Course COMMUNICATION AND STUDY SKILLS(2026SCOM711)

Introduction
No one can function without communication. We spend most of our day speaking to someone, reading a book, accessing the email or simply listening to the weather forecast. In each case a message is either being sent or received. All day we are communicating, whether it is talking to people in the workplace, on the road, in the shop or simply giving directions to a young child. The importance of developing good communication skills cannot be over-emphasized. We need to make sure that we get our communication right so that our ideas and information are completely understood by all.

Communication for Academic Purposes is designed to give you a comprehensive view of communication, its scope and its importance in studying a university degree or diploma.
•    You will be taken through the basics of communication, namely, listening, reading, speaking, and writing within an academic environment;
•    secondly, you will be exposed to how best to manage your studies;
•    thirdly,, you will be taken through functional English to enhance your capacity to write and speak grammatically; and
•    fourthly, you will be taken through practical use of English in the context of the workplace for activities like report-writing, minutes-taking and speech-making. It is noteworthy that many students experience challenges when using English for academic purposes. This course takes you by the hand so that you develop the requisite English language skills to help you cope with the discipline you will be pursuing at university. The Communication course will prepare future entrepreneurs to create effective business communications, present business briefings, produce understandable business documents and examine the impact of the communications process on the business operation.