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Program Details

Write it Right—Business Language Basics reinforces sounds, syllables and structures in written English for the English Language Learner who may speak, but not write, fluent Standard English. 

Modules include:

Pronunciation and syllabication

• Practicing the sounds of the vowels and knowing how to divide words into syllables improves reading comprehension and pronunciation.

Plurals, possessives, and verb tenses

• Understanding the many uses of the final s or ’s
• Practicing the irregular past tense forms such as “wrote/written” and “went/gone”

Prepositions

• Reviewing the differences in those confusing little words such as in, on,and with, along with combinations such as in front of or next to

Basic Confusing word pairs

• Mastering the difference in common sound-alikes such as two/too/to

Basic sentence patterns

• Recognizing and writing simple sentences in the word order most typical for English:  subject/verb/completion.

Specialized vocabulary tailored to your organization

• Comprehending your organization’s specialized vocabulary and pronouncing it clearly

Business Language Basics will allow you to promote talent from within your organization.  Develop those employees who already know your business from the ground up.  Give them the skills to contribute suggestions and solutions to improve your processes.  As they gain confidence in their ability to speak up—orally or in writing—you, they, their families, and the community at large will benefit.

Fourteen 2-hour sessions

Core Competencies for Business Language Basics

• Understanding and practicing English pronunciation
• Applying the rules of syllabication
• Knowing singular and plural nouns (and exceptions)
• Making nouns possessive
• Selecting the right preposition for the context
• Using homonyms (words often confused) correctly
• Writing simple sentences using the four basic patterns
• Understanding compound subjects, verbs, direct objects and sentences
• Writing compound sentences with coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)
• Writing complex sentences with dependent conjunctions (“Cliffhangers”)