Australian Grammar & Punctuation for Professionals
Certificate GRAM05A
Writing, Editing & Publishing

The Australian Grammar and Punctuation for Professionals Course has been developed by Christine Eslick as a result of industry demand and requests from our students around the country.

Undertaking the Australian Grammar & Punctuation for Professionals Course is one thing you can do immediately to gain a skill that will serve you for the rest of your life, and give you a personal and professional advantage. Your writing will improve and you will be able to communicate concisely and without ambiguity. And, as a bonus, you will find that good sentence construction will flow on to your language skills, making your discussions and arguments more persuasive and engaging.

A good grasp of grammar and punctuation is fast becoming 'the skill to have' in the 21st Century business world. If you don't bother, on the other hand, people may doubt your intelligence and have reservations about you or your company. For a company, the resulting loss of profit is often hidden, because people don't usually complain about a poorly written website or marketing letter-but they don't become customers either.

12 very good reasons to improve your grammar and punctuation.

1. Your knowledge of the English language will improve.

2. You will learn the standard grammar and punctuation skills that are applied in business and the techniques for identifying correct or incorrect sentence structure.

3. The competencies you gain from this course will improve your career prospects.

4. Many organisations promote employees who have a good command of written and spoken English.

5. You will be able to assist family and friends with their studies, work documents, manuscripts, job applications and any other text-based matters.

6. Professional grammar and punctuation skills will be invaluable to you if you design, write, edit, copyedit, sub-edit and/or proofread documents, manuscripts or any other form of printed text.

7. Having grammar and punctuation skills will be a substantial asset if your work involves developing any multi-media based copy; including developing websites, creating or updating web content, writing or converting e-books, preparing e-zines or creating blogs.

8. You can have a career that is not bound by set hours, and you don't have to go outside the home to work.

9. Your improved grammar and punctuation skills will support any school, college or university studies you undertake; particularly if you need to produce course assignment work or thesis work.

10. Your comprehension for reading books, newspapers, magazines, business documents and other reading matter will improve so that you are better able to apply what you have read to other areas of your life.

11. You will gain an enormous sense of satisfaction not only from improving your skills but also from your own sense of personal achievement and accomplishment.

12. Your confidence in your own written and spoken ability will increase, and you will feel better able to relate to others on a professional level.

Supports careers in: professional writing and journalism; editing, copyediting ad proofreading; business writing and copywriting; management and a range of professions.

Industries include: book publishing, newspaper/magazine publishing, media, educational publishing, government publishing, printing, small business and corporate areas, and the community sector.