DAY 1

Introduction to business writing: Internal and external communication flow in the business environment & basic types of documents in a company.
Usage of difficult language exercises: Appropriate use of strong, short, concrete, and technical words, direct translation from Spanish to English.
Writing Mechanics (exercises and discussion) Correct Spelling: capitalization, abbreviations, and Punctuation Marks: commas, colons.
Grammatical Structures (exercises and discussion): Insuring subject-verb agreement, use of active strong verbs, use of effective adjectives and adverbs.
Strategies to improve your writing (Discussion and exercises): Reader-oriented approach, general purposes for business documents: to inform, to convince, or to collaborate. Effective document organization: Direct or Indirect.
Revise business documents and apply concepts through basic business correspondence (Testing of concepts): Business situations to develop different types of documents.(ASSIGNMENTS for Day 2)

DAY 2

Types of business formats and layouts: Informative memos, letters, request for action or collaboration, good and bad news, sales letters, claim and adjustment letters, business reports, types of common errors, the use of negative versus positive language, gender bias (sex), race and age discriminatory language versus nondiscriminatory language, active versus passive voice in verbs, avoid the I, we, our attitude versus the you attitude in your writing (emphasis on the reader).
Evaluate  realistic company situations for routine, persuasive, bad news messages, and business reports.  Overview and workshop evaluation