other correspondence in English from beginning to end, in simple, clear steps.

Writing for business will help you to:

  • Write properly structured emails

  • Use the correct level of formality in emails and correspondence

  • Use the correct email etiquette to build better professional relationships

  • Learn over 250 of the most commonly used phrases in business writing

  • Plan, draft and finalise your professional documents

  • Analyse your reader so you can determine the best way to approach them

  • Apply the 4 C's of reader-friendly writing to make your correspondence clear, concise, courteous and correct

  • Avoid embarrassing errors in your writing

  • Proofread your document so it is error-free

The courses is divided into five sections:

  • Introduction to email writing

  • Emails and letters

  • Email etiquette

  • The process of business writing

  • Reader friendly writing

Who should take this course? 

This course is appropriate for anyone who needs to write professional emails and documents.

The course is primarily designed to help ESL students learn how to write professional emails and documents, whilst more experienced writers or native English speakers can develop or refresh their business writing techniques.

Please note that Writing for business is designed to help improve your business writing skills (emails, letters, memos, reports and proposals).  Although some of the ideas apply to all writing, this is NOT a course on writing fiction, nonfiction, blogs, poetry, or academic papers.

Writing for business also includes

  • Over 30 practical lectures for the most common business contexts

  • Over 2 hours of lectures

  • Supplementary activities

  • A course workbook featuring over 250 essential phrases for written business communication

Who this course is for:

  • Business English learners looking to improve their written communication
  • Intermediate to Advanced ESL students
  • Anyone who writes emails and other documents at work and wants to improve their writing style and etiquette
  • Native English speakers who want to learn about email style, structure and etiquette