Week 1: Business Communication Styles
Overview
This week focuses on written business communication formats, audience awareness and purpose-driven communication, and digital communication etiquette.
Topics Covered
Subtopics
- Written business communication formats (emails, memos, reports)
- Audience awareness and purpose-driven communication
- Digital communication etiquette
Class Activities
Tuesday Class Activities
- Course introduction and overview of the learning guide
- Introduction to final project (proyecto integrador): Show & Tell
- Group discussion on communication challenges when communicating via email
- Interactive analysis of effective vs. ineffective business emails
Thursday Class Activities
- Workshop: Drafting professional emails for different scenarios
- Peer review activity using business writing evaluation criteria
- Preview of what’s ahead in week 2
Independent Activities
Assignment
- Review the learning guide and familiarize yourself with the final project for the course
Learning Resources
- Course learning guide
- Examples of effective vs. ineffective business emails
- Scenarios for drafting professional emails
Assessment
- There are no assessments this week.
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🤖 AI Study Prompts
Copy the downloaded week content and try these prompts:
- “Help me identify common email communication challenges in business contexts”
- “Create practice scenarios for writing professional emails to different audiences”
- “What are the key differences between effective and ineffective business emails?”
- “Generate examples of digital communication etiquette rules for international business”
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