Course Objectives
Certificate in Professional Arabic Writing Skills
Course Methodology
Starting with a description and explanation of the basic elements of professional Arabic writing, participants will discuss the main principles and apply them in carefully chosen individual and group exercises. An exam will also be given to show the extent of the participant’s acquisition of the necessary principles and skills.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Apply professional business writing skills in all their written communication
Create an Arabic business writing manual for use in their organizations
Write in the style most appropriate for the type of report needed
Write in a clear, specific and positive manner
Avoid common business writing mistakes
Proofread and edit reports and documents
Target Audience
This course is designed to meet the needs of all levels of employees, in different departments of public or private sector organizations, whose work require professional business and report writing skills.
Target Competencies
Written communication
Abiding by the business writing rules
Organized thinking
Report writing
Proofreading
Course Outline
Definition of professional writing
History of professional writing
Types of writing
Professional Writing
Creative Writing
Effective elements of professional writing
Emails and other electronic media
Common mistakes in Arabic writing
The impact of mistakes
Common mistakes in professional writing
Grammatical errors
Morphological errors
Stylistic errors
Spelling mistakes
How to classify common mistakes in professional writing
How to avoid common mistakes in professional writing
Rules for writing ‘hamza’
Adding or deleting letters
Not distinguishing between confusing Arabic letters
Adding unnecessary letters
Mistakes in writing Arabic numbers
Deleting letters where we shouldn't
The rules of professional writing
Types of reports
Categorizing according to the nature of the report
News report
Analytical report
Categorizing according to the status of reports
Official reports
Unofficial report
Categorizing according to recurrence of the reports
Periodic report
Non-periodic report
Professional reporting structure
Writing e-mail professionally
Writing minutes of meetings
Deliberation
Resolution
Punctuation
Mastering punctuation
Use of attachments and graphs
The benefits of proper punctuation
Summary steps
Different writing strategies
Types of editing
Checking the grammar
Linguistic verification and review
Linguistic editing
Proofreading
Deleting
Adding
Replacing
The esthetics of Arabic writing
Continuous development in professional business writing
Definition of professional writing
History of professional writing
Types of writing
Professional Writing
Creative Writing
Effective elements of professional writing
Emails and other electronic media
Common mistakes in Arabic writing
The impact of mistakes
Common mistakes in professional writing
Grammatical errors
Morphological errors
Stylistic errors
Spelling mistakes
How to classify common mistakes in professional writing
How to avoid common mistakes in professional writing
Rules for writing ‘hamza’
Adding or deleting letters
Not distinguishing between confusing Arabic letters
Adding unnecessary letters
Mistakes in writing Arabic numbers
Deleting letters where we shouldn't
The rules of professional writing
Types of reports
Categorizing according to the nature of the report
News report
Analytical report
Categorizing according to the status of reports
Official reports
Unofficial report
Categorizing according to recurrence of the reports
Periodic report
Non-periodic report
Professional reporting structure
Writing e-mail professionally
Writing minutes of meetings
Deliberation
Resolution
Punctuation
Mastering punctuation
Use of attachments and graphs
The benefits of proper punctuation
Summary steps
Different writing strategies
Types of editing
Checking the grammar
Linguistic verification and review
Linguistic editing
Proofreading
Deleting
Adding
Replacing
The esthetics of Arabic writing
Continuous development in professional business writing