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date	August 27 2012 - August 28 2012
city	Maastricht
location	EIPA - European Institute of Public Administration - Maastricht (NL)
organisation	EurActiv

Target Group

Public service employees who already feel quite confident about producing formal documents in English and want to take the quality of their texts to a higher level. The master class primarily addresses former participants of the workshop “From project proposal to final report: Formal writing in English for public officials”; it also welcomes other public officials who are open for classic, collaborative, and creative approaches to efficient and effective writing at the workplace.

Description

During this workshop, you will explore a wide range of tried-and-tested strategies for structuring, drafting, and revising official documents in English. In addition, this hands-on workshop will focus on the improvement of your own texts, e.g., unfinished work you bring with you from the workplace. Apart from your personal efforts, you will benefit from the feedback provided by the other participants. The trainer will guide you throughout the entire process and complement it with on-the-spot language feedback.

Learning Methodology

•  Trainer input regarding effective approaches to writing at the workplace, based on findings from the practice and research of teaching professional writing

•  Individual and small group exercises as well as group discussions and round tables

Objectives

•  To become familiar with new techniques and approaches to writing at the workplace

•  To develop your formal writing skills by analysing other people’s texts, supported by the trainer

•  To work intensively on the revision of official documents which you bring in

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