Unit 4 of English – II (syllabus: Module 4 — paragraph, note, summary, report and article writing; oral communication and its barriers; listening; public speaking and interviews). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- What must a paragraph contain, and how is it judged?
- What are the two skills covered by note writing, and what does each look like on the page?
- How is a summary written, and how does it differ from a note?
- What are the eight parts of a formal report, and how does an article differ from it?
- What are the barriers to communication, and how is each removed?
- What is the difference between hearing and listening, and what kinds of listening does a lawyer use?
- How is a speech planned and delivered, and what should be prepared before an interview?
- Which homophones, stress patterns and sentence transformations does the grammar head test?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- Language enhancement: writing skills, s. Paragraph writing
- Language enhancement: writing skills, s. Note writing
- Language enhancement: writing skills, s. Summary writing
- Language enhancement: writing skills, s. Report writing and article writing
- Language enhancement: communication skills, s. Oral communication and its verbal and non-verbal barriers
- Language enhancement: communication skills, s. Listening skills
- Language enhancement: communication skills, s. Effective public speaking and interview tips
- Language enhancement: grammar, s. Homophones, word stress and transformation of sentences