Business English 1

Business English 1

Introductions

What is Business English?

Business English is the type of English used in business contexts, such as international trade, commerce, finance, insurance, banking, and many office settings. It entails expectations of clarity, particular vocabulary, and grammatical structures.

Why Write in Business English

• To inform or record

• To cascade information

• For compliance

• To seek information

• To promote

• To write reports with recommendations

• To persuade

What to watch for

• Badly written letter (informal or too casual) that offends readers

• Letters that's too formal, it lacks the 'human touch'

• The use of excessive jargons may angered readers

EXERCISE

Let's try questions

Multiple Select

According to this presentations, why we write English Business?

(tick the right answers only. More than one.)

• To record

• To ask information

• To get promotion

• To complain

• To persuade

Multiple Choice

"Dear Mr. Tom,

We are here to partake the sum of amount of legalities required for our hefty procedural system."

Do you think this letter is...

• Proper Business English

• Understandable

• Using a lot of jargons

Multiple Select

How do you should start your letter?

(tick the right answers)

• "Oy mate!"

• "To Mr. Bean"

• "For the esteemed member of the office"

• "Dear Mr. Sean."

Practise writing Business Letters

Write a Business Letters introducing yourself to a company. Include these in your letter:

• Greetings

• Your name

• Your position

• Closing