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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with the principles of effective, audiencecentered technical communication and provide themwith practice in writing letters, memoranda, proposals, and an informal and a formal report. The course also requires students to become familiar with accepted research techniques and to apply themin a written formal report and in an oral presentation. Students also learn the principles of graphical design and the importance of visual representation in technical communication, both oral and written, and students are expected to incorporate appropriate graphics into their written and oral communication. Finally, students are taught how to organize and present technicalmaterial orally in an effectivemanner. (prereq: EN-131)
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3.00 Credits
The aimof this course is to develop effective public speaking skills, gain confidence and poise, and understand the basics of speech communication. The assignments afford practice in various public speaking situations similar to those which graduates will encounter in their careers. Typical assignments require the student to explain, describe, persuade, or discuss in a group. A banquet speech is also required. Time is taken to develop the self-awareness of the student and his/her consciousness of the reactions of his/her audience. (prereq: EN-131)
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3.00 Credits
Through this course, it is intended that the student will learn the theories, principles and dynamics of group interaction and through practice will learn the skills essential for both leading and participating in small group discussion. (prereq: EN-241)
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3.00 Credits
Effective communication requires an understanding of how varying perceptions and emotions influence the reception ofmeaning. This course emphasizes appropriateness, diplomacy, effectiveness, readability and sincerity as desirable qualities formemoranda, letters and reports. Revision of both textbook exercises and personal assignments further serve to reinforce the importance of these qualities. Students prepare a formal report dealing with a real business problem, culminating in an oral presentation that includes appropriate visual aids. (prereq: EN-241)
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to develop effective presentation skills, to learn to incorporate graphics into presentations, to understand the basics of communication skills in professional settings, and to appreciate the role of the teamin preparing a formal presentation. The assignments reflect experiences which will be encountered by graduates in their careers. Typical assignments include group presentations, presentation graphics, and presentation reviews. (prereq: EN-241; coreq: AE-4311)
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this course is to have the students express themselves clearly in well-organized, five-paragraph essays. The students will write about subjective topics stemming fromtheir personal experiences and are expected to use a process approach to their writing. They should have some understanding of appropriate word forms, fragments and run-ons, and adjective and noun clauses.Whilemost of the grammatical and structural points can be covered within the context of the students' compositions, some additional exercises are given to strengthen their recognition and understanding of a structure. The students will improve their reading skills by developing strategies that will enable themto identifymain ideas and supporting details and to draw inferences and conclusions to understand the authors' ideas. (prereq: TOEFL score of 173- 213 [computer-based], 500-550 [paper-based], or 61-78 [Internet-based] or IELTS score of 5.0-6.0; coreq: ES-021)
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3.00 Credits
At this level, the student will write about objective, or academic topics using sources outside personal experiences. They will be introduced to the concept of peer reviews for their essays. The students will develop a sense of how to choose information that is relevant to their topic and will continue to improve their abilities to draw inferences. They will practice summarizing and paraphrasing techniques by working with passages fromwritten texts. Organizing the information fromthe sources and showing connections between source information will be stressed. Test-taking strategies will also be addressed. (prereq: "CD" or better in ES-011;coreq: ES-022)
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3.00 Credits
The focus of the course is to have students refine objective writing skills. They will learn to respond to an author's writing and develop ways of finding evidence for their own points of view. The students will respond to assigned readings in their journals and in persuasive essays. The concept of plagiarismwill be explained, and they will have practicemaking bibliographic references. Students will improve their ability to paraphrase, summarize and synthesize information in the readings. They will improve their ability to express their opinions or positions and support themwith examples. (prereq: ES-012 "CD" or better in ES-012;coreq: ES-023)
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3.00 Credits
The focus of this course is to develop students' self-confidence in expressing themselves orally and to gain practice in listening to academic English. The students will engage in conversations regarding real-life situations. In addition to the class work, the students will work outside the class with a conversation partner. The students will practice listening to conversations, interviews and short lectures and will be taught strategies on how to take notes while listening. The students will work on developing their discrete listening abilities, that is, paying attention to word forms (and reductions) and functions. (prereq: TOEFL score of 173-213 [computer-based], 500-550 [paper-based], or 61-78 [Internet-based] or IELTS score of 5.0-6.0; coreq: ES-011)
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3.00 Credits
Students will learn to work in groups; they will practice strategies inmoving the discussion along, turn-taking and acting as group leader. They will practice verbalizing data and rephrasing and illustrating information. Interviewing techniques will also be practiced. The discussion topics will be academic, rather than casual conversational subjects. The students will progress to listening to recordedmaterial that is lengthier andmore complex than thematerial in Level 1. (prereq: "CD" or better in ES-021; coreq: ES-012)
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