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Applied Language Studies
J-Block Room 006
Building 206 , North Campus
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth
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Ms Faizah Samaai
Faizah.Samaai@nmmu.ac.za
041 504 3791
As effective business writing requires application of basic writing principles, various effective writing components are identified and applied through the use of interactive examples. Various business correspondence formats such as letters, memos faxes and email are outlined. Business correspondence structure plans are used to ensure successful messages to various audiences. All aspects of business writing are supported with relevant and up-to-date examples and applied in meaningful interactive tasks.
Duration : 12 hours
Assessment: A final assessment business writing task will be given to delegates. Delegates will be required to revise two examples of their business correspondence by applying direct and indirect plan structures.
NQF Level: 6
This short learning course aimed at secretarial staff who have limited experience of meeting procedures. As well as those who want to develop their existing skills. Through interactive sessions, participants learn about meeting procedure, agendas, listening skills as well as note-taking and minute writing.
Duration: 12 hours
Assessment: A final assessment minute taking task will be given to delegates. Delegates will be required to listen and take notes and write up a full set of minutes of a pre-recorded meeting.
NQF Level: 5
This short learning course aimed at professionals who want to develop effective presentation skills. Through interactive sessions, participants learn about voice control; relaxation and breathing exercises; articulation and resonance; preparing and delivering a speech; using visual aids and answering questions.
Duration: 15 hours
Assessment: Delegates are required to prepare and present a five to ten minute presentation. The presentation will be video-taped for self and peer feedback. Delegates have to hand in an audience analysis, purpose statement and note cards. A mark will be allocated based on a presentation rubric (includes sections for voice analysis, delivery and content).
The report writing SLP aims to develop report- writing principles to include in report structures including conciseness and clarity for effective decision-making processes. The report-writing SLP includes the structuring of reports from short memo to lengthy formal reports.
Assessment: A final assessment report writing task will be given to delegates. Delegates will be required to write a report by applying report writing structures and style requirements to their reports.
Grammar rules need to be known in order to be applied. In order to write correctly, one needs to know the rules that apply to English language usage. The short course aims to address this need by teaching grammar rules, and then further supporting their use with practical reading and writing applications.
Duration: 36 hours
Assessment: The final result will be based on tasks set as assignments and tests. 50 % will be the pass mark.
The SLP aims to equip delegates to communicate successfully in English in day-to-day contexts. The course aims to develop these skills by teaching delegates the necessary vocabulary and grammar in the areas of speaking and writing encountered in commonplace everyday scenarios. The course also provides practice and training in the skills of effectively decoding English communication in terms of listening and reading
Duration: 20 hours
Assessment: The assessment will be in the form of a written test, a listening task and an oral assessment.
This course will enable you to communicate in Xhosa in an acceptable manner and in everyday situations. The emphasis will be on conversation. The short course is an introduction to Xhosa speaking and assumes that the learner has no prior knowledge of the language. Learners will experience the extraordinary richness and beauty of the Xhosa language. By learning a new language, they will gain a “new soul”.
Duration: 30 hours
Assessment: An oral assessment and two written tests.
This course aims to equip delegates with a basic foundation in conversational Arabic and to understand commonly used phrases.
Duration: 21 hours
Assessment: Assessment will occur in the form of four written (transliterated or Arabic scripted) assignments, one listening and comprehension test and a short prepared speech at the end of the course.
The course sets out to equip delegates with competency in reading and writing Arabic script.Upon completion of this course, the delegate will be able to proceed with a conversational and grammatical study of the language through the medium of Arabic script.
Assessment: A short reading and writing test at the end of the programme
The isiXhosa to English Translation SLP aims to provide a general introduction to the isiXhosa language and its dynamics as well as the principles of translation. Delegates will be able to distinguish between translation and interpretation , apply basics of language applications in isiXhosa and English, and apply principles of translation.
Assessment: Assessment will be based on written exercises and verbal communication.