APPLIED COMMUNICATION A

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to teach workplace communication skills. It emphasizes the writing process as well as improving and applying reading, listening, speaking, and problem solving skills. Literature will also be included.

  1. WRITING
    1. Paragraphs
      1. Paragraph as organizational unit
      2. Topic sentence
      3. Four types of paragraphs
        1. Narrative
        2. Descriptive
        3. Expository
        4. Persuasive
      4. Methods of development

    2. Essays
      1. Structure
        1. Thesis paragraph
        2. Body
        3. Conclusions
      2. Organization
        1. Deciding type of discourse, structure, organization and form
        2. Considering audience
        3. Choosing appropriate method of development
        4. Outlining
        5. Writing
        6. Revising
      3. Forms
        1. Descriptive writing
        2. Process explanation
        3. Persuasive writing
        4. Summary
        5. Business letters

  2. READING/LITERATURE
    1. Reading Comprehension
      1. Fact and opinion
      2. Explicit main idea, details, sequence, cause and effect
      3. Implicit main idea, detail, sequence, cause and effect
      4. Figurative language
      5. Propaganda
      6. Generalization and drawing conclusions
      7. Predictions, comparisons, hypotheses
    2. General Reading Strategies
    3. Content Area Reading Strategies
    4. Technical Reading
    5. Literature
      1. Types of literature
        1. Short story
        2. Arthurian legends
        3. Novel (optional)
      2. Elements of literature
        1. Plot
        2. Conflict
        3. Characterization
        4. Setting
        5. Theme
        6. Point of view
        7. Symbolism
        8. Tone
        9. Irony
    6. Parallel Reading

  3. USAGE/GRAMMAR
    1. Usage/grammar review
    2. Mechanics
    3. Sentence structure
    4. Style

  4. LANGUAGE/VOCABULARY
    1. Context clues
    2. Expansion of reading and writing vocabulary

  5. RESEARCH/TECHNOLOGY
    1. Notetaking skills
    2. Test-taking skills
    3. Chart and graph reading skills
    4. Technology skills

  6. SPEAKING/LISTENING
    1. Class discussions
    2. Oral presentations
    3. Interviewing skills

               

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