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JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

P.O. Box 62000, 00200, Nairobi, Tel: +254 – 020-892223/4, 891566, Fax: 890797
Mobile Nos. 0727 803636, 0713 062 253, 0771 553499

Department of Business and Social Sciences

KAREN CAMPUS

CILS 2101: DETAILED SYLLABUS OF COMMUNICATION & LITERACY SKILLS

OUTLINE OF THE COURSE:


Topics

Introduction to Communication:
Need for effective communication, Functions of Communication and Induction to the
students.

The Fundamentals of Communication:


Communication Cycle, Levels of communication; Flow of communication; Communication
networks; General and Technical Communication.

Barriers to Effective Communication:


Miscommunication; Noise; Types of barriers; Communication across Culture, case Studies
and Overcoming measures.

Non-verbal Communication and Body Language:


Forms of Non-verbal communication; Kinesics; Proxemics; Chronemics and Effective use of
body language.

Presentation Skills:
4Ps (Planning, Preparation, Practice, Presentation), Outlining; Effective use of A/V aids and
Modes of Delivery

Listening Skills:
Hearing Vs listening, process of listening, types, Barriers to Listening, Qualities of a Good
Listener and Active Vs Passive Listening

Telephone Skills :
Telephonic Communication: Do’s and Don’ts
Speaking Skills:
Introducing yourself, Describing a person, place, situation and event, Giving instruction,
Making inquiries – at a bank, post-office, air-port, hospital, reservation counter and role
play

Writing Skills:
Basics of Writing, Paragraph Writing, Precise Writing, Memos, Advertisements,
Paraphrasing and Summarizing.

Letter Writing:
Informal Letter,(Formal)Business Letters: Essential and Occasional Parts of a letter, layout,
Characteristic and Letter of Inquiry, Complaint and Adjustments, orders and replies of it

Report Writing:
Format ,Structure and Types, Technical Reports, Description and Proposal

Reading Skills: Skimming and Scanning, Intensive and Extensive Reading, Poor habits of
reading and The SQ3R Method

Study Skills:
Taking/making notes from reference Materials, Comprehending and Describing- Graphs
and charts

Grammar and Vocabulary:


Tenses, Determiners, prepositions, conjunctions, Model Auxiliaries, concord, active and
passive voice, Homonyms, Homophones, Acronyms (general abbreviations).

Computer Assisted Language Learning: Effective e-mail messages and power-point


presentation.

STUDENTS LEARNING OUTCOME:


At the end of the course
 Listening to oral instructions in order to perform a given task.(The skills of Listening will
be taught and tested through specially prepared materials)
 The skills of Speaking will be developed conducting various communicative Activities-
Role play, conversations, extempore etc.
 The Reading Skills will be enhanced through comprehending and unseen texts.
 The skills of Writing will be developed and assessed on Text based writing.

REFERENCE BOOKS/TEXT BOOK:


LIST OF PRACTICALS IN COMMUNICATION SKILLS
No. Topic
01 Competency Test: Computer based Test
02 Interpersonal Communication: Ice breakers, Jumble story
03 Listening Skill: Practice
04 Reading Skill: Practice and Test
05 Functional Grammar Practice and Test
06 Speaking Practice: Role Play and Communicative Activities
07 Letter writing: Practice and Test
08 Technical Report writing
09 E-mail Writing
10 Presentation Practice

Teaching Methodologies

Lectures, buzz and task group work discussions, field visits to agencies dealing with
rehabilitation.

Instructional Materials/Equipment
Chalkboard, overhead projectors, computers, slides, internet sources.

Course Assessment
Student Performance

Individual assignments, observation of lessons, term paper, test, end of semester


examination.

COURSE TEXT BOOKS

1. Rieding, A.M. (2006). Learning to learn. A guide to becoming information literate. New
York: Neal-Schuman. ISBN: 978-155570555

2. Diana, Hecker (2006). Research and documentation in electronic age. Boston, M.A: St.
martins.ISBN: 978-0312655722

3. Hart, Chris. (2006). Doing a literature search: a comprehensive guide for the social
sciences. London: Ssage. ISBN 978-076196809-2

4. PAYNE.J. (2001). Communication for personal and professional context. Topeka: clark
publications

5. Taylor, S. (2005). Communication for business: a practical approach (4 th ) ED. Edindurdh:


Pearson Education Ltd.

6. Fulwiler, T (1991) College writing.A personal Approach to Academic Writing. Portmouth,


NH: Boynton/Cook Publishers.

7. The British standard recommendations for citing publication by biographical references


(BS 5605: 1978)

8. Gerson,S.J and Gerson,S.M. (2000) Technical Writing: Process and Product New Jersey:
Prentice-Hall Inc. p.

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