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Level 1, 2, 3, Master's and PhD level |
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8 x 1 hour sessions |
This course will help you to develop your communication skills, both written and verbal. Being able to identify grammatical patterns and then apply them to your own work will improve the clarity of your work.
Information: Modules that carry the AS- code are non-credit bearing modules. This means that successful completion of these modules by attending 80% of the course, will appear on your Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR).
Syllabus
This course is made up of the following one hour sessions:
SESSION ONE: Parts of Speech
In this session, students will be taught to identify the requisite parts of speech on which a deeper understanding of grammar can be built.
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Wed 5th Oct 2022, 10:00-11:00
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Mon 10th Oct 2022, 11:00-12:00
BAY CAMPUS
Wed 12th Oct 2022, 10:00-11:00
SESSION TWO: Clauses
In this session, the different types of clauses will be identified using the 5 clause elements which constitute main and subordinate clauses. Coordinating and subordinating conjunctions will be duly addressed.
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Wed 12th Oct 2022, 10:00-11:00
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Mon 17th Oct 2022, 11:00-12:00
BAY CAMPUS
Wed 19th Oct 2022, 10:00-11:00
SESSION THREE: Sentence Types, Fragments and Ellipsis
In this session, students will learn to identify the four main types of sentence and the rules of punctuation governing them. In addition, students will be able to identify ellipsis and other issues which result in sentence fragmentation.
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Wed 19th Oct 2022, 10:00-11:00
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Mon 24th Oct 2022, 11:00-12:00
BAY CAMPUS
Wed 26th Oct 2022, 10:00-11:00
SESSION FOUR: Commas, Commas, Commas
In this session, students will learn to identify and use commas correctly when separating clause types (defining and non-defining), listing adjectives, in relation to stance adverbials, and in sections of a sentence.
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Wed 26th Oct 2022, 10:00-11:00
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Mon 31st Oct 2022, 11:00-12:00
BAY CAMPUS
Wed 2nd Nov 2022, 10:00-11:00
SESSION FIVE: Semicolons and Colons
In this session, students will learn to identify and use semicolons and colons accurately and effectively based on the knowledge acquired in the previous weeks.
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Wed 2nd Nov 2022, 10:00-11:00
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Mon 7th Nov 2022, 11:00-12:00
BAY CAMPUS
Wed 9th Nov 2022, 10:00-11:00
SESSION SIX: Nominalisation and Apostrophes
In this session, techniques around nominalisation will be introduced, and the rules governing the use of apostrophes will be identified and explored.
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Wed 9th Nov 2022, 10:00-11:00
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Mon 14th Nov 2022, 11:00-12:00
BAY CAMPUS
Wed 16th Nov 2022, 10:00-11:00
SESSION SEVEN: Fluidity in Writing and Dangling Participles
The problems of dangling participles will be presented in this class and how best they can be addressed will be explored. In addition, techniques achieving fluidity in writing will be presented with some tasks for the students to practise these.
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Wed 16th Nov 2022, 10:00-11:00
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Mon 21st Nov 2022, 11:00-12:00
BAY CAMPUS
Wed 23rd Nov 2022, 10:00-11:00
SESSION EIGHT: Putting it all together
In this final session, all of the techniques presented so far will be drawn together in order to show how an effective writer is able to control their use of grammar to express meaning clearly.
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Wed 23rd Nov 2022, 10:00-11:00
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Mon 28th Nov 2022, 11:00-12:00
BAY CAMPUS
Wed 30th Nov 2022, 10:00-11:0