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Communication Skills Assessment Guide

The document consists of a series of assessment questions related to communication, reading techniques, and grammar, divided into multiple-choice and true/false formats. It also includes sections requiring brief written responses and a summary of a passage about women's rights and the Women's Liberation Movement. The final section offers options for essay questions on note-making methods, reading strategies, and job application materials.

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Communication Skills Assessment Guide

The document consists of a series of assessment questions related to communication, reading techniques, and grammar, divided into multiple-choice and true/false formats. It also includes sections requiring brief written responses and a summary of a passage about women's rights and the Women's Liberation Movement. The final section offers options for essay questions on note-making methods, reading strategies, and job application materials.

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Section A (20 marks): For items 1 to 15, each stem is followed by four options lettered A to D.

Read each item and evaluate all four options carefully, and write the correct letter or best option in
the answer booklet provided.

1. Which of the following is considered a key term in the communication process?


a. Audience
b. Sender
c. Dialogue
d. Topic

2. What is necessary for effective communication in a workplace?


a. Good appearance
b. Communication skills and personal qualities
c. Technical knowledge only
d. Aggressive negotiation tactics

3. What is the main purpose of note-taking?


a. To record everything verbatim
b. To summarize and understand information
c. To impress others with writing skills
d. To create lengthy texts

4. Which of these is NOT a feature of good notes?


a. Readable and understandable
b. Accurate representation of the source
c. Lengthy and detailed
d. Organized under relevant headings

5. What does the abbreviation "e.g." stand for?


a. That is
b. For example
c. Important
d. Information

6. What is the main purpose of skimming a text?

a. To memorize details
b. To get the gist of the material
c. To analyze the text
d. To locate specific information

7. Which reading style is most suitable for academic


a. Skimming
b. Scanning
c. Extensive reading
d. Intensive reading
8. An assessment intended to measure a student’s knowledge, skills, aptitude, and
creativity, among others, is referred to as …
a. an examination
b. an evaluation
c. a review
d. creativity

9. Those exam questions that require thinking and recreating what was learnt is ….

a. comprehension test
b. objective test
c. subjective test
d. survey test

10. A framework, classifying educational goals and objectives and levels of knowledge
including how they can be appropriately measured is termed as …..

a. Benjamin’s Taxonomy
b. Bloom’s Taxonomy
c. Darwin’s Taxonomy
d. Freudian Taxonomy

11. During lectures, things that the lecturer does apart from using words is termed as …

a. Extra-linguistic items
b. Linguistic features
c. Linguistic items
d. Para language items

12. Which of the following elements can be considered as the importance of


abbreviations?

a. They are too wordy


b. They are not more concise
c. They save time and space
d. They make meaning clear
13. Which of the following is not an advantages of Close Reading technique?

a. Close reading technique enables students to delve deeper into a text in order to
analyse, interpret, and infer detailed meanings.
b. It allows students to develop thoughtless and emotional dialogues around
language and meaning.
c. It encourages students to critically think about and engage with facts in a text.
d. it increases knowledge in particular various fields.

14. Which of the punctuation marks is generally used to show possession in nouns and indefinite
pronouns?

a. Apostrophe
b. Brackets
c. Colon
d. Semi colon

15. Which of the following is an example of a basic sentence pattern?


a. The cat sleeps on the mat.
b. The cat sleeps, and the dog barks.
c. Although the cat sleeps, the dog is awake.
d. Although the cat sits, the dog is eating.

16. Which sentence correctly uses subject-verb agreement?


a. The team are winning the game.
b. The group of students were late to class.
c. The list of items is on the table.
d. The dogs runs fast in the park.

Questions 17 to 20 are statements followed by True and False.


Read each statement carefully and indicate whether it is True or False by writing the correct letter
or best option in the answer booklet.

17. Modifiers can help clarify the meaning of a sentence.


a. True
b. False
18. In reported speech, the tense of the verb in the reporting clause remains unchanged.
a. False
b. True
19. Academic discourse is informal and personal in nature.
a. False
b. True
20. Prepositions are used to show relationships between nouns and other words in a sentence.
a. True
b. False
Section B (10 marks): Write down only the answer for each question in this section in your
answer booklet. Be brief as much as possible.

1. Name two uses of punctuation marks. 2 marks

2. What is the role of prepositions in a sentence? 2 marks

3. Why is correct spelling important in writing? 2marks

4. What are basic sentence patterns? 2mark

5. What is subject-verb agreement? 2marks

SECTION C (10 MARKS)


Summary and Comprehension
Read the passage below carefully and in your own words summarize it, as far as
possible, in about a hundred and twenty (100) words long.
In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the liberties outlined are clearly stated as
belonging to everyone. In almost all societies, however, women have been traditionally
held as inferior, or subject, to men. Even in societies where women have the vote, equal
opportunities of education and equality before the law, there is still a large measure of
prejudice and discrimination.
Women often find it harder than men to get jobs for which they are equally well
qualified; women's rates pay are sometimes lower than men's and married women are
particularly unfortunate in many countries being discriminated against as in such
things as taxation, family allowances and the owning of property and even in having to
get written permission from their husbands before taking paid employment.
It is to combat inequalities like those that the Women's Liberation Movement has arisen
in many parts of the world. So successfully has pressure on the government been in
Britain, for example that a Sex Discrimination Act was passed in 1975. While removing
many of the obvious injustices against women, this kind of legislation can result in many
absurdities. For example, it is an offence in Britain for a prospective employer, when
advertising a post, to state the sex of the required applicant - but obviously there are some
jobs for which men and women are not equally suitable. Who would want a male nanny
to look after three little girls, or a female P. E. instructor in a men's prison? Surely in
these days of equality, prisons, hospital wards and all other institutions should become
co-educational; or should it be cohabitation? So sensitive has some opinions become
onthis issue that one sometimes sees references to a 'chairperson' presenting over a
meeting; and it has been frivolously suggested that we should all rejoice in privilege of
belonging to personkind. Where should it all stop? Most women do not want the kind of
equality that makes men and women socially identical. The French saying, "Vive la
difference!" suggests that he difference between men and women perhaps is something
to be cherished rather than denied. Perhaps the sanest thing to do is to return to the
Universal Declaration of Human. Rights and use it as a basis for rational equity, worthy
of the intelligence of mankind.

SECTION D (20 MARKS): Answer only one (1) question from this section.

1. Discuss the differences between diagrammatic and un-diagrammatic note- making methods,
providing examples of each.

2. Define the SQR3 reading strategy. Explain its components.

3. You will be completing university in two weeks. It has always been your desire to work
for the Electricity Company of Ghana. Draft a resume and a cover letter to the Manager of
your local station to seek for employment.

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Communication skills and personal qualities are necessary for effective workplace communication because they facilitate clear exchanges, foster teamwork, and build interpersonal relationships, which purely technical knowledge cannot achieve . Technical knowledge alone may enable understanding but does not ensure effective interaction, problem-solving, or collaborative work.

A key term in the communication process is the "sender." The sender is fundamental because they initiate the process by encoding and transmitting a message to the receiver . This role is crucial for communication to occur, as it sets the stage for message creation and exchange.

The example "The cat sleeps on the mat" illustrates a basic sentence structure where the subject "the cat" is followed by a verb "sleeps," then a prepositional phrase "on the mat" providing additional detail. Understanding basic sentence patterns is crucial for constructing correct and clear sentences, which aids in effective communication and writing skills .

Traditional societal roles have contributed to continued inequality by perpetuating stereotypes that regard women as inferior or second to men. This results in disparities such as unequal job opportunities, pay gaps, and legal rights like property ownership and employment consent . Societal conditioning in traditional roles fosters systemic biases that undermine efforts to achieve genuine equality.

The Women's Liberation Movement significantly impacted legal contexts by advocating for policies that address gender inequality, culminating in laws like the Sex Discrimination Act. Such movements pressured governments to recognize and amend systemic discrimination legally, though the document notes limitations and absurdities within these legal frameworks, indicating ongoing challenges in balancing equality with practical societal functioning .

Prepositions play a significant role in sentence construction by showing relationships between nouns (or pronouns) and other words in a sentence, indicating aspects like time, place, direction, or method, which are vital for conveying clear and precise meaning . This connectivity is essential for understanding context and comprehending the intended message of any sentence.

Skimming is effective for academic purposes as it allows quick acquisition of the material's gist, enabling students to decide on its relevance and areas for detailed focus later. Unlike scanning or intensive reading, skimming offers time efficiency by identifying key points without delving into every detail, providing an overview that aids in managing large-volume academic material .

The Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 was pivotal in removing many obvious injustices against women by prohibiting gender-based discrimination in employment and other areas. However, it presents limitations by potentially leading to impractical situations where specifying job requirements by gender might be necessary, such as in roles unsuitable for specific genders . This highlights the challenge of balancing legislative equality with practical work-life scenarios.

Diagrammatic note-making involves visual representation such as charts or maps, which can help in understanding relationships and hierarchies more effectively. Un-diagrammatic note-making relies on textual summarization, which can be useful for recording comprehensive detail and sequential information . Diagrammatic methods enhance memory through visual stimuli, while un-diagrammatic methods provide details that may not be visually representable.

Seeking gender equality by making men and women socially identical can undermine the unique qualities and strengths intrinsic to each gender, potentially leading to absurdities as referenced in the text, such as inappropriate job roles and societal functions . Emphasizing identicalness might ignore valuable differences and result in social tension or backlash, suggesting that a differentiated approach respecting individual strengths may be more beneficial.

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