Writing and Presentation Skills I - Course Overview & Concepts

Vocabulary flashcards covering the course overview, goals, grading system, and core learning units for Writing and Presentation Skills 1.

Writing and Presentation Skills I Instructor

Mrs. Victoria Mawuse Dzotefe Nyarku

Effective Communication Goal

To convey information or ideas clearly and accurately to the target audience so that the message is fully understood.

Engagement Goal

Capturing and maintaining the audience's attention using persuasion, compelling arguments, or interesting audio, visual, and audio-visual elements.

Persuasion Goal

Using writing or presentations to influence or convince the audience, sell a product, or alter someone's perspective.

Clarity and Simplicity Goal

Distilling complex ideas into simple, understandable points while avoiding contradictions and ambiguity.

Appealing to the Audience Goal

Tailoring tone, style, and structure to audience needs and academic intelligence levels, such as mesolect, acrolect, and basilect.

Retention of Information Goal

Ensuring the audience understands and remembers key points through repetition, summarizing, and memorable examples or visuals.

Visual and Emotional Appeal Goal

Connecting with the audience on an emotional level using visuals and emotional variations to enhance understanding and retentive feedback.

Undergraduate Assessment Scheme

20% Homework exercises/Course Work/Quizzes, 20% Group case analysis/Class Participation, and 60% Final Exam/project.

Case Method Pedagogy

A technique used to sharpen decision-making by having students actively analyze complex situations and provide qualitative and quantitative assessments.

Rubric

An assessment tool that breaks down key components (such as clarity, structure, argumentation, and grammar) and assigns specific performance levels to ensure consistent feedback.

Portfolio Assessment

A collection of drafts, revisions, final pieces, or digital presentations used to track and demonstrate skill progress over time.

Writing Assessment Criteria

Evaluation factors including coherence and organization, clarity, grammar and syntax, argumentation, and tone and style.

Presentation Assessment Criteria

Evaluation factors including delivery, visual aids, structure, audience engagement, and time management.

Stages of Oral Presentation

The three sequential stages of giving a formal presentation: Planning, Designation, and Delivery.

Structure of Presentation

The standard layout of a formal presentation consisting of an Introduction, Body, and Conclusion.

Un-diagrammatic Methods for Integrating Ideas

Techniques for integrating borrowed ideas into writing, consisting of Summary, Paraphrasing, and Quotation.

Features of a Good Paragraph

Includes structural parts (Topic sentence, Supporting sentences, Concluding sentences) and qualitative properties (Unity, Completeness, Order, Coherence).

Grade A (GIMPA Grading System)

Numerical mark range of 80 – 100%, interpreted as Distinction, with a Grade Point of 4.00.

Grade Z (GIMPA Grading System)

A grading mark indicating Disqualification.

Academic Dishonesty Examples

Cheating practices including talking during quizzes/exams, allowing copying, copying another's work, and carrying unauthorized materials into assessments.