- Code
- ELL 115
- Name
- Communication Skills I
- Semester
- 1
- Lecture hours
- 3.00
- Seminar hours
- 0.00
- Laborator hours
- 0.00
- Credits
- 3.00
- ECTS
- 4.00
- Description
-
The course aims at an understanding of Human communication, stressing language as a human characteristic. This includes: interpersonal and business communication, exploration of body language and intrapersonal communication, as well as communication for the public and in the mass media.
- Objectives
-
For the student to understand communication as a vital human device, to be able to assess communication on a interpersonal and intrapersonal level, to become adept at persuasive and effective speech making and interviewing for small groups and the public, and to be able to critically analyse the uses of communication in the mass media.
- Java
- Tema
- 1
- Course introduction ,What is communication?, The three levels of understanding (Alan Barker, Improve Your Communication Skills)
- 2
- Human Communication; Types of communication (chp. 1, Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman, Understanding Human Communication)
- 3
- Functions of Communication,Communication Competence (chp. 1, Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman, Understanding Human Communication)
- 4
- Perception,the self, and communication, Functions of Communication,Communication Competence (chp. 2, Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman, Understanding Human Communication)
- 5
- Perception,the self, and communication, Functions of Communication,Communication Competence (chp. 2, Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman, Understanding Human Communication)
- 6
- The Nature of language, Functions of Communication, (chp. 3, Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman, Understanding Human Communication)
- 7
- Communication Competence (chp. 3, Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman, Understanding Human Communication)
- 8
- Midterm Exam
- 9
- Listening (chp. 4, Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman, Understanding Human Communication)
- 10
- Misconceptions of Listening (chp. 4, Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman, Understanding Human Communication)
- 11
- Nonverbal Communication (chp. 5, Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman, Understanding Human Communication (Urmila Rai, English language communication skills)
- 12
- Nonverbal Communication (chp. 5, Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman, Understanding Human Communication (Urmila Rai, English language communication skills)
- 13
- Understanding Interpersonal Relationships (chp.6, Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman, Understanding Human Communication),(Andi Green, Effective Personal Communication skills for Public relations)
- 14
- Understanding Interpersonal Relationships (chp.6, Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman, Understanding Human Communication
- 15
- Improving Interpersonal Relationships (chp.7, Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman, Understanding Human Communication)
- 16
- Final Exam
- 1
- An understanding of intrapersonal, interpersonal, and mass communication and the theoretical issues which underlie them
- 2
- An ability to do practical application of communication skills in research and persuasive and effective speaking
- 3
- An understanding coupled with practical application of business communication skills: interviewing, memos, resumes, resulting in proficiency
- Quantity Percentage Total percent
- Midterms
- 1 30% 30%
- Quizzes
- 2 10% 20%
- Projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Term projects
- 0 0% 0%
- Laboratories
- 0 0% 0%
- Class participation
- 1 10% 10%
- Total term evaluation percent
- 60%
- Final exam percent
- 40%
- Total percent
- 100%
- Quantity Duration (hours) Total (hours)
- Course duration (including exam weeks)
- 16 3 48
- Off class study hours
- 14 2 28
- Duties
- 0 10 0
- Midterms
- 1 5 5
- Final exam
- 1 10 10
- Other
- 0 0 0
- Total workLoad
- 91
- Total workload / 25 (hours)
- 3.64
- ECTS
- 4.00