Description
Unit 1: Foundations of Diplomatic Writing
Introduces writing expectations, audiences, and the function of official documents.
Learning Objectives:
– Distinguish between different types of diplomatic documents and their uses.
– Apply official formatting and tone appropriate to diplomatic communication.
Content: Introduces writing expectations, audiences, and the function of official documents.
Activity: Read and analyze 5 types of diplomatic writing samples.
Assessment: Reading quiz and document identification.
Unit 2: Understanding Protocol and Tone
Focuses on formality, voice, and structure aligned with diplomatic protocol.
Learning Objectives:
– Apply official formatting and tone appropriate to diplomatic communication.
– Write clear and concise notes verbales, demarches, and third-person letters.
Content: Focuses on formality, voice, and structure aligned with diplomatic protocol.
Activity: Rewrite informal statements into diplomatic protocol format.
Assessment: Protocol format rewrite and peer feedback.
Unit 3: Mastering the Note Verbale
Provides practice in formatting and writing various types of notes verbales.
Learning Objectives:
– Write clear and concise notes verbales, demarches, and third-person letters.
– Demonstrate mastery in structuring persuasive diplomatic messaging.
Content: Provides practice in formatting and writing various types of notes verbales.
Activity: Draft a note verbale on a fictional diplomatic issue.
Assessment: Graded note verbale draft with rubric.
Unit 4: Crafting the Diplomatic Letter
Covers formal, informal, and ceremonial letters used in foreign service.
Learning Objectives:
– Demonstrate mastery in structuring persuasive diplomatic messaging.
– Use professional diplomatic vocabulary and phrasing in correspondence.
Content: Covers formal, informal, and ceremonial letters used in foreign service.
Activity: Write a ceremonial letter for a national celebration.
Assessment: Ceremonial letter evaluation rubric.
Unit 5: Writing the Demarche and Memorandum
Explains high-level internal memos and demarches with examples and exercises.
Learning Objectives:
– Use professional diplomatic vocabulary and phrasing in correspondence.
– Edit and revise documents for clarity, tone, and adherence to protocol.
Content: Explains high-level internal memos and demarches with examples and exercises.
Activity: Simulate a demarche response based on classified instructions.
Assessment: Demarche scenario writing and peer review.
Unit 6: Persuasive Techniques in Diplomatic Writing
Teaches rhetorical structure and argumentation in diplomatic communications.
Learning Objectives:
– Edit and revise documents for clarity, tone, and adherence to protocol.
– Navigate sensitive or crisis communications with discretion and diplomacy.
Content: Teaches rhetorical structure and argumentation in diplomatic communications.
Activity: Group critique of persuasive writing using case-based prompts.
Assessment: Persuasion analysis essay and rubric.
Unit 7: Editing for Style, Precision, and Clarity
Sharpens revision and proofreading skills tailored to government correspondence.
Learning Objectives:
– Navigate sensitive or crisis communications with discretion and diplomacy.
– Translate policy language into actionable diplomatic documents.
Content: Sharpens revision and proofreading skills tailored to government correspondence.
Activity: Edit a poorly written diplomatic memo with instructor feedback.
Assessment: Editing test on tone, clarity, and grammar.
Unit 8: Multilingual and Intercultural Communication
Emphasizes sensitivity to language, norms, and linguistic nuance.
Learning Objectives:
– Translate policy language into actionable diplomatic documents.
– Integrate cultural and linguistic awareness into international writing.
Content: Emphasizes sensitivity to language, norms, and linguistic nuance.
Activity: Write a letter considering intercultural tone adjustments.
Assessment: Cross-cultural tone paper with reflection.
Unit 9: Crisis Writing and Emergency Messaging
Prepares students to write under pressure and in urgent political settings.
Learning Objectives:
– Integrate cultural and linguistic awareness into international writing.
– Create a diplomatic communication strategy for a simulated scenario.
Content: Prepares students to write under pressure and in urgent political settings.
Activity: Compose a rapid-response message for a national emergency.
Assessment: Timed emergency writing scenario evaluation.
Unit 10: Capstone: Strategic Writing Simulation
Students demonstrate complete mastery through a real-time writing simulation.
Learning Objectives:
– Create a diplomatic communication strategy for a simulated scenario.
– Distinguish between different types of diplomatic documents and their uses.
Content: Students demonstrate complete mastery through a real-time writing simulation.
Activity: Deliver a live writing task and defend structure and tone.
Assessment: Capstone writing performance and oral justification.
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