Students must submit all homework assignments on time (MS Teams), actively participate in class, and pass the final test.

The attendance is compulsory, students can miss max 1 session.

Písemný test, dílčí písemné úkoly, docházka, aktivní účast v hodině.

R: Clifford Bean: Business Correspondence: Correspondence English, Business Letter Writing Customs, Files and Systems, Writing Effective Business Letters. Forgotten Books, 2018. ISBN-13 978-1330292761

R: Mable Chan: English for Business Communication, Routledge, 2020. ISBN 9781138481688

R: A. Ashley: Oxford Handbook of Commercial Correspondence . Oxford University Press. 2007. ISBN 10:0194572137

A: Andrew Littlejohn, Company to Company, Cambridge, 2005. ISBN 0-521-60975-5

A: Paul Emmerson: Email English. MacMillan. 2013. ISBN 10:1405012943

A: Lin Lougheed: Business Correspondence: A Guide to Everyday Writing. Longman. 2003. ISBN 10:0130897922

This course is designed to help students write better emails in English as emails are the most common form of written communication. It is aimed at intermediate or upper-intermediate level, and consists of 7 sessions (2x 100 min) of language practice covering a wide range of business topics, and also on-line feedback of the written work. It includes exercises on email style, but also focuses on more conventional language areas, such as fixed expressions, sentence structure, linking words, punctuation etc. It will help students to write effective emails, express themselves clearly, and their writing will be easier to understand.

Session 1: Introduction to Bussiness Correspondence; Making enquiries

Session 2: Email structure; Email conventions; Attachments

Session 3: Using approriate style: Formal/Neutral/Informal; Writing apologies

Session 4: Giving good/bad news; Punctuation

Session 5: Being indirect and polite; Articles

Session 6: Checking understanding; Common mistakes; proofreading

Session 7: Review