2024/2025

Эффективная коммуникация

Статус: Факультатив

Кто читает: Департамент иностранных языков

Когда читается: 1-3 модуль

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Преподаватели: Заруцкая Екатерина Витальевна

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 3

Course Syllabus

Abstract

In the course "Effective Communication," students will learn how to apply critical thinking to become more effective communicators both in everyday life and professional settings. By actively participating in speaking assignments, writing reflective journals, and analyzing a variety of spoken and written texts such as documentaries, commercials, and music videos, students will not only enhance their English language skills but also develop their reasoning abilities and make better judgments about the information presented to them in any format. The course also emphasizes the importance of self-reflection and the opportunity for students to correct their thinking habits.

Learning Objectives

• To improve communication skills through participation in group discussions, debates and presentations.
• To foster the development of critical thinking skills through the production and analysis of texts across various genres.
• To cultivate reflective skills by contemplating and evaluating the course concepts, thinking processes, and communication skills.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Students will improve their communication skills by actively engaging in group discussions, debates and presentations.
• Students will enhance their critical thinking skills by producing and analyzing texts of different genres.
• Students will improve their reflective skills by contemplating and evaluating course concepts, thinking processes, and communication skills.

Course Contents

• Recognizing and Protecting Against Manipulative Influences
• Communicating with Good Reason: Debates. Enhancing Communication: Uncovering Fallacies
• Detecting and Evaluating Misleading Information.
• Uncovering Our Thinking Traps
• Presenting Projects

Assessment Elements

• Reflection journal
  20% Students submit their reflection journals after covering Topics 1 and 2. This assignment involves answering questions that prompt reflection on how the ideas, concepts, and vocabulary studied in the course can be applied to real-life situations.
• Final Assignments
  220% Final assignments are conducted after Topics 1 and 2 have been covered. These assignments encompass the following components: Text Analysis (Topic 1) and Debates (Topic 2). During the Debates, students participate on either the affirmative or negative team. The Text Analysis requires students to select a text and analyze it using the critical thinking concepts, principles, and ideas acquired throughout the course. Students will also present the results of their analyses to the class.
• Group discussions
  20% Group discussions revolve around a selected video, either a film or a documentary. Students are expected to participate in the discussion and complete either a pre-discussion or post-discussion prompt.
• Project work
  20% Project work involves taking part in one of the projects described below: Option 1: Recording a podcast. Students or teams record a podcast, where they engage in thoughtful discussions about ideas and topics covered in the course as well as in the discussion of the results obtained after studying students’ own research question. Option 2: Designing interventions to combat the spread of myths. Students create short videos to debunk myths or misleading theories.
• Final Reflection Paper
  20%: Final Reflection Paper Students write a reflection paper in which they reflect on the course ideas and their application to real life.

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 3rd module
  0.2 * Final Assignments + 0.2 * Final Reflection Paper + 0.2 * Group discussions + 0.2 * Project work + 0.2 * Reflection journal

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Критическое мышление : анализируй, сомневайся, формируй свое мнение, Чатфилд, Т., 2019
• Чатфилд Т. - Критическое мышление: анализируй, сомневайся, формируй свое мнение. - Альпина Паблишер - 2019 - ISBN: 978-5-96142-092-0 - Текст электронный // ЭБС ZNANIUM - URL: https://znanium.com/catalog/document?id=352171

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Аргументация : десять уроков для начинающих авторов, Уэстон, Э., 2005

Authors

• Ursul Natalia Valerevna