COURSE OUTLINE

GE05
Purposive Communication
PREPARED BY: PROF. ELMER MONES

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Purposive Communication 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.  It equips students
with tools for critical evaluation of a variety of texts and focuses on the power of
language and the impact of images to emphasize the importance of conveying messages
responsibly. The knowledge, skills, and insights that students gain from this course may
be used in their academic endeavors, their chosen discipline, and their future careers as
they compose and produce relevant oral, written, audio-visual and/or web-based output
for various purposes.

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

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

Skills

 Convey ideas through oral, audio-visual, and/or web-based presentations for different
target audiences in local and global settings using appropriate registers
 Create clear, coherent, and effective communication materials
 Present ideas persuasively using appropriate language registers, tone, facial expressions,
and gestures
 Write and present academic papers using appropriate tone, style, conventions, and
reference styles
Values

 Adopt cultural and intellectual awareness and sensitivity in communication of ideas

 Appreciate the difference of the varieties of spoken and written language
 Adopt awareness of audience and context in presenting ideas
 Appreciate the impact of communication on society and the world

WEEK NO. TOPICS/CONTENT DISCUSSANT

Course Introduction
 Class orientation
1  RTU Mission and Vision Sir Mones
 CED Objectives
 Syllabus Overview
The Communication Process
1. Elements
2. Types Sir Mones
2-3 3. Process
4. Ethics
5. Communication Models

Communication and Globalization GROUP 1

1. Communication in a Multicultural Cabrera, Canto, Bautista, De
society Guzman, Lipatan, Paderna,
4-5 2. Glocal Community Setting De dios, Ramos
3. Lingua Franca and Registers in Spoken
Written languages
4. Asian and World Englishes
Various Oral Presentations GROUP 2
1. Interviews Baon, Santillian, Calo, Boral,
6
2. Speeches Quilino, Buena, De leon, Mira
3. Public Speaking
7 MIDTERM N/A
Communication Aids and Strategies Using GROUP 3
Tools of Technology Alvarez, Potrias, Poledrino,
8-9 Alim, Perez, Galangue, Tulo
Bernales

10-11 Communication for Various Purposes GROUP 4

 1. Emails Antonio, Bagtong, Pelegrino,
2. Essays Cayabyab, Ganchoon, Yamo,
3. Blogs Rotubio, Virtudes, Orenzo
4. Social Media
5. Other form of Websites
Communication for Academic Purposes
12-13 a. Writing and Analysis of Research Proposals Sir Mones
b. Oral Presentations of Research Proposals
Communication for Work Purposes GROUP 5
a. Different Corporate Communication Teniente, Jasmine, Bodollo,
Materials Flores, Bautista, Gozun,
14-15 b. Oral Presentations in the Work Place Rupinta, Loquinto, Montilla
c. Business Letters and Other
Correspondence (Memo, Minutes of
Meeting)
16 FINALS N/A

GRADING SYSTEM
70% WRITTEN OUTPUTS, PARTICIPATION, PERFORMANCE
30% EXAM (MIDTERM/FINAL OUTPUT)
100% TOTAL

ONLINE PLATFORMS
• FB MESSENGER
• GOOGLE MEET
• GOOGLE CLASSROOM
• ZOOM

ONLINE MEETINGS
• SYNCHRONOUS
 GOOGLE MEET
 1.5 HOURS

• ASYNCHRONOUS
 GOOGLE CLASSROOM
 1.5 HOURS
ONLINE MEETING RULES
• Mute your microphone during lecture
• Unmute mic when acknowledged to speak
• Use the chat feature for questions
• Join in the webinar 5 minutes earlier
• Dress appropriately