TVET FIRST
Communication N5
This document includes important information about the revised curriculum for Communication N5, scheduled for implementation in 2021. Contact jayshil.bhula@macmillaneducation.co.za to request a sample copy of the TVET First approved textbook or visit our website at www.macmillaneducation.co.za. For best results, use Communication N5! Major changes to the 2021 curriculum: Much of the material has been reorganised and updated. New content includes: • Module 1: New content added to corporate culture and formal communication channels. New Learning Outcome 1.7 Components of management terminology. • Module 2 includes additional Learning Outcomes: – 2.4 Goal formulation. – 2.5 Time management includes new content such as managing social media and the Pareto principle. • Module 3 now includes criticisms against advertising, advertising principles, and consumer processing. • Module 5: New learning outcome on stereotyping, prejudice and factors which may give rise to unsuccessful communication. • Module 6, 6.1: Concise writing in business is a new Learning Outcome. • Module 7: Concise communication now includes new Learning Outcomes: – 7.5 Forms. – 7.8 Emails. • Module 9: Correspondence in the advertising world has reorganised content from different modules into one. It includes a new Learning Outcome: 9.1 Classified advertisements, and new content under other Learning Outcomes. • Module 10: New Learning Outcome 10.2.1: Distinguish between special (extraordinary) and general (regular) notice and agendas. • Module 11: Reports, Learning Outcome 11.4 Writing accident reports is new. • Module 13: New Learning Outcome 13.4 Interview: Conduct him- or herself well as an interviewee at an employment interview. Some outdated content has been removed from the curriculum, for example: • Telegrams. • Use of the overhead projector and transparencies in meetings. Modern terminology has been introduced throughout the curriculum, as well as modern technology such as electronic mass media and social media.
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