Sunday, 17 February 2013

Essay on Article C

Week 4 Report

What is the problem?
  • NUS students are not as daring to give comments and in articulating their ideas across as compared to SMU students. 

    What is the purpose?

  •         How could the quality of NUS students’ oral communication be improved.
  •         Convince NUS to take up the programmes (New curriculum) suggested 
   What are the questions?

  •       How could the quality of NUS students’ oral communication be improved.
  •             How should NUS curriculum be changed to facilitate better oral communication skills?
  •         What the areas students are weak in? (Pacing, Pronounciation, language)
o   Presentation Skills
o   Interviewing Skills
o   Analytical Skills
o   Confidence Skills
  •      How are the existing courses facilitating oral communication? 
  •     For courses that don’t facilitate students oral communication, is there a way for it to be re-configured. (Engineering Courses a component that require them to take presentation)
  •        Different oral aspect, sieve out the courses that could help
  •      Should we have oral communication examinable? 
  Outline
Introduction --> Background --> PPQ --> Findings --> Recommendations --> Conclusion.