It's not easy composing business documents when English isn't your primary language.
More than stringing together sentences to get your point across, you frequently need to deliver the message in a right tone - lest risk being misunderstood.
If you're an ESL writer and need to foster better written communication, always consider the tone with which you write.
The following ideas, along with everything you've learned from your language learning software, should prove a good start.
Show confidence.
In many cultures, confidence is construed as arrogance.
For many native English speakers, this just isn't so.
As such, don't be afraid to confidently deliver your message.
If you have a point, state it.
Don't apologize or make excuses for anything you say.
Show confidence in your ideas and your readers will follow.
Show courtesy.
In English writing, you temper the confidence with courtesy.
If you're polite and mannerly, you can deliver you statements full of conviction without putting your readers on the defensive.
Use emphasis appropriately.
If a particular statement or idea needs to be emphasized, place it in a short sentence.
The longer it goes, the less the impact that your statement carries.
If you need to expound, you can use following sentences to explain it further.
Use non-discriminatory language.
As you may not be endowed with a large vocabulary yet, this may prove a bit tricky.
Use the thesaurus feature of your language software to find alternatives to words that either show or imply gender when a neutral one is better.
Similarly, you'll need to avoid terms that can be considered demeaning, statements that stereotype individuals and information that slot people because they fit in a certain demographic.
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