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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.
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Monday 6th February 2023, 10:00-11:00
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Tuesday 7th February 2023, 12:00-13:00
BAY CAMPUS
Friday 10th February 2023, 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.
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Monday 13th February 2023, 10:00-11:00
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Tuesday 14th February 2023, 12:00-13:00
BAY CAMPUS
Friday 17th February 2023, 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.
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Monday 20th February 2023, 10:00-11:00
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Tuesday 21st February 2023, 12:00-13:00
BAY CAMPUS
Friday 24th February 2023, 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.
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Monday 27th February 2023, 10:00-11:00
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Tuesday 28th February 2023, 12:00-13:00
BAY CAMPUS
Friday 3rd March 2023, 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.
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Monday 6th March 2023, 10:00-11:00
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Tuesday 7th March 2023, 12:00-13:00
BAY CAMPUS
Friday 10th March 2023, 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.
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Monday 13th March 2023, 10:00-11:00
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Tuesday 14th March 2023, 12:00-13:00
BAY CAMPUS
Friday 17th March 2023, 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.
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Monday 20th March 2023, 10:00-11:00
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Tuesday 21st March 2023, 12:00-13:00
BAY CAMPUS
Friday 24th March 2023, 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.
SINGLETON CAMPUS
Monday 17th March 2023, 10:00-11:00
ONLINE VIA ZOOM
Tuesday 28th March 2023, 12:00-13:00
BAY CAMPUS
Friday 31st March 2023, 10:00-11:00