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Plain English Writing Bootcamp

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    Do you do a lot of writing? Then make your words count, by learning some simple techniques to get your writing into shape. Your readers will thank you!

    • Sun 27 Aug
      1 day, Sun 9:30 AM - Sun 3:30 PM At Selwyn College, Auckland. Kate Thompson
      • TEC-subsidised course fee for qualifying citizens, permanent migrants and refugees: $15.00 incl. GST
      • $75.00 incl. GST
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    Description

    Course fee

    This course offers a course fee subsidy through funding from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) for NZ citizen and permanent migrant adults, their partners on work visas or visitor visas, and refugees. To qualify, registrants should be over the age of 16 years and not currently enrolled in a secondary school. We need to collect extra information such as age, ethnicity, educational achievement and gender for statistical purposes. You must also provide evidence of NZ citizenship, residency or refugee status if requested. A condition of accepting a course fee subsidy is that you commit to at least 80% attendance of your course.

    About the course

    Do you do a lot of writing? Then make your words count, by learning some simple techniques to get your writing into shape. Your readers will thank you!

    Tone up, with active verbs, sharp sentence structures and a personal tone. Trim down by reducing words, ditching ‘fluff’ and discarding ‘corporate-speak’. Keep your writing in shape with tips to plan, structure, lay out and review your documents. These techniques work for all business writing – from long reports to CVs, from to emails to insurance policies. 

    There’ll be opportunities to practise your new skills and you’ll take away a handy toolkit of tips.

    Who should attend this course?

    People who write regularly (particularly for work or for their own website or blog) and would like to learn some simple techniques to write concise, engaging English that's easy for their readers to understand and act on. This course is suitable for advanced level ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) students too.

    Expected learning outcomes

    • Understand what plain English is and how your readers benefit
    • Be able to plan and structure your writing for greatest impact
    • Be able to use plain English techniques including language, structures and layouts to get your message across clearly
    • Have some handy techniques to review your writing

    About your tutor

    Kate Thompson is a corporate communications manage and experienced community education tutor. She is Head of Communications at sustainability consultancy thinkstep-anz, winner of three awards in the trans-Tasman Plain Language Awards 2022.

    What to bring

    Your lunch. A sample of your own writing (200+ words): an email, a report, a business letter, a document, a web page.  We will review this writing in class. You will not need to share it with anyone unless you want to.

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