This document provides a course description for a Purposive Communication class. The course is designed to develop students' communication skills through multimodal tasks that allow them to communicate effectively with a multicultural audience locally or globally. Students will learn tools for critical evaluation of texts and the importance of conveying responsible messages. The knowledge and skills gained can be applied to other academic work, future careers, and composing oral, written, and audiovisual outputs for various purposes. The course content covers communication processes, globalization, multicultural communication, language varieties, workplace communication, and using technology for communication.

1. PURPOSIVE
COMMUNICATION
English 100
7:30-11:30 WS
BSFSci
Prepared by: Ms. Alma Biscocho

2. COURSE DESCRIPTION
• Purposive communication is a three-unit course that develops students’
communicative competence and enhances their cultural intercultural
awareness through multimodal tasks that provide them opportunities
for communicating effectively and appropriately to a multicultural
audience in a local or global context. It equips students with tools for
critical evaluation of a variety of texts and focuses on the power of
language and the impact of images to emphasize the importance of
conveying messages responsibly. The knowledge, skills, and insights
that students gain from this course may be used in their other academic
endeavors, their chosen disciplines, and their future careers as they
compose and produce relevant oral, written, audio-visual and/or web-
based output for various purposes.

3. COURSE CONTENT
MIDTERMS
1. Communication processes,
principles and ethics
2. Communication and
globalization
3. Local and global communication
in multicultural settings
4. Varieties and registers in
language communication
5. Communication at the
Workplace
FINALS
1. Communication aids and strategies
using tools of technology.
2. Communication for Academic
Purposes
3. Public Speaking