Language in the Workplace

Training Provider: Singapore University of Social Sciences
Course Reference: TGS-2024047260
S$1,461

About This Course

Examine concepts relating to the construction of texts in workplace settings.
Discuss the multiple functions of language in the workplace.
Deconstruct issues relating to gender, culture and language in the workplace.
Analyse professional and corporate discourse in terms of its key features.
Apply discourse analysis to workplace and professional communication.
Appraise the construction of spoken and written workplace discourse.

What You'll Learn

ELG368 Language in the Workplace introduces students to the central topics and current trends surrounding the use of language in organisations. It examines workplace discourse to understand workplace interaction and the role of language in everyday organisational activity, such as communicating tasks, establishing and maintaining rapport with co-workers, exercising leadership, negotiating power relations, and the construction of individual and collective identities. The course will equip students with analytical tools that can be applied to the examination of workplace communication, and help students understand and interrogate the contextual and cultural constraints surrounding communication in organisational and professional settings.

Course Details

Duration 18 hours
Language English
Training Commitment Part Time
Total Enrolled New course
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