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Communication Skills Contents

Communication Skills Contents

Part 1 Assignment Tasks / Types of Text

1.1 Short Answers (pdf 143kB)
1.2 Essays (pdf 128kB)
1.3 Oral presentations (pdf 118kB) (or see module from LTDU MyUni web-site (pdf 431kB) on this topic)
1.4 Interviews (pdf 114kB)
1.5 Professional reports (pdf 121kB)
1.6 Executive summaries (pdf 100kB)
1.7 Case analysis reports (pdf 126kB)
1.8 Precis (pdf 105kB)
1.9 Professional synopsis (pdf 97kB)
1.10 Formal letters (pdf 121kB)
1.11 Formal emails (pdf 104kB)
1.12 Memos (pdf 103kB)

Part 2 Component Skills

2.1 Skills and resources available (pdf 106kB)
2.2 Cultural differences in learning styles (pdf 113kB)
2.3 Academic expectations (pdf 88kB)
2.4 Independent learning (pdf 58kB)
2.5 Aiming high for assignments (pdf 105kB)
2.6 Academic argument (pdf 97kB)
2.7 Analytical and critical thinking (pdf 98kB)
2.8 Good style (pdf 101kB)
2.9 Style for the School of Commerce (pdf 89kB)
2.10 Instructional words (pdf 112kB)
2.11 Plagiarism and using your own words (pdf 128kB)
2.12 Referencing: the Harvard system (pdf 137kB)
2.13 Referencing: the footnoting system (pdf 108kB)
2.14 Referencing: notes to students (pdf 102kB)
2.15 Group skills (pdf 114kB)
2.16 Project management (pdf 118kB)

2.17 Vocabulary and grammar (not in the printed version of Guide)
This consists of 6 sub-sections:
2.17.1 Vocabulary (pdf 167kB) (23 pages: alphabetic list of tricky words)
2.17.2 Problem Verbs (pdf 105kB) (3 pages: lay, lie, raise, rise, sat, set, hang)
2.17.3 Prepositions (pdf 105kB) (3 pages: in, on, above, for, about, with, etc.)
2.17.4 Plurals (pdf 106kB) (5 pages: usually add 's', but lots of exceptions)
2.17.5 Double Negatives (pdf 60kB) (1 page: e.g. "They didn't learn nothing")
2.17.6 The Apostrophe (pdf 93kB) (3 pages: When should it be used?)
All vocabulary and grammar files (pdf 77kB) (34 pages: all 6 sub-sections together)