In the area of media development, Peter Franklin has a record of innovative concept and content development including a number of CD-ROM self-study products.

Multimedia materials for more effective business communication in writing:

• Focus on writing emails, business letters, reports or minutes of meetings
   
• Practise three key steps in effective writing:
   
  • preparation (audience, message and structure)
  • writing (use of language, style)
  • rewriting (accuracy of grammar, punctuation and spelling)
     
• Access support files on phrases, grammar and vocabulary
   
• Model writing on sample emails, letters, reports and minutes
   
• Write assignments to form a bridge between self access and classroom practice
  

• Suitable for upper intermediate to advanced level users of English
   

• Reference material
   
• Grammar bank including explanation and examples for key grammar,
  punctuation and spelling
   
• Writing phrase bank including fixed expressions for emails, letters, reports
  and minutes.
   
• Vocabulary support – glossary of key business words
   
• Sample bank – models of typical emails, letters, reports and minutes.
   
• Comprehensive help function

This CD-ROM was developed in a government -funded project by Hochschule Konstanz University of Applied Sciences, Germany, in cooperation with York Associates, Great Britain. All rights belong to Hochschule Konstanz University of Applied Sciences. The marketing rights have been licensed to York Associates.