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connects users to the skills they need . . .
. . . to succeed as communicators and contributors
in today’s workplace
Interactive lessons and exercises reinforce essential grammar,grammar, workplace writing,writing, and employabilityemployability skills
Skills are presented in the real worldreal world — making learning engaging and relevant
main menu, with tabs for each section
36 skill-building and reference lessons
13 lessons
12 lessons
11 lessons
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12 lessons that teach and reinforce the essentials
of proper grammargrammar and English usageusage
Lessons are filled with useful information
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More than 250 grammar and usage exercises 250 grammar and usage exercises with
immediate, extensive feedback. Thanksgiving XmasClick on the answerClick on the answer
The CD has 200 additional drills 200 additional drills for
the Grammar and Usage lessons
The Grammar and Usage self-assessment self-assessment
pinpoints topics to focus on
11 Workplace WritingWorkplace Writing lessons with guidelines and tips for preparing the most common workplace documentsworkplace documents
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The Writing lessons have dozens of examplesdozens of examples of workplace documents and writing strategies
More than 200 exercises 200 exercises for these lessons, including
short writing and editing exercises writing and editing exercises with feedback
30 longer writing exercises in Word.30 longer writing exercises in Word. Each exercise
has a worksheet with instructions and advice
13 lessons about today’s workplacetoday’s workplace, including self-
management and interpersonal issues. 9090 exercisesexercises
Lessons have real-world advicereal-world advice
Lessons have real-world advicereal-world advice
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The Workplace Success lessons have worksheets
for writing and critical thinking exerciseswriting and critical thinking exercises
Diversity in the Workplace lessonSimilarities and Differences
Think about someone you know of the same race and gender and someone of a different race and gender. How are these people similar to you? How are they different? Think in terms of what they like to do, how they relate to people, how they communicate, what their talents and skills are, what they care about, how they dress, and so on.
Person of same race/gender
Similarities Differences
so on.
The Daily PlannerDaily Planner simulates 2 typical work weeks,2 typical work weeks, with e-mail, voice-mail, memos, meetings, and other tasks
A realistic work environmentrealistic work environment — marketing
and PR assistant at a zoo
Realistic tasksRealistic tasks provide a context for lessons
Each task has a writing assignmentwriting assignment
ResourcesResources section with extensive
print and web-based resources
Lessons are indexedindexed for
immediate access to any topic
GlossaryGlossary has definitions and
examples of key grammar terms
Extensive built-in helphelp text can also be printed
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helps users master the communication
and interpersonal skills they need in today’s workplace
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