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Intro to College Communications
Introduction to College Communications provides instruction and practice in college and workplace communication skills, with an emphasis on the development of strategies to organize and express ideas in a clear and professional manner. Emails, memos, letters, short reports, and essays are used to develop effective writing skills suitable to a variety of audiences. Course work also provides opportunities for the development of students’ grammar, research, analytical, reading and listening skills. American Psychological Association (APA) format and documentation is introduced.
- 12units
- 57lessons
- 55exercises
Who is this course for?
Advanced students preparing for, or already studying in, college and university programs taught in English.
Outcomes
What students will be able to do
By the end of the course, students can:
- checkExpress ideas precisely in academic and professional settings
- checkUnderstand long, demanding texts and lectures
- checkWrite clear, well-organised academic texts with sources
- checkLead discussions and give presentations with confidence
Course structure
12 units
57 lessons, each followed by automatically marked practice on the same language.
- Unit 1In Other Words
- Unit 2The Writing Process
- Unit 3The Process of Presentations
- Unit 4Reliable Sources
- Unit 5What Do You Think?
- Unit 6The Art of Persuasion
- Unit 7The Essay: Introduction and Thesis
- Unit 8The Essay: Structure and Development
- Unit 9The Essay: Refining and Concluding
- Unit 10Logically Speaking
- Unit 11Defining Definitions
- Unit 12Elements of Style
Skills
Skills practised in every unit
Lessons in each unit are grouped by skill, so the four skills, grammar and vocabulary are taught in every unit.
Reading
Articles, stories and real-world texts at the right level.
Listening
Conversations and audio with a range of voices.
Speaking
Pair work, discussions and recorded speaking tasks.
Writing
Guided writing that builds from sentences to full texts.
Grammar
Clear explanations, followed by practice that is marked automatically.
Vocabulary
Words with images and audio, reviewed across units.
Included
What comes with the course
The course is taught on the Smrt platform, with lessons, practice, assessment and classroom tools included.
Ready-to-teach lessons
Readings, conversations, audio and images for the classroom screen.
Automatically marked practice
Exercises in eight types, with scores straight into the gradebook.
Quizzes and exams
Unit quizzes and course assessments, marked in the platform.
Classroom tools
Assignments, gradebook and attendance in Smrt Classroom.
Web and mobile
Students study in any browser or on the Smrt Study app.
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