Students may register for only one course each semester. This course gives students further training in critical and research writing beyond the introductory level by teaching the means of achieving unity, coherence, emphasis, and correctness in written presentations and by obtaining maximum utilization of library facilities in the research process. The development of clear and effective oral communication. Students will learn discussion techniques and prepare and deliver various types of speeches. A number of models and strategies are analyzed and practiced in both individual speech and debate team contexts.
Scenarios focus on job-related language skills and elements of communication theory.
Interactions are analyzed as linguistic and cultural systems which overlap to create both communication breakdown and richness. Major emphasis is placed on communicating in the workplace, especially regarding ethnic and gender issues and superior-subordinate interactions. The development of student competency in interpreting prose, poetry, and short drama orally with study of the techniques of analysis and presentation. Emphasis will be on class performance. Each student will be taught appropriate analytical techniques which, in conjunction with improved reading efficiency, will allow the student to accomplish a variety of common required collegiate reading tasks.