Business and Professional Writing: A Basic Guide

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Reading Title Business and professional writing: a basic guide
Author MacRae, Paul.
AUDIENCE: Who has this been written for? (
use complete sentences)
The article has been written for business professional and students and
individuals who would like to develop their writing skills in a business and
professional context.
PURPOSE: Why has it been written? (
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The article has been written in order to support professionals to understand the
various aspects of effective business and professional writing and therefore help
to develop effective writing skills among them.
CONTENT:
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what they are and what their function is (
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Are there any images or diagrams in the document? If so, describe what
they are and their function (
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 The importance of good communication
 Our communication says something about us
 There are no shortcuts to good writing
 What we will learn
 Graph showing prose literacy and personal income differences between
different groups that can help to understand the influence of prose
literacy and income.
 Graph showing employment rate by literacy proficiency that can help to
understand how the employment rate is influenced by the levels of
literacy proficiency

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Fill in at least six sections, inc. 1 main idea + 3 supporting
ideas in each section.)
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Supporting/
Secondary ideas
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explanations, more detail)
1 Before the advent of radio,
television, movies and the
internet, proficiency in English was
good by default
1. Before the advent of radio,
television, movies and
internet, the main source of
information for people was
through reading books
2. Reading more books
improved the sense of
grammar
3. This by default increased
proficiency in the language
even without having to read
grammar books.
2 From 1950’s to 1990’s there has
been a shift in the emphasis from
visual to aural media for both
information and entertainment.
1. Structured approaches of
learning grammar and
spelling are no longer paid
importance to.
2. It is now believed that
forcing to learn the stringent
grammar can curb the
creativity of the child
3. Instead creativity is
encouraged in the form of
flexibility in learning
grammar.
3 Creativity cannot be developed
without having a thorough
understanding of the underlying
1. Understanding the rules
can help to develop better
usage of language and thus
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principles and rules of the
discipline.
improve communication
skills.
2. Creativity is the
achievement of a new
approaches towards the
desired outcomes.
3. Understanding the existing
approaches and rules is
necessary to learn new ones.
4 For any profession, knowing the
structural details and rules are
necessary.
1. For a doctor, knowledge of
human anatomy is vital
2. For an engineer,
knowledge of structures I vital
3. For architects, knowledge
of design is necessary
5 Budding writers are producing
creative work without a thorough
grounding in the basic rules of
English grammar.
1. Schools are no longer
emphasising on the
importance of grammar and
spelling
2. Many school systems
sallow students to develop
their own way of writing as a
creative approach
3. The aural media further
takes focus away from
grammar and spelling
6 The trend towards written
communication is slowly
increasing
1. Organizations are giving
more importance to written
communication
2. 20 to 40 percent of the
times of the engineers are
now spent in professional
writing
3. Good writing skills also
support better professional
growth.
7 Communication provides insights 1. Communication skills can
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