Course Overview
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Course Synopsis
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This course focuses on enhancing learners’ abilities to communicate effectively in diverse business situations by improving written and oral communication skills. To equip the learners with the essentials of Business and Technical English Writing, the course has been designed with the following objectives: to identify and address the needs for effective communication by developing communicative skills among learners; to sharpen learners’ abilities to communicate in persuasive, clear and concise manner; to plan and organize effective written messages and present them in an appropriate form; to enhance students’ understanding of different business concepts and techniques; to learn oral communication and forms of written communication: Resumes, Letters, Memos, Reports, Proposals, Applications, and Instructions, Specification of Documents etc.
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Course Learning Outcomes
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At the end of the course, you would be able to:
- demonstrate Oral Communication
- analyse the audience
- apply Seven C’s of Communication in written messages
- plan business messages, reports, proposals, memos and empirical research
- implement Visual Aids in presentations
- know how to avoid common writing problems
- put the features of punctuation into practice
- interact with Authentic Materials in order to learn and apply the Business Concepts
- communicate clearly and concisely in diverse business situations
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Course Calendar
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3
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Reader-Centered Writing
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6
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Defining Objectives II +Appropriateness
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7
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Accuracy, Clarity,Conciseness and Coherence
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8
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The Seven C’s of Effective Communication I
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9
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The Seven C’s of Effective Communication II
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10
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The Seven C’s of Effective Communication III
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Quiz 1
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11
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The Seven C’s of Effective Communication
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12
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Planning Business Messages
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Assignment
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13
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Composing Business Messages
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14
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Revising Business Messages
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15
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Memorandums, Meeting Documents and Proposals
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Quiz 2
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18
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Writing Direct Requests
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Mid-Term Examination
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19
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Writing Routine, Good-News and Goodwill Messages
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20
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Writing Bad-News Messages
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21
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Writing Persuasive Messages
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Quiz 3
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26
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Empirical Research Report
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Graded Discussion Board
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32
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Creating Twelve Types of Visual Aids
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33
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Writing Specifications and Analysis Reports
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34
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How to Avoid Common Writing Problems
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35
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Language Review: The Paragraph
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Quiz 4
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36
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Language Review: Sentences
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37
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Language Review: Sentences II
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38
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Language Review:Words and Punctuation I
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39
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Language Review: Punctuation II
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40
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Language Review: Mechanics
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41
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Listening and Interviewing
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42
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Planning Interviews and Conducting Meetings
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43
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Giving Speeches and Oral Presentations I
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44
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Giving Speeches and Oral Presentations II
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Final-Term Examination
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