Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 356 g
Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 356 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-030245-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press
The Communication Skills Guidebook is a practical guide for students, full of the essential communication and study skills that will help them to do well at university. Covering all the skills that will be used across a degree, the book covers many useful topics including researching, writing, referencing, presentation skills, public speaking and succeeding in exams.
Students can read the book from front to back, look up particular topics as they need to, or use just one section they find useful. Each chapter is self-contained and deals with a different aspect of the skills necessary for both successful university learning and communication, assisting students to navigate through successful study at university.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften
- Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik
- Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik
- Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Unterrichtsmaterialien
Weitere Infos & Material
- 1. Finding Out: Researching
- Becoming familiar with the library
- Finding resources listed on a reading list
- Using the library's searching tools
- Locating material in the library building
- Using electronic collections
- Finding information for your assignment
- 2. Writing Up: Essay Writing
- General advice for writing a good essay
- What are essay markers looking for?
- 3. Arguing Through: Written Argument
- Effective academic argument
- Deductive and inductive arguments
- Acceptable reasoning and evidence
- Unacceptable reasoning and evidence
- A word of warning
- Structuring a strong argumentative essay
- 4. Stating Facts: Presenting Research Findings
- What are report readers looking for?
- General layout of a report
- Written expression and presentation
- Writing a laboratory report
- 5. Writing Well: Language, Sentences and Paragraphs
- Developing your vocabulary
- Choosing the right word
- Using inclusive language
- Structuring clear sentences
- Paragraphing effectively
- 6. Dotting 'I's: Using Punctuation Correctly
- Using abbreviations and other shortened forms of words or phrases
- Using apostrophes
- Using capital letters
- Using colons
- Using semicolons
- Using commas
- Using ellipses
- Using the full stop
- Using numbers
- Using quotation marks
- More about punctuation
- 7. Owning Up: Referencing
- The author-date (Harvard) system
- The note system
- The Vancouver system
- Notes and note identifiers
- Acknowledging electronic sources
- Further information
- 8. Speaking Out: Public Speaking
- Preparing for a talk
- Delivering your talk
- Coping with questions
- 9. Teaming Up: Working in Groups
- What makes a team effective?
- How can you make your team effective?
- Maintaining an effective team
- Supportive behaviour within the team
- Problems with working in teams
- Collaborative writing of a team project
- Making a team presentation
- 10. Facing Up: Succeeding in Exams
- Preparing for an exam
- Advice for sitting written exams
- Advice for other types of exams
- Glossary
- References and Useful Resources
- Index
