English for Technical Communication L1

Course details

The City & Guilds English for Technical Communication has been specifically developed for candidates who need to use English in the workplace or within a business context.

Course Objective:

The candidates should demonstrate the ability to understand simple business communications to respond to them clearly and concisely and to extract information from a variety of textual, tabular sources to acquire the register of a specific industry. Candidates should be able to:

• Demonstrate internal and external business communication
• Extract information

Target Audience:

This course is designed for personnel working in technical industries to aid them in learning to communicate efficiently in their internal / external workspace.

Course Outline:

Content

READING

• Different purpose of texts, both formal and informal
• Locate specific, predictable information on familiar matters
• Simple line of argument
• Simple letters
• Formal letters and Business Correspondence
• Signs and Notices

Range

• High frequency word and words with

Register

• Simple Expressions on different levels of formality

Text Structure

• Organizational, Lexical and grammatical features
• Different purposes of short straightforward texts

Writing

• Compose simple texts
• WP Template with details
• Basic Business Activities
• Simple & Compound Sentences
• Simple Explanation, instruction or direction

Mechanics

• Majority of Words for common business
• Short words appropriate to the level