The writing process, part 2

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來自 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 的課程

English for Effective Business Writing

104 個評分

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

English for Effective Business Writing

104 個評分

課程 2（共 5 門，Specialization 面向非母语人士的商务英语）

This course aims to improve your Business English writing skills by developing your use of vocabulary, grammar, understanding of different business writing genres, and your ability to write professional business documents. Skills learned in this course will be used in the cross-cultural communications course and help prepare you to produce the professional business documents in the Capstone project. After completing this course, you will be able to: - write business emails - write an executive summary - write persuasively in English - adapt content to purpose, context and audience - use appropriate style and tone of writing for business purposes

從本節課中

Writing emails

Welcome to Week 3! This week we will cover Module 3 where we introduce you to emailing and the language skills you will use in business emails. You will also be introduced to vocabulary and language skills common to business communications.

Effective emailing5:18

Context and directness8:11

Writing to persuade6:20

Rhetorical devices5:42

The writing process, part 22:39

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Sean McMinn
Senior Instructor
Center for Language Education
Kin Tang
Instructor
Center for Language Education
Delian Gaskell
Instructor
Center for Language Education

Hello and welcome to our lecture on The Writing Process, Part Two.

By the end of this video, you will be able to create an outline before writing.

Right, remember in Part One, we talked about ways in which you might

brainstorm to better understand the subject that you'll be writing about.

We talked about how you might list out all the ideas that you're working on and

create concept maps, or brainstorm, or conduct a SWOT analysis, or a analysis.

Well, the next step that you should be thinking about is

how will you create an outline for your document.

An outline is basically a plan.

It includes the main points of your document in point form.

You can divide it into headings and subheadings.

And you may distinguish your main points from your supporting points.

Basically this is an important step where you will outline

how you will arrange your information in your document.

Now, there are different ways that you might approach outlining.

One way is to simply list the main topics of the subject.

And the subtopics associated with those topics, and

you can do it something like this.

Fairly basic.

Another way might include outlining the main ideas and their headings.

You would then outline, in point forms,

the items that should be included under each heading.

So your outline may look like something like this, where you have a first level.

And that's your main idea and the heading of the document.

With sub-levels that talk about the subject matters of the topic or

the supporting evidence or arguments that go underneath that heading.

Another way might be to outline each paragraph in your document.

If you remember our lecture on paragraphing, this can include the topic

sentence and explanation, support, and concluding sentence.

Now the important thing is that you should be using

an outlining technique that suits your writing situation and genre of writing.

By completing an outline before you write, your final document and

your final writing should be more concise, coherent and logical.

So now, you should be able to create an outline for your document.

Thank you very much for watching.

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