Glossary term
What is Plain language?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Plain language" means: Everyday words, active voice, short sentences and one topic per paragraph, so readers understand quickly. It is taught in Speak With Confidence: Communication That Gets Results and Professional English for Work. Related terms include Skim test, Active voice, Inverted pyramid and Assertive. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 2 courses teach it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Plain language?
Everyday words, active voice, short sentences and one topic per paragraph, so readers understand quickly. (From Speak With Confidence: Communication That Gets Results. 1 other course defines it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)
What does Plain language mean in Speak With Confidence: Communication That Gets Results?
Everyday words, active voice, short sentences and one topic per paragraph, so readers understand quickly.
What does Plain language mean in Professional English for Work?
Writing that is clear and easy to understand: short sentences, everyday words and one idea at a time.
Where is Plain language taught?
Plain language is defined in Speak With Confidence: Communication That Gets Results and Professional English for Work.
Speak With Confidence: Communication That Gets ResultsProfessional English for Work
Which terms are related to Plain language?
Next to Plain language in the course glossaries: Skim test, Active voice, Inverted pyramid, Assertive, Point first, Follow-up question, Curse of knowledge, Check-back, Friendly (informal) and Neutral.
Skim testActive voiceInverted pyramidAssertivePoint firstFollow-up questionCurse of knowledgeCheck-backFriendly (informal)Neutral
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Plain language?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner and intermediate level:
- Speak With Confidence: Communication That Gets Results: None. You will choose two real situations to work on in Module 1: a short talk (Situation A) and an important message or negotiation (Situation B).
- Professional English for Work: You can read everyday English and follow the main points of a clear message.