Physical Space Type Required: Regular Classroom
Physical Space Type Required: Regular Classroom
Physical Space Type Required: Regular Classroom

This practical course aims at imparting fundamental communication skills. Students learn to communicate clearly and effectively through the acquisition of critical thinking skills. The course consists of two components: Speaking and Presentation, and Writing. The former includes theories of rhetoric; types of speech and speech situations; speech planning, development and execution; strategies and techniques for effective speaking; presentation skills in context; multimedia presentation techniques. In the latter, students learn to express themselves clearly in the written medium, to adapt their writing to the different media, to build an essay around a thesis, to structure paragraphs adequately, to support ideas clearly, to revise to suit purpose and audience, and to edit their own work.

Physical Space Type Required: Regular Classroom