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WorksheetsSSL - Communication Skills for University Success
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is academic culture?
Clothes and other paraphernalia with the university’s logo printed on them
The types of food available on campus.
The beliefs, principles and approaches to study, work and life that a university upholds.
How long does it take to master communication skills?
5 years
1 year
Your whole life.
2-3 years
What are two ways to stay motivated?
Always study by yourself to avoid distraction.
Vary where you study every day to maintain interest.
Have long-term and short-term goals, and reflect back on them.
Create a study timetable based on the best time of day for you to study.
How are critical thinking and communication linked? Check two options.
Communication is necessary to engage in questioning, which is central to critical thinking and academic culture in general.
Communication is needed to form an argument, and thus display critical thinking.
Communication is critical to thinking.
You need to be able to communicate in order to criticise others.
Why are communication skills important at university?
Check two options.
So that you can communicate effectively with administrative staff if you have any problems.
Because communication forms a relationship between people and also with bodies of knowledge.
Because communication skills are necessary for online communication in the 21st century.
Because good ideas are not much use unless you can communicate it.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence." - David Hume
What quality of academic culture does this relate to? Check one option.
The importance of independent learning.
The use of research to produce knowledge.
The need for proof to support opinions.
The contingent nature of academic knowledge.
What advice do the students give for communicating effectively at university? Check two options.
a. Refer to your work experience when communicating at university.
b. Attend orientation week.
c. Follow up emails with spoken conversations.
d. Attend talks.
What are two things you can do to participate actively in tutorials?
Check two options.
a. Bring questions from the lectures.
b. Speak as much as possible.
c. Keep up with the other parts of your course.
d. Talk about what you’re doing on the weekend.
What suggestions do the students make about how to find out what is expected of you from an assignment?
Check two options.
Email administrative staff with the faculty.
Make an appointment to meet with a lecturer or tutor.
Asking your friends from high school.
Check the unit of study outline.
