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Simple language in business: writing clear and understandable texts

Overcoming language barriers with simple language

This training is held in German.
Would you like to formulate clearly understandable texts? Use the principles of plain language to write comprehensible product descriptions, letters to tenants or other texts. This reduces queries, increases customer loyalty and enhances your image. Communicate more efficiently internally with employees and people who are not native speakers of German. This minimizes errors and promotes communication among colleagues and with customers. Take advantage of the benefits of clear communication and apply what you have learned to your own texts during the training.

Contents

Introduction to the topic of simple language

  • Understanding the basics of simple language.
  • Importance and need of plain language for companies.
  • Useful fields of application and limits of simple language.
  • Key factors for clear and understandable communication in plain language. 

Best Practice Simple Language

  • Introduction to the standards of simple language.
  • Strategies for overcoming language barriers.
  • Typical application examples (such as instructions or tenant letters) from different contexts and industries.
  • Recommendations and best practices.
  • Tips and tricks for implementing what you have learned in professional practice.
  • Analyzing and revising your own texts.

What's in it for your company

  • Gain new customers by removing communication barriers.
  • How to effectively support your customers with the right communication.
  • Image improvement through social responsibility.
  • More efficient internal communication - promoting a clear exchange between employees.
  • Cost savings through clear communication.
  • Contribution to an inclusive corporate culture.

Practical transfer "Bring your text": Bring your own texts and practise using simple language during the training.

Learning environment

Once you have registered, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services relating to this training course in your online learning environment.

Your benefit

  • You understand the basic principles of simple language and can reformulate texts of all kinds - even complex ones - in a way that is easy to understand.
  • You know what is important to ensure that as many people as possible understand your texts and know different strategies for overcoming language barriers.
  • You formulate your messages clearly and comprehensibly, which enables you to reach more people, minimize misunderstandings and communicate more effectively.
  • They help to create an inclusive communication environment, which is becoming increasingly important in many industries.
  • You will be able to implement what you have learned in your organization and thus have a lasting positive influence on the quality of communication in your company.
  • You will strengthen your personal communication skills and be able to communicate more effectively with different people in professional contexts.  

Methods

experts, step-by-step instructions, best-practice examples, interactive practice of texts you have brought with you with individual feedback as well as discussion and exchange of experiences. 

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