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Paraphrase, Precis and Summary Writing Summaries   The art of condensation   Identifying the Topic sentence   Identifying the key ideas   Identifying the main claim and supporting details.   Making interences. Note Making and note taking. Summarizing speech and conversations Summaries for research purposes    Plagiarism    Avoiding plagiarism

Creating content for the web       Elements of the web       Building a site map       Writing in screen sized chunks       Hypertext and pop up windows.

What makes up a newspaper? The organisation of print media The flow of work on a newspaper The anatomy of a news story The writing process Writing for other print media

Is print a thing of the past? Characteristics of print How people read Writing for print

Introduction Bio Data, CV or Resume Who needs a CV What are CV and a covering letter used for? Writing CVs for different jobs      Ordering of information in a CV             Name and address.             Career objective             Education             Work Experience             Relevant skills             Activities and achievements             Referees             Appearance  of a resume Writing a good covering letter.

One way communication and two way communication Verbal communication : Oral and written modes      The oral mode is used where      The written mode is used where      Where both modes are used Non-verbal Communication     Advantages of non-verbal communication         Signs         symbols         Graphs, Chart and flow charts     Limitations of non-verbal communication Body Language and silence       Eye contact       The dress Code       Posture       Distance       Silence  Its role in communication. Barriers to communication       Semantic and Linguistic Barriers              Ambiguity in expression              Homophones              C...

The Reach of Radio, and it low cost, Community Radio.       How the Radio has a greater Reach than the television.        Community Radio. Programmes : Radio Features and radio drama.            Radio features                (1)Simplicity, clarity and accuracy.                (2)Concreteness.                (3)A conversational style.            Radio Drama               (1)The Drama               (2)The Radio Script.

American English its chief characteristics      Words peculiar in American English      Words with Different Meanings in the two varities. Grammatical features.    The verb have    The Pronoun one    The determiner one    Adverbs    The preposition for    The Preposition for

A global village An Arduous Journey, just over a hundred years ago. The story of Human Communication as a day in our lives. Communication and social change Language and the new technologiess

Information + Entertainment = Infotainment.       Television and liberal educator.       The electronic babysitter The impact of moving pictures and spoken words the potential of television and a reality check. The Aural-oral aspects of a visual Medium.

Introduction official reports Proposal Survey reports Reports on experiments : Research report Memorandums Reports of Meetings : Minutes.

Introduction different purposes Writing request letters : letters of enquiry        replies to letter of enquiry Writing goodwill and good news letters       Thank you letters        Letters of congratulations Writing Bad news letters       Letter of complaint       Answering letters of complaint       Declining requests

Short conversatins    Talking about the weather    Personal matters     Food     Entertainment.

Rhetoric       Figures of speech              The simile               The metaphor               Personification               Metonymy and synecdoche               Hyperbole               Meiosis and litotes.               Antonomasia Grammer     Grammer allows us to say the unexpected     The rules of grammer are subtle, complex and unconscious.

Unscripted programmes : interviews, discussions, audience participatory programmes.      Preparing for unscripted programmes.          An example : Setting up a panel.      Some questions and answers. A world of many voices. Some popular formats in television. The grammer of television : shots and transitions.   shot sizes camera movements transitions.

Valid and invalid arguments : More examples     The Syllogism      Begging the question, or arguing in a circle. Presuppositions The dilemma

The Purpose of an interview The interview situation    Question    Evaluation    Types of interview Preparation for an interview.  Intellectual preparation  Preparing for effective verbal communication  Physical Preparation  Gather Information about the organization  Know what's expected of you.  Organize your thoughts  Rehearse and practise  Guard your health  Dress approprietly. Critiria in interview (1)Dress and apperance (2)Qualifications (3)Confidence (4)Reliability (5)Personality (6)Work experience (7)Overall impression

Style and substance in public speaking.     Delivery the aesthetics of speech         Breath control         Posture         Voice Control Pitch, Volume and Rate         Articulatory clarity or good Enunciation         Conveying Nuances and Emphases, using the voice.    Content in Emotion and Thought         Prepare your speech         Some common themes and ideas. Language Content : Helping your audience listen.           Use short, simple sentences               Avoid using too many subordinate clauses.               Avoid Using the ings forms of verbs or noun like verbs and passives.               Place subjects and verbs close together             ...

Computer networks : Email, Internets, multimedia    Information its explosion, control and dissemination    use of computer networks       Networks for organisations       Networks for people    Web pages and language on the web        Words for the web        Language for the computer    Multimedia        What is multimedia?        Use of multimedia The spread of information in corporates.

More overgeneralizations      The thin-entering wedge       The straw man Avoiding the issue      Tu quoque or you too.      Ad Hominem      Appeal to authority The logic of advertisements       Appeal to novelty       Appeal to desires Post Hoc    Post Hoc in superstitions and advertisements.

Our Sensory Systems as Media. Media Extend our Senses. One way communications and Two way communications.           Using a Mix of Media.                    Spatial and Temporal Media. Information and communication : What is the difference?

Enquiries      Personal Enquiries.      Condolence      Dinner talk      Enquiries about services      Enquiries about procedures.

The Grammer of speech     Strong and weak forms      Where are the words?      Spoken words versus written words Train yourself to listen for meaning.     Begin small, listening to short stretches at a time.      Make a guess      Predit the language. A guide to using the news over the radio     Why listen to the News?     The structure of a news broadcast.     Build up your vocabulary network.

The envelope      The addressee name and title      Information in an address. The letter opening       Date       addressor's name and address        Reference        Saluation Dear Sir The letter ending               Thanking you               Your obediently               Signature. Formats block and indent.

Writing content for the web Some features of content writing       A conversational Style       Avoiding a "Flowery" style and the excessive use of 'Fancy' Words

Different types of reports Language of reports     (1)Formal vocabulary     (2)Verb Noun collocations     (3)Phrasal verbs     (4)Formal expressions     (5)Use of etc and so on     (6)Words suggesting strong emotions. Reports of incidents and events     

Writing job application letters    writing application follow up letters    Writing job enquiry letters    filling out application forums Job offer letters     Accepting job offers     Declining job offers   Writing letters of recommmendation          requesting sommeone to write a recommendation letter          writing recommendation letters.

During an interview, and after it    A form of communication    answering questions    Asking questions    Expressing Gratitude    After an interview. The interview as Oral Communication   Language specific speech skills      (1)Pronunciation         Vocabulary   General speech skills Telephonic interviews    Preparing for telephonic interviews    During the call Job search Etiquette    The first step    A job fair    Before you come to the Job fair        What to bring        What to wear        Do some research        Arrive Early

Greetings Invitations, Closing Conversation, Taking leave. Pronunciation Practise.

Group discussions    GDs at interviews and GDs in general : functional differences    Getting started    What to say and how to say it    Group communication skills       Overcome differences in communication style       Acknowledge differences in Gender and culture       Effective involvement   Maintaining roles in a group   Group processing and assessment Meetings     Agenda of a meeting     Preparing for a meeting     Attending a meeting    Group decision making

Dialect, Accent and style     A neutral accent Standard english- A model British, or American? British English and American English Prescriptive and permissive attitudes to language. Indian English and South Asian english    Borrowing    Code-mixing and code-switching. An Indian-English Vocabulary. The changing economy and opportunities for the youth. Emotional intelligence and soft skills Soft skills : some components    A cluster of soft skills        Behavioural traits such as attitude, motivation and time        management.        Business Etiqutte        Personal Appearance and social graces.        Team Spirit        Negotiation Skills        Problem solving ability        Leadership Qualities        Cross cultural communication   ...

Language and communication Speech Why do I want to communicate in English? English as an International Language The future of Englilsh : English Multilingualism         English, latin and sanskrit         English in Monolingual and multilingual contexts

Introduction : What is corporate Communications    Definitions Scope of Corporate Communications       Internal Communications       External Communications The corporate Sector The Not for profit sector Preparing to write for an organization    How writing for the corporate sector is different    The role of speech Writing tasks in Corporate Communication     Media writing     Internal Communications     Other Areas in Corporate Communications          

Conversation conventions    Talking and giving turns    Interrupting, continuing    Concluding conversations. Interrupting, continuing, concluding.

Expressing Agreement. Expressing Disagreement. Pronunciation Practise.

The Eulogy            The candle in the world            The light has gone out of our lives.             Negation and parallelism Grammer can affect meaning.     Too and very.     The passive infinitive     To verb or ing verb.     Few/a Few. Finding the facts      Getting Rid of unimportant facts Generalizations and the fallacy of overgeneralization     How to state a generalization.