Letter Writing, BA Program, University of Isfahan, 2025, Ziaei
Letter Writing
Sara Ziaei
saraziaei93@[Link]
Course Objectives
• To improve correspondence and writing skills
• To use new technologies and artificial intelligence in letter writing
• To introduce different types of letters
Course Evaluation
Attendance and participation 4
Homework tasks 6
Final Exam 10
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Course Requirements
Active and punctual class participation
Citing employed sources and prompts when using AI
Assigning homework tasks
Recommended Books
Wallwork, A. (2014). Email and Commercial Correspondence: A Guide to Professional English.
Springer.
Ashley, A. (2003). Oxford Handbook of Commercial Correspondence. Oxford University Press
Baud, D. M. |(2006). The Executive Guide to E-mail Correspondence: Including Model Letters
for Every Situation. Red Wheel/Weiser.
Taylore, S. (2015). Model Business Letters, Emails and Other Business Documents. Pearson.
Letter Writing, BA Program, University of Isfahan, 2025, Ziaei
Tentative Course Outline
Weeks Date Topic
1 02/12/04 Introduction to the course
2 09/12/04 Email etiquettes
3 16/12/04 Request letters
4 23/12/04 Congratulation/ condolence letters
5 15/01/05 Apology letters
6 22/01/05 Invitation letters
7 29/01/05 Business letters 1
8 05/02/05 Sharing Messages on social media
9 12/02/05 Application letters
10 19/02/05 Presenting real correspondence samples
11 26/02/05 Applications/ technologies in correspondence
12 02/03/05 Correspondence via AL
13 09/03/05 Final points