Plain English writing course



We can adapt this basic course to suit your writing needs, addressing two of the following: letters, reports, procedures, policy guidelines, brochures.

The course covers:

  • writing in plain English: theory and practice
  • preparing to write considering purpose, content, readers, style
  • using common, everyday words
  • writing personally
  • basing our writing on conversational language
  • writing in active voice
  • writing specific documents: letters/reports/procedures/policy guidelines/brochures
  • avoiding common grammar, usage and punctuation problems.

It includes:
  • group and individual exercises based on your own documents
  • an individual assessment task.

By the end of the course participants will:
  • recognise poor English and know how to fix it
  • feel more confident about their writing
  • be able to apply the four techniques of plain English writing to their particular documents.

The course costs $2860 for up to 16 participants plus $22 for each workbook. Travel and accommodation expenses may apply for training outside Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne.

Click here to see some sample rewrites


For more information contact us at
colina@plainenglish.com.au