For the past three years, Lingua Franca has been designing and offering online English courses to select corporate clients on a variety of topics. One of the most popular of these is a 6-week course called Business Emails in English.

Emailing in English can be attended from any computer with internet access and is designed to improve your ability to write work-related emails in English and includes the following areas:

• Correcting Common Baltic Mistakes in Emails
• Common Phrases in Emails
• How to Open and Close Emails
• Basic Email Format
• Punctuation and Capitalization
• Formal, Neutral, and Informal Language
• Diplomatic Language
• Arranging Meetings
• Personal and Impersonal Language
• Emails of Complaint/Responding to Emails of Complaint
• Emails of Enquiry/Responding to Emails of Enquiry
• Tense Review
• Relative Clauses
• The Passive Voice
• Direct and Indirect Questions
• Linking Words

If you write emails in English on a regular basis and your level of English is Intermediate or above, then this course is ideal for you. It will help you to become more confident when corresponding by email in English and will help you to reduce instances of misunderstanding and miscommunication in your emails.

For more information about the course and to find out how to participate in the free 1-week trial, call the office at 67844440 or email Lingua Franca at office@linguafranca.lv.