Using English Within Regulated Industries

• Introductions
• Regulatory requirements for documentation
• Types of documentation the regulations require
• Overview of English
• English in relation to the world's other major languages
• The most common errors of non-native writers and how to spot them

Vocabulary Expansion

• English language basics
• The roles of content and structure words
• Roots, prefixes, and suffixes
• Connotation and denotation
• How words come into the language
• Sentence patterns and word order in English

Sentence Structure

• Sentence structures and rules of English
• Writing strong subjects and verbs in clauses
• The 12 verb tenses
• Helping verbs
• Adverbs of time
• Sentence building
• Choices for delivering information

Developing Cohesive Passages

• Verb phrases
• Prepositional phrases
• Paragraph building
• Providing support for topic sentences

Workshop: Your Writing Style

• Active voice
• Passive voice
• Emphatic voice
• Imperative voice
• The writer's voice
• Verbs in sequence

Modifiers

• Adjective and adverbs
• Appositive (renaming) structures
• Making comparisons

Improving Readability

• Articles and other noun markers
• Pronouns
• Indefinite pronouns
• End marks and internal punctuation

Workshop

• Revising your own writing
• Achieving precision and clarity
• Avoiding the common language bugbears