The course programme

Here is the programme for the full two-day Writing plain English course. If you prefer to run a one-day course you will find that any of the 'day 2' sessions will fit in successfully.

Day 1

09.15  Welcome and introductions
09.25  What do we mean by 'plain English'?
10.00  Where do most writers go wrong?
10.25  Putting right the wrongs - plain English techniques
10.45  Break
11.00  Using everyday words
11.25  Keeping sentences short
12.05  Making your writing personal
12.30  Lunch
13.30  Writing 'actively'
14.30  Lists
15.15  Break
15.30  Practical punctuation
16.00  Putting it all together
16.45  Review and close

Day 2

09.30  Writing reports
10.00  Planning a short report
10.30  Break
10.45  Writing a short report
11.15  Group review of short reports
12.00  Lunch
13.00  Writing effective emails
13.30  Writing letters
14.30  Legal writing
15.00  Break
15.15  Reviewing and rewriting your own documents
16.00  Grammatical gremlins
16.45  Review and close

Optional session:

Testing documents

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