COMMUNICATION SKILLS A

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Communication Skills is an applied English that emphasizes reading and writing. It is designed to further the development of language skills and to stimulate greater interest in reading. It emphasizes vocabulary development, reading and listening comprehension, the writing process and speaking skills. Literature will also be included.

1. Writing
1. Writing process
2. Paragraph development
1. Narration
2. Description
3. Persuasion
3. Business writing
1. Letters
2. Memos
3. Applications
   
   
2. Reading/Literature
1. Reading comprehension
1. Explicit main idea, details, sequence, cause and effect
2. Implicit main idea, details, sequence, cause and effect
3. Generalizations and drawing conclusions
4. Predictions, comparisons, hypotheses
2. Reading strategies
1. Prior knowledge (Connect what you are reading to what you already know)
2. Visualize (Draw mental image of what you are reading)
3. Predict (Try to figure out what will happen next)
4. Question (Ask yourself , "What do I need to know more about?")
3. Technical reading
1. Instructions and labeling information
2. Product contents and nutritional information
3. Forms, applications, agreements
4. Parallel reading
   
   
3. Usage/Grammar
1. Parts of speech (R)
2. Parts of sentence (R)
3. Types of sentences (R)
4. Basic capitalization and punctuation (R)
5. Internal punctuation (RT)
6. Subject-verb agreement (RT)
   
   
4. Language/Vocabulary
1. Context clues
2. Expansion of vocabulary
   
   
5. Research/Technology
1. Media Center orientation
2. Writing lab orientation
3. Print material orientation

   1. Table of contents
   2. Preface
   3. Introduction
   4. Titles and subtitles
   5. Glossary
   6. Appendix
   7. Bibliography

6. Speaking/Listening
1. Oral presentations
2. Class discussions
3. Note taking

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