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HSS 103: Basics of Communication Skills (1)
Communication Skills: Process of Communication, Principles of Communication, Barriers to Communication, Ways to avoid barriers, Oral and Written Communication, Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
Reading Skills: Process of Reading, way to improve reading skills Reading Comprehension Skills: Discovering structure; identifying themes and sub-themes; understanding and interpreting facts; distinguishing facts from opinions and specific from general statements; searching for information; drawing information and making generalizations.
Language Skills:
- Common Grammatical Mistakes: Sentence fragments, Comma splice, Run-together-fused sentences; Faulty agreement and reference of pronouns; Shifts in point of view; Mixed constructions; Omissions; Incomplete and illogical comparisons
- Diction: Denotation and connotation; Exactness, appropriateness and effectiveness; Idiomatic usage; Colloquialisms
- Strategies: Economy, emphasis, Clarity, concreteness, unity and coherence
Spoken Language Skills: Descriptive, narrative, argumentative and expository techniques in spoken language use
Listening Skills: Importance and Process of Listening, Types of Listening, Barriers to Listening
Role Plays
Suggested Books:
- Andrea J. Rutherfoord, Basic Communication Skills for Technology, Pearson Education. Inc., Eleventh edition, 2010
- Matthukutty M Monippally, Business Communication Strategies, Oxford University Press, Sixth Edition 2011
- Meenakshi Raman & Sangeeta Sharma,Technical Communication, Oxford University Press, Sixth Edition 2011
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