Understanding and Using American Idioms Appropriately and Five Steps to Better Business Writing, Two New Workshops Offered at UCSC Extension.

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 1998--

Workshops That Help Foreign-born Professionals Succeed on the Job

UCSC Extension's Communications and Intercultural Studies department presents two new workshops, Idioms in American English: Understanding and Using Idioms Appropriately, beginning Thursday, Oct. 1 and Five Steps to Better Business Writing, starting Tuesday, Oct. 6.

Idioms in American English is a six meeting workshop for foreign-born professionals who would like to improve their understanding of American idioms.

This course identifies and makes sense of frequently used American idioms and verb phrases. This course also enhances the non-native speaker's comfort with American idioms, builds social confidence and allows full participation in workplace culture. This workshop will meet Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. Oct 1 through Nov. 5.

Five Steps to Better Business Writing is an intensive workshop to help the foreign-born professional produce clear written business documents in less time and with less stress.

Participants will examine painless ways to get started writing, easy techniques to quickly organize your ideas, keys to writing in a clear, concise style expected in business and strategies to identify and correct the 10 most common writing errors. This workshop meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 6 through Oct. 20 from 6-9 p.m.

Both workshops will be held at UCSC Extension's Cupertino site located at 10420 Bubb Rd.

For more information on these programs, call UCSC Extension's Communications and Intercultural Studies Department at 408/748-7379, or visit our Web site at www.ucsc-extension.edu.