A REPORT ON WRITTEN COMMUNICATION SKILLS OF NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE STUDENTS Prepared by: Ang Kar Yong Updated on: 3rd March 2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my supervisor‚ Ms. Sylvia‚ for the valuable advice and support she has given me in the writing of this report. I would also like to thank her for her encouragement and guidance. ABSTRACT This study was to investigate which aspects of written communication should take priority‚ and to provide the appropriate recommendations
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‘Lash’ Against TV In the article‚ “In Defense of the Written Word‚” the authors talk about the significance of written words and the negative effects that TV and pictures have on the world. In today’s society‚ the amount of time people spend on reading has declined which is clearly seen through “the 1.9% decline of newspaper circulation of 815 of the nation’s largest in 2005." Although the creation of the television itself was a huge phenomenon to the world‚ it created a huge dent on the critical
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Written task – SL Language and Literature Weighting: 20% 1. A written task demonstrates the student’s ability to choose an imaginative way of exploring an aspect of the material studied in the course. It must show a critical engagement with an aspect of a text or a topic. 2. Students complete at least three written tasks‚ one of which is submitted for external assessment. The written task is assessed according to the assessment criteria published in this guide. 3. The maximum mark for
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Written Communication For the first exercise I will choose a research paper myself and a team member had written for previous class. The Topic of the research paper was “Lotus rental car” the research topic was chosen from a list of topics assigned to us. The sources we used for the research were simple‚ credible‚ reliable‚ and found/gathered throughout use of research on the Internet. We found good information to back up our thesis and referenced it accordingly. The basis of
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Enforce What is Written According to statesmaster.com‚ Texas has the second largest number of illegal immigrants living in the United States‚ with at total of 1‚041‚000 and rising (U.S. Citizenship). With all of the companies hiring managers being aware of this‚ it becomes easy for these individuals to be hired and paid at lower wages‚ both being illegal. With most of these immigrants being paid under the table‚ not only is this considered tax fraud‚ but it ends up costing U.S. tax payers billions
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Tchaikovsky‚ and “Elegy to the Blind”. “Sleeping Beauty Waltz” was especially sweet. It was almost like a lullaby. The piece was fast and strong at times and at other times soft and sweet. I especially liked the climax of this piece. It had contained This piece is by far my favorite piece in the ones that people played at this concert. I recognized the tune from many places. I feel like parts of the tune was used in Tom and Jerry‚ which I watched a lot when I was younger. “Elegy to the Blind” was
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Barney Grajeda Written Assignment 2 2. List five input devices and three output devices that might be attached to a personal computer. Describe a typical use for each? Input devices include: keyboard used for typed user input mouse used for point-and-click user input microphone used for voice and audio input scanner used for image input (scanning images) modem used for file transfer input (downloading files) Output devices include: speakers used for audio output monitor used to display
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THE EXEGESIS OF THE GIVEN TEXTS IN THE BIBLE 1. THE CALLING OF ABRAHAM Genesis 12: 1-9 Now the Lord said to Abraham‚ go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation‚ and I will bless you‚ and make your name great‚ so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you‚ and the one who curses you I will curse and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. So Abraham went
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of the world. Counterfeiters have sophisticated entrepreneurs with organizations that have a full supply chain‚ a full distribution chain‚ and full manufacturing tools all in place‚ and it is all based on profits. There are strict rules in most countries to try to cut out counterfeits but the degree of enforcement and compliance varies. The United States for example‚ stipulates that software is automatically protected by federal copyright law from the moment of its creation. Software counterfeiters
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workplace‚ verbal and written. Both of these formats are important‚ but written communication takes more effort to be clear‚ brief and informative. There are various styles of written communications‚ and each style has a purpose and audience. Written communication can have significance as in legal documents and manuals‚ and it provides function in the workplace in the form of reports and presentations (Suttle‚ n.d.). Depending on the writing skills of the writer‚ the written communication can negatively
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