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Communicate With Confidence

Course Code: DED409
School: Distance-Education.org

Course Materials Available: 4 Weeks Estimated Hours to Complete Course: 12

Description

Don't know where to put that apostrophe? Bamboozled by "who" and "whom"? It's hard to communicate with confidence when you're uncertain about the rules of English grammar.

Here's an easy and fun way to learn. Packed with fun explanations, examples, and memory devices, this course will teach you the crucial aspects of grammar. Its four lessons get right to the point, targeting the most common real-life misunderstandings and mistakes that regularly surface in the workplace and at home.

The course will help you reverse bad habits and ingrained mistakes -- and enable you to communicate with confidence!


Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Distinguish between the various parts of speech including nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives.
  • Differentiate a complete sentence from a sentence fragment.
  • Identify direct and indirect objects and distinguish between active and passive voice in written communication.
  • Determine proper pronoun usage ("I" or "me," "who" or "whom").
  • Identify and correct misplaced modifiers.
  • Choose proper punctuation.
  • Differentiate between the plural and possessive usage.
  • Choose correct words to express themselves more accurately.
  • Use memory tricks and devices to remember what they have learned.


Assessment

  • After each lesson, students will take a multiple-choice quiz.
  • After the final lesson, students will take a multiple-choice exam.

I'd Like To Enroll In This Course   $45.00

Instructor

Jodell Raymond has over 19 years of experience in Written Communication, Advertising, Public Relations, Sales, and Marketing. Currently, as the President of Raymond Communications, Jodell specializes in strategic business, marketing, public relations, communications, and crisis communications planning, and Organizational/Corporate Training. Jodell also teaches online courses in freelance writing and communication.

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