HW0188

Effective Communication
• your name
• faculty and year of study
• one idea about how this course could be beneficial for you
 Course Learning Outcomes
• produce short academic texts relevant to the professional workplace
• write an audience-specific short proposal and report
• make professional presentations
 Course Assessment
• CA1 short proposal – 25% (paired, 800 words) – week 7;
• CA2 short evaluation report – 30% (individual, 500 words) – week 11;
• CA3 technical presentations – 30% (paired, 10 mins per pair) – week
12;
• CA4 class participation – 15% (individual, active participation,
microsite exercises) – week 13
 Assignment 1: Short Proposal (25%)

• Paired (group of 3 if odd number in class)

• 800 words
• Propose (technical) solution to solve a real-life problem
 Assignment 2: Evaluation Report (30%)

• Individual
• 500 words
• Evaluate given proposal using selected defined criteria
• Proposal will be uploaded onto NTUlearn main course site
Assignment 3: Oral Presentation (on Proposal)
(30%)
Details
• Paired
• 5 min per presenter (10 min for pair)
• 6-10 slides per presenter
• Q and A session
 Unit I
Introduction to Effective
Communication
 Learning Outcomes
• describe key aspects of effective communication
• identify the main characteristics of technical communication
• list a number of the common technical communication tasks of
engineers
 Communication Breakdown – Activity 1.1,
page 5
• share a personal experience of communication
breakdown
• pick the most interesting incident
• identify the causes of the breakdown
• discuss how the situation could be averted
 What facilitates effective communication?
• 1. …
• 2. …
• 3. …
• 4. …
Factors that facilitate effective communication:

• role of context
• importance of being audience-centred
• appropriateness of communication channel
• purpose of communication
• clarity of message
Technical Communication Tasks
 Preparing for Unit 2
• Microsite: Unit 1-2 (video + exercises) – compulsory submission after
every tutorial
• Student’s Course Guide: Unit 2