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Class and Self-study Package
Grammar for the Information Age™
Key Points | Content Outline | Delivery Options | Costs
Target Audience
Anyone who composes or edits messages at work
Features
- Based on the underlying logic of language rather than on arbitrary "yes/no" rules.
- Strengthens people’s innate ability to manipulate language so they can express themselves more clearly and intentionally in speaking as well as writing.
- Explores how sentence structures and word choices influence one's audiences.
- Changes attitudes and beliefs about language.
- Leads learners to understand that "appropriate" language is not an absolute, and communicating effectively requires flexibility as well as skill.
- The Handbook includes a pre-test and post-test, usage tools and techniques, and intensive hands-on practice with business writing samples.
PART I: Sentence Structure
Basic Sentence Design
- Noun and verb phrase recognition
- Number and tense agreement
Parallel Structures and Parallel Ideas
- Parallel markers
- Deletion of repeated parts
- Semicolons and commas
- Parallel lists
Contrastive Structures: backgrounding and foreground ideas intentionally
- Functions of backgrounding
- Background markers--subordinators and prepositions
- Deletion words--markers that operate in reverse
- Essential and non-essential background
- Foregrounding action or existence
- Active and passive structures
Illogical Structures
- Foreground/background mismatch
- Run-ons and fragments
Punctuation Patterns
- Comma, semicolon, colon, dash
PART II: Word Choice
Diction and Distance Awareness
- Sources of wordiness
- Hedging, self-talk, over-directing
Achieving Consistency: abstraction, formality, and complexity
- Abstraction scale: Referencing; Concreteness; Evaluative terms; Measurement terms; Homonyms
- Relationship scale: Pronoun case; Connotation; Gender-free terms
- Complexity scale: Jargon and acronyms; Readability indexing
Specialized Marking
- Capitalizing names, dates, places
- Hyphenation
- Training time is one day.
- Our experienced instructors deliver this program at your facility at prices that are competitive with most local vendors.
- IDL presentation is available using OneTouch or video teleconferencing.
- The self-study program includes 1 ½ hours of high-quality video plus practice materials and a reference manual.
Class:
- Specific cost depends on target population’s size and specific needs. Our policy is to match the price of comparable local vendors.
- Call 1-888-praccom (772-2266) or 651-291-2997 for a price quote based on
your specific needs.
Self-Study Video Package:
- $195.00 US includes 2 videos, one Participant Handbook. Volume Discounts
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