Republic of the Philippines

SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY

San Miguel Campus
San Miguel, Surigao del Sur

DEPARTMENT
GENERAL EDUCATION AREA
FIRST SEMESTER, SY 2020-2021

TEACHING-LEARNING MODULE

Course Code : COM100

Course Title : PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION
Class Schedule : 8:00-9:00 AM
Room No. : 04
Professor : ALAN S. COMPE
E-mail Address : Compealan1@gmail.com
Consultation : 9:00-10:00AM
Hours

Course :
Description
This is a three-unit course that develops students’ communicative competence
and enhances their cultural and intercultural awareness through multimodal tasks that
provide them opportunities for communicating effectively and appropriately to a
multicultural audience in a local or global context. The five skills of communication
(listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing) are studied and simulated in advanced
academic settings, such as conversing intelligently on a subject of import, reporting on
group work and/ or assignments, writing and delivering a formal speech, writing minutes
of the meetings, and similar documents, preparing a research or technical paper, and
making an audio-visual or web-based presentation. In the process, the criteria for
effective communication ate discussed and used as the basis of peer evaluation of
communication exercises in class as well as for judging communication techniques
used by public officials, educators, industry leaders, churches, and private individuals.
The purpose of these combined activities is to enable students to practice strategies of
communication with a clear purpose and audience in mind, guided by the criteria of
effective communication and the appropriate language.

At the end of the course, students should be able to listen, comprehend, critique,
and respond to live or recorded conversations, speak in public with confidence, explain
extended texts in their own words using examples and other aids to bolster their
explanation, write texts ranging from a simple report to a full length technical or
research paper (scientific, social science, or literary, depending on the students’ major),
and prepare an audio-visual or web-based presentation on the assigned topics.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

Knowledge
1. Describe the nature, elements and functions of verbal and non-verbal
communication in various and multicultural contexts;
2. Explain how cultural and global issues affect communication;
3. Determine culturally appropriate terms, expressions and images;
4. Evaluate multimodal texts critically to enhance receptive (listening, reading,
viewing) skills ; and
5. Summarize the principles of academic text structure.

Skills

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 Republic of the Philippines
SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY
San Miguel Campus
San Miguel, Surigao del Sur

1. Convey ideas through oral, audio-visual and /or web –based presentations for
different target audiences in local and global settings using appropriate registers;
2. Create clear, coherent and effective communication materials; and
3. Present ideas persuasively using appropriate tone, style, conventions, and
reference styles

Values
1. Adopt cultural and intercultural awareness and sensitivity in communication
ideas;
2. Appreciate the differences of the varieties of spoken and written language;
3. Adopt awareness of audience and context in presenting ideas;
4. Appreciate the impact of communication on society and the world.

COURSE CONTENT

MODULE LESSON HEADING DAY/ HOURS

NO. NO.
I. LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
1 The Nature of Language D-1/3 hours
2 Types of Communication D-1/3 hours
3 Communication Processes, Principles D-2/3 hours
II MODES OF COMMUNICATION
1 Forms of Communication D-3/3 hours
2 Communication and Technology D-4/3 hours
III INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
1 Communication and Globalization D-5/3 hours
2 Local and Global Communication in D-6/3 hours
Multicultural Settings
3 Varieties and Registers of Spoken and D-7/3 hours
Written Language
4 Exploring Texts Reflecting Different D-8/3 hours
Cultures
5 Coping with the Challenges of Intercultural D-9/3 hours
Communication
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
IV COMMUNICATION FOR VARIOUS
PURPOSES
1 The Explanation Essay D-10/3 hours
2 The Blog D-11/3 hours
3 Research-Based Argumentative Essay D-12/3 hours
4 The Oral Presentation D-13/3 hours
5 The Debate D-14/3 hours
6 Literature as Communication D-15/3 hours
V COMMUNICATION ACROSS
PROFESSION
1 Written Modes of Professional D-16/3 hours
Communication
2 The Job Interview D-17/3 hours
FINAL EXAMINATION
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