Enhancing the Readability of Professional Documents for Non-Native Speakers

Non-native speakers can master the art of business writing.

Our Courses are Customized for Your Team.

What makes a business document in English more or less “readable”? Readability, or ease of comprehension, is affected by a number of factors including the order of information in sentences, sentence structure, and logical connectors that highlight the relationship among ideas. In this business writing course for non-native speakers, your team will learn strategies to enhance the readability of work-related documents in English, to increase the effectiveness of their workplace communication.

Choose How to Take the Course:

Onsite
Virtual

In our instructor-led, customized onsite workshop, your team of non-native speakers will learn strategies to write documents that native English speakers will find easy to read and understand. The onsite courses are hosted at your facility and offered in one-, two-, or three-day sessions.

Learn more about onsite training here.

Course Objectives:

Understand subject-verb-object order
Use logical connectors across sentences
Recognize and use appropriate sentence structure
Balance sentence structure patterns and length
Maximize text for readability and style

In our instructor-led, customized virtual workshop, your team of non-native speakers will learn strategies to write documents that native English speakers will find easy to read and understand. These virtual sessions are offered in one-, two-, or three-hour sessions over time.

Learn more about virtual training here.

Course Objectives:

Understand subject-verb-object order
Use logical connectors across sentences
Recognize and use appropriate sentence structure
Balance sentence structure patterns and length
Maximize text for readability and style

Class was extremely informative; the instructor presented this material in a way that was not only informative but fun!

Lori R.
- Verified Course Attendee

What To Expect

Before the Course

A deep dive by our analysts into your team’s documents
A customized proposal that outlines the topics we propose to cover based on this analysis
A discovery/planning call to ensure that our plan meets your vision
Pre- and post-class assessment (depending on the package you choose)

During the Course

In-class exercises that give participants opportunities to apply concepts
Breakout sessions in which participants work collaboratively to apply concepts and solve writing problems
Examples of your team’s rewritten workplace samples to illustrate concepts
Real-time feedback from the instructor on breakouts
Micro-learning sessions
Socratic discussion
Opportunities for participants to ask questions

After the course

Depending which option you choose, your team can expect:

Scores on their’ post-class assessment
Access to our digital library, which includes short videos, quizzes, and other resources
Access to Option 1 of one of our online courses
Office hours, so that participants can meet with the instructor, share work, and get personalized feedback
Forums, which is a chat room that participants can use to ask questions and get answers from our team of writing professionals
Personalized coaching and feedback

Why Improve Your Team’s Writing Skills?

Communicating effectively in English as a non-native speaker can be challenging, but isn’t impossible. In our customized workshops, your team will learn the skills needed to master writing business documents in English.