Communication Skills Guidebook 5th Edition by Iain Hay (English) Paperback Book

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The Communication Skills Guidebook provides students with the essential academic and communication skills they will need to do well at university.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

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 particulartopics 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.

Author Biography

Iain Hay is Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Geography at Flinders University Dianne Bochner is a retired lecturer in Communication Skills, Professional English and Literary Studies, Flinders University Gill Blacket is the Electronic Collections and Services Librarian at Flinders University Carol Dungey was an academic librarian who worked in a number of South Australian universities

Table of Contents

1. Finding Out: ResearchingBecoming familiar with the libraryFinding resources listed on a reading listUsing the library's searching toolsLocating material in the library buildingUsing electronic collectionsFinding information for your assignment2. Writing Up: Essay WritingGeneral advice for writing a good essayWhat are essay markers looking for?3. Arguing Through: Written ArgumentEffective academic argumentDeductive and inductive argumentsAcceptable reasoning and evidenceUnacceptable reasoning and evidenceA word of warningStructuring a strong argumentative essay4. Stating Facts: Presenting Research FindingsWhat are report readers looking for?General layout of a reportWritten expression and presentationWriting a laboratory report5. Writing Well: Language, Sentences and ParagraphsDeveloping your vocabularyChoosing the right wordUsing inclusive languageStructuring clear sentencesParagraphing effectively6. Dotting 'I's: Using Punctuation CorrectlyUsing abbreviations and other shortened forms of words or phrasesUsing apostrophesUsing capital lettersUsing colonsUsing semicolonsUsing commasUsing ellipsesUsing the full stopUsing numbersUsing quotation marksMore about punctuation7. Owning Up: ReferencingThe author–date (Harvard) systemThe note systemThe Vancouver systemNotes and note identifiersAcknowledging electronic sourcesFurther information8. Speaking Out: Public SpeakingPreparing for a talkDelivering your talkCoping with questions9. Teaming Up: Working in GroupsWhat makes a team effective?How can you make your team effective?Maintaining an effective teamSupportive behaviour within the teamProblems with working in teamsCollaborative writing of a team projectMaking a team presentation10. Facing Up: Succeeding in ExamsPreparing for an examAdvice for sitting written examsAdvice for other types of examsGlossaryReferences and Useful ResourcesIndex

Long Description

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.

Feature

A concise guidebook that will help students build the essential academic and communication skills they need to do well at universityMargin notes highlight key informationCommon assignment instructions easy to find inside the back coverTips and Examples are included throughout

Details ISBN0190302453 Author Gill Blackett Year 2015 ISBN-10 0190302453 ISBN-13 9780190302450 Format Paperback Place of Publication Melbourne Country of Publication Australia Affiliation School of Geography, Population and Environmental Management, Flinders University, Australia Publication Date 2015-05-06 DEWEY 378.170281 Pages 208 Language English NZ Release Date 2015-05-06 Textbook 1 Edition 5th Illustrator Anais Goldemberg Birth 1930 Death 2008 Position Professor of English Qualifications PhD.,F-ABC Publisher Oxford University Press Australia Imprint OUP Australia and New Zealand Audience Tertiary & Higher Education UK Release Date 2015-05-06 AU Release Date 2015-05-06 We've got this

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