WRITING TO CONVINCE

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-BA1S1S2-DEV-B1-CE08UE
Langue d'enseignement
English
Matières
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Responsable(s)
BM.FLOUREZ
Intervenant(s)
Ruth SURRIDGE
Niveau
Bachelor
Année de formation
Période

Présentation

Prérequis
Level C1 in English
Objectifs
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
use traditional journalistic methods to write convincing texts (brochures, advertisements, posters, letters etc) aimed at a target audience, without spelling or grammar errors

Objectives:
- to be rigorous
- to acquire and master professional writing to different publics
- to learn how to adapt one’s arguments (conception, creation, writing, style)
- to develop a connection with one’s target
- to visualise arguments, and render them visible to others: links between words and images
Présentation
- Professional writers always write for an audience.
-Who is the audience?
-What is the best way to target them?
-Different writing techniques
-Analysing speeches, photos and advertisements
-How to write an advertisement, brochure, poster, etc.
-How to write CVs and Cover Letters in English

Modalités

Organisation
Type Amount of time Comment
Présentiel
Cours interactif 15,00 10 x 1.5 hour classes
Travail personnel
Group Project 22,00
Overall student workload 37,00
Évaluation
In the final exam, the student will be asked to write profession documents aimed at a specific target, using the techniques studied in class.
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Contrôle continu
Participation 15,00 1 30,00
Examen (final)
Examen écrit 1,00 1 70,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliographie
A good English dictionary -