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Technical Communication
Chelsea Milbourne, Anne Regan, Morgan Livingston, and Sadie Johann · California Polytechnic State University
In the contents: 01: Introduction to Technical Communications · 1.01: What Is Technical Communication
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Communication Beginnings - An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners
Della Jean Abrahams · Portland State University
This textbook is designed for beginning-intermediate English language learners. It is composed of 7 chapters, each of which covers specific speaking and listening learning objectives and includes dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities. Each chapter includes listening and speaking components such as dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities.
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Writing and Literature - Composition as Inquiry, Learning, Thinking, and Communication
Tanya Long Bennett · University of North Georgia
Writing and Literature builds a new conversation covering various genres of literature and writing. Students learn the various writing styles appropriate for analyzing, addressing, and critiquing these genres including poetry, novels, dramas, and research writing. The text and its pairing of helpful visual aids throughout emphasizes the importance of critical reading and analysis in producing a successful composition.
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Open Technical Communication
Tiffani Reardon, Tammy Powell, Jonathan Arnett, Monique Logan, & Cassie Race · Kennesaw State University
In the contents: 01: Introduction to Technical Communication · 3.02: Faulty Communication and Real Consequences
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Writing for Success
Rebecca Weaver Ed. · Georgia State University
Writing well is difficult, we get it. It's hard to put your thoughts into text, but it is essential to success, not only in school but in life. Communication is essential in every career field. To know something is great, but it doesn't help anyone but you, until you can share that knowledge with others. That is the essence of communication.
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A Theory of Literate Action - Literate Action II
Charles Bazerman · University of California, Santa Barbara
The second in a two-volume set, A Theory of Literate Action draws on work from the social sciences—and in particular sociocultural psychology, phenomenological sociology, and the pragmatic tradition of social science—to "reconceive rhetoric fundamentally around the problems of written communication rather than around rhetoric's founding concerns of high stakes, agonistic, oral public persuasion".
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PRJ 2000: Newswriting for Public Relations
Joel Whitaker · Prince George's Community College
In the contents: 07: Corporate Communications · 7.01: Corporate Communications · 7.03: Internal Communication
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People and Places: An Intermediate Integrated-Skills Module for English Learners
Sara Ferguson · Grossmont Community College
This module has materials to learn and practice all of the necessary language skills at the intermediate level in college. It is recommended for the first few weeks of a semester, since it covers fundamental sentence grammar and basic email communication etiquette. Academic language skills you will practice include reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and rhetorical analysis.
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The Tongue and Quill
US Air Force · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.1: What Do We Mean by Communication · 1.2: Communication Teamwork and Leadership · 1.3: Principles of Effective Communication
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Technical and Report Writing
Amber Kinonen, Joseph Mold, Edie Erickson, Shawn Curtin · Bay College Library
In the contents: 1.9: Cultural Communication · 2.9: Legal Issues and Communication · 4.7: When is E-mail the Appropriate Form of Communication to Use
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Technical Writing Essentials
Suzan Last · University of Victoria
In the contents: 01: WHAT IS TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION · 1.01: KEY CONCEPT- Problem-Solving Approach to Communications Tasks · 1.04: Case Study- The Cost of Poor Communication
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The OER Guide to Media Writing
Mark Poepsel · Southern Illinois University
In the contents: 8.03: Hashtag relatable - internal communications
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Oral Interpretation of Literature
Anna Martinez · Clovis Community College
In the contents: 1.02: Communication Apprehension
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High-Intermediate Academic Grammar for ESL Students
Rebecca Al Haider · Reedley College
In the contents: 1.06: Communication Practice · 2.05: Communication Practice · 3.06: Communication Practice
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Cyborgs and Centaurs: Academic Writing in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence
Liza Long · College of Western Idaho
In the contents: 03: Unit Three- Multimodal Communication in My Field
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English 96: Readings, Presentations, and Assignments
Paul Butera · City Colleges of Chicago
In the contents: 02: Empathy the Key to Compelling Communication-- by Paul Butera · 2.01: Empathy the Key to Compelling Communication--Reading
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Critical Reading, Critical Writing
Howard Community College · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.11: Multimodal Communication
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Placing the History of College Writing - Stories from the Incomplete Archive
Nathan Shepley · University of Houston
In the contents: 1.03: Tracking Lines of Communication - Student Writing as a Response to Civic Issues
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The Grand Grammar Guide (ESL 388)
Brent Warner · Irvine Valley College
In the contents: 2.6.06: Communication Practice · 7.1.06: Communication Practice
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English Composition I
Lumen Learning · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.08: Introduction to Communication and Professionalism · 1.09: Communication and Context