Plain Language Course

Our Plain English course is ideal for organisations that create content for Australian diverse communities. We created it for those working in communications, marketing, cultural diversity or health promotion.

  • Format

    Online
    Course

  • Level

    Beginner to Intermediate

  • Duration

    Self-paced (5 hours)

  • Price

    $ 132 per seat/user

Customer Reviews

Kate Walker
Cancer Council Victoria

Working with Sonia is always a delight. We enlisted her services for a number of different events that were held for a variety of audiences. She adapted her plain language workshop to each group with careful consideration and confidence, providing powerful learnings and receiving positive feedback from all participants.

Fiona Darling
Jean Hailes for Women's Health

Sonia's enthusiasm for communication is infectious and immediately clear from the first moment she starts her sessions. Her ability to engage a cross-disciplinary group in discussion, dissection and development of plain language principles and processes is a delight to be a part of. The team really enjoyed the workshop and provided really positive feedback.

Jasmin Chen
Multicultural Centre for Women's Health

I would highly recommend Sylaba's Plain Language Workshop. Sonia showed us the importance of using plain language and gave us fun and practical exercises to help us say what we mean more clearly. Sonia's expertise and passion for community translation are inspiring. If you care about communicating well, this workshop is for you! 

Julia Stoneham
Diabetes Victoria

Sonia’s plain language workshop was great experience. She took the time to understand our existing knowledge of plain language and adapted the workshop to our needs. The session prompted some fantastic discussions and encouraged us to reflect on our current communication methods and how we can continue to build our skills.

The Benefits of Plain Language

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Access to information is a basic need that hasn’t yet been met for Australians with low literacy levels.

With plain language, you will address the low literacy barrier and build stronger relationships with your audience.

Effective communication will make you stand out as caring, respectful and understanding of the communities you serve.

This course is ideal for individuals who want to communicate in a more accessible way.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify content that doesn’t align with plain language guidelines.
  • Write content that is easy to understand.

What's included?

  • Basics of Plain Language: Learn the main ideas and techniques for writing in plain language.
  • Useful Resources: Access materials to help you learn.
  • Relevant Examples: See how to use plain language in health, community, and government context
  • Hands-On Practice: Questions to help you practice and improve your skills.

Topics Covered

  • Why plain language is important
  • Plain English principles and how to simplify content
  • Strategies to create accessible content in any language
  • How to identify and present the main ideas in a resource
  • How to structure documents to support your call to action
  • How to write using inclusive language

Meet the instructor

Sonia Sanchez Moreno

Founder, Sylaba Translations
I am the Co-Founder and Director of Sylaba Translations, a boutique language services company based in Melbourne. 

Over the past 10 years, I have worked with government and community organisations in Australia to help them effectively engage with multicultural communities. As part of this journey, I have become an expert in plain language and have trained over 2,000 government, health and community workers across Australia and overseas.

I look forward to guiding you through this course!
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