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Abstract

Writing business reports is one of the requirements for writing skill development in Business English (BE) course for Business English major students at University of Foreign Language Studies – University of Danang. According to the BE syllabus based on the course book “Market Leader” (Intermediate) assigned for BE major second-year students, several skills such as reading, writing, listening, speaking should be mastered within the time budget of 45 hours together with the ability to improve the business English vocabulary. Therefore, the mastery of business report writing within the limited time has been a real pressure not only for students but also for teachers. This article aims at proposing some useful strategies in enhancing students’ business report writing, and measuring their improvement in business report writing by employing a test for an experimental group and a control group. In addition, the surveys on students’ responses on writing strategies and mistake correction methods offered insightful implications for innovating teaching and learning process.