Course Name: ENGLISH FOR JOURNALISTS

This course covers the basic requirements for language use in media like: The use of English and Kiswahili grammar in sentence construction, Application of oral communication skills in media operations, Application of writing skills in composing English texts for media operations. At the end of the course students should be able to do the following: To use parts of speech in constructing English sentences. To use English clauses and phrases in constructing sentences. Demonstrate proficiency in speaking the English language. To use verbal instructions and presentation skills in media communication. To apply listening skills in news presentation. To apply writing skills to convey and collect proper information from news sources in English and Kiswahili. To use note-taking techniques to compile information from different sources. To use various skills of summarizing texts to generate news story content. To apply listening skills in news presentation. This course has been developed against industry as well as academic requirements. it is packed with language use. Although it is a basic introduction to English for journalist, it seeks to develop the student's appreciation to English language skills required for journalism.

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Lessons

1: Parts Of Speech

To use parts of speech in constructing English sentences

2: Articles

This lesson has been developed against industry as well as academic requirements. It seeks to develop the student's ability on the usage of articles in order to be able to define a noun as specific or unspecific.

3: Sentence Structure

This lesson has been developed against industry as well as academic requirements. it is packed with subject , object, and predicate. Also it is covered with phrases and clauses as well as types of sentence.

4: Presentation Skills

This lesson has been developed against academic requirements. It is packed with different principles and stages in order to make effective presentation.

5: English Tenses

The lesson has been developed against academic requirements. It is packed with all English tenses.

6: Active And Passive Voice

This lesson has been developed against industry as well as academic requirements. It is packed with the general principles on how to construct active and passive voice sentences.

7: Writing Skills

This lesson has been developed for the academic requirements. It is packed with the rules and principles of using different punctuation marks in wrings.

8: Course Outline

The lesson has a full package of different topics in English language and how to utilize them in media industry.

9: Course Outline

The lesson has been developed against the media industry as well as academic requirements. it is packed with the topics concerned with language use grammar.

10: Listening Skills.

The lesson has been developed to fit the industry of journalism as it is very important to know how to listen effectively.