Grammar Review for Business Writing

The professional guide to business writing and grammar for non-native writers.

Our Courses are Customized for Your Team.

This course focuses on the most frequent grammatical challenges that business writing and grammar pose for non-native speakers. The goal of the course is to ensure that non-native speakers have a comprehensive understanding of how the English language is best used in a professional setting.

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 use grammar to ensure their business documents are error-free. 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:

Identify and correct errors in subject/verb agreement
Identify and correct incomplete and run-on sentences
Change overly complex sentences into simpler sentences
Understand when and how to write sentences in passive and active voice
Use verbal rather than nominal word forms
Identify and correct errors in parallel structure
Eliminate unnecessary wordiness
Avoid using qualifiers that express uncertainty.
Avoid commonly misused words (use/utilize; there/their/they’re; principal/principle, etc.)
Order a series of pre-nominal adjectives correctly
Write from the point of view of the company versus the individual

In our instructor-led, customized virtual workshop, your team of non-native speakers will learn strategies to use grammar to ensure their business documents are error-free. The onsite courses are hosted at your facility and offered in one-, two-, or three-hour sessions.

Learn more about virtual training here.

Course Objectives:

Identify and correct errors in subject/verb agreement
Identify and correct incomplete and run-on sentences
Change overly complex sentences into simpler sentences
Understand when and how to write sentences in passive and active voice
Use verbal rather than nominal word forms
Identify and correct errors in parallel structure
Eliminate unnecessary wordiness
Avoid using qualifiers that express uncertainty.
Avoid commonly misused words (use/utilize; there/their/they’re; principal/principle, etc.)
Order a series of pre-nominal adjectives correctly
Write from the point of view of the company versus the individual

This was a great class, very engaging and learned a lot of information.

Bernadette H.
- 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 Business Writing Skills?

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