UNITED NATIONS LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMME
WRITNG LETTERS AND MEMORANDA
Course
Code:AND
E4W3/1
WRITING
LETTERS
MEMORANDA
E4W3
Duration:
This course is held once a week (3:30 – 5:30 p.m. or 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.)
for twelve weeks. (Please check posted schedules for dates and time.)
Description:
Participants follow United Nations formats to produce work-related
correspondence that is simple, clear and free from the kind of errors
that impede understanding.
Objectives:
This course will provide participants with the opportunity to:
 Practise stating the purpose of correspondence as early and as
clearly as possible for an intended audience
 Use a variety of techniques for getting started
 Develop paragraphs that are unified and coherent
 Use parallelism and other textual devices to create written
messages that are reader-friendly
 Develop sentences that are free from error
 Write in a style that is clear and direct, whenever appropriate
 Write in a tone that is determined by the reader, the purpose and
situation
 Revise with the intended reader and purpose in mind.
Eligibility:
English Programme Level 7+
(If the course is held from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m., participants need a
supervisor’s permission.)