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NALA Plain English Editor Training 2012

NALA seeks to train new Plain English Editors and invites suitably qualified applications

Deadline for applications: 3April 2012

Training dates: 18 and 19 April and a day in October

NALA is the national leader in plain English editing and training. To meet demand, weare looking for a small number of suitably qualified applicants to participate in our NALA Plain English Editor training programme. The training will be over three days and will require 60 hours out of course assignments.

NALAinvites applications for suitably qualified and or experienced people who would like to be NALA Plain English Editors.

Ideal candidates are those who have:

a qualification in English such as journalism, editingor English language,
experience of writing a wide range of documents and leaflets for different audiences and purposes,
strong organisational and time management skills, and
an understanding of plain English.

All selected trainees will have satisfactorily completed an initial NALA assessment of their competence in written English. Successful completion of our training programme means you can join our NALA Plain English Panel. Currently our editors are self-employed.

Applicants will be selected based on NALA's discretion and will be strongly influenced by the small number of training places available. NALA does not guarantee regular editing jobs to those who successfully complete training. This course is free to those who successfully complete it and become NALA editors.

If you are interested in applying for this programme, call or email Claire O'Riordan, (01) 412 7900 or coriordan@nala.ie

NALA: One-Day Plain English and Web Writing courses

Plain English is a way of presenting information that helps someone understand it the first time they read or hear it.

When you use plain English, you: use clear, concise and accurate language, order your points logically, including only necessary detail, and use clean design to make your writing more attractive and easier to follow.

Plain English is not a one-size-fits-all approach to presenting information or, indeed, an alternative format for only some people. It is about communicating directly to the intended reader or listener in language they understand, whether they are specialists, colleagues or members of the public. Most of us don't like reading through long passages of difficult text to find the main points, so why ask others to do so?

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