Tile: Week 7 - Company structure and Formal style | TSK0326 Business English I (Hele Saar) (2025)

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Week 7 - Company structure and Formal style

During week 7 we are going to have a closer look at companies and their structure. We'll also explore academic writing style.
- Class 1
  In this class we'll take a closer look at companies and how they are organised. You'll also think about the structure for your company or start-up.
- Corporate strategy and structure - reading
  
  Receive a grade
- Company structure from "Insights into Business"
- Company structure - discussion from "English for Business Studies"
- Describing company structure - vocabulary from "English for Business Studies"
- The structure of your company or start-up
- Homework
  Read the text "Company structure" and do the tasks in it. Also, do the vocabulary quiz.
- Company structure - reading comprehension
  
  Receive a grade
- Company structure - vocabulary quiz
- Class 2
  You present the structure of your company. We'll also learn about academic writing style.
- Informal versus formal style
- Exercises on formal style
- Hedging
- Exercises on hedging
- Homework
  Do the tasks on formal style and hedging. In addition, find ten examples of hedging in the research article you selected.
- Formality
  
  Receive a grade
- Exercise on formal style
  
  Receive a grade
- Exercise on hedging
  
  Receive a grade
- Further reading
- Basic Conventions of Academic Writing - adapted from Alex Osmond's "Academic Writing and Grammar for Students"
- Academic style - University of Melbourne
- How to write in an academic style - University of the West of England

July 2025

Week 7 - Company structure and Formal style