NDLI: Developing real-world communication skills in non-communication classrooms

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Doumont, J.
Copyright Year	2002
Description	Author affiliation: JL Consulting, Kraainem, Belgium (Doumont, J.)
Abstract	Because of differences in both the purpose and the audience, most student communication, such as papers and exams, encourages the development of communication skills that are at odds with those useful in the real world. Specific writing and speaking courses can help, of course, but are too often disconnected from the materials students must learn in other courses. Yet appropriate learning activities in these other courses can help students develop effective real-world communication skills. The paper reviews the differences between academic and real-world communication, then proposes guidelines to foster the development, in courses on other topics, of skills that are effective in the real world. As an example, it presents a Web-based philosophy course for first-year engineering students. Whereas students communicate to demonstrate their mastery of a body of knowledge to a single, captive, more knowledgeable audience, professionals communicate to receive attention, be understood, and eventually obtain an action from an unpredictably multiple, less knowledgeable, and unreliable audience. To encourage real-world skills, learning opportunities in the classroom should thus have students explain to other students, not to the teacher; receive feedback to improve their documents or presentations, not to understand their grade; and work under space and time constraints.
Starting Page	138
Ending Page	144
File Size	493146
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780375912
DOI	10.1109/IPCC.2002.1049098
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2002-09-20
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Writing Engineering students Employment Guidelines Feedback Time factors Professional communication Education Accreditation Documentation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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