Introduction and icebreaker

·         What we are going to cover today

Prioritising the course objectives

·         Do you have specific proofreading 'issues'?

·         What would you like to achieve today?

Learning from experience: some questions to ask yourself to identify the problems

·         Are you a proofreader or copy editor?

·         Timing the drafting stages

·         Cost constraints

·         Proofreading: how boring and time
        consuming is it?

Speeding up the process: proofreading efficiently

·         Your attitude and strategy: how do you 
        know it's wrong?

·         Patterning: looking for differences rather 
        than similarities

·         Reading with rhythm

·         Proofreading marks

·         Consistency: style sheets and designing 
        your own

Practical exercises

Grammar issues

·         Key grammar points

·         Answering your questions

Plain English

·         Acquiring a more direct style

·         Readability

·         Simple but not simplistic

Practical exercises