Students take Fundamentals of English to build basic English and writing skills. This course includes the Language Lab packets which meet one of the requirements for the Written Communication course. Students taking Fundamentals of English use grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure rules to practice and develop competency in the use of basic English. Students taking Fundamentals of English use grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure rules to practice and develop competency in the use of basic English. Technical Communication for Health Occupations emphasizes building expertise in English grammar and mechanics.
Students begin with daily exercises and drills in grammatical analysis and mechanics.
In addition, students move from writing sentences to paragraphs and then to longer documents - summary reports, memos, letters, and narratives. Opportunities to edit documents for mechanical errors are provided. Students use the writing process of prewrite, draft, revise, and edit to produce professionally written business documents. Students demonstrate effective reader-centered business communication through written paragraphs, memos, letters, and short reports. Students demonstrate ability to collect information, solve problems, and make decisions independently.