School of Secretarial Studies

Diploma in Executive Secretaryship Home Semester & Subjects Calendar & Timetable Video Seminars Other Subjects 1. DES1101 Business English & Presentation Skills 2. DES1102 Text Processing & Keyboarding 3. DES1103 Office Practice 4. DES1104 Basic Shorthand 5. DES1201 Business Communication I 6. DES1202 Business Studies 7. DES1203 Information & Communication Technology 8. DES1204 Office Administration 9. DES1301 Public Relations 10. DES1302 Communication and Task Management 11. DES1303 Workplace Ethics 12. DES2101 Business English II 13. DES2102 Basic Accounting 14. DES2103 Management Theories I 15. DES2104 Management Information I 16. DES2201 Business Communication II 17. DES2202 Human Resources Management I 18. DES2203 Management Theories II 19. DES2204 Management Information II 20. MPW1113/MPW1123 Bahasa Kebangsaan A/B 21. MPW1133 Malaysian Studies 22. MPW1143/MPW1153 Moral/Islamic Studies 23. DES3101 Human Resources Management II 24. DES3102 Customer Care 25. DES3103 Organising Skills 26. DES3104 Personality Development Programs Offered 1. Certificate of Office Administration 2. Diploma in Executive Secretaryship 3. Diploma in Corporate Administration » All stamfordonline Courses

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SUBJECT CODE	: DES1101
SUBJECT NAME	: BUSINESS ENGLISH & PRESENTATION SKILLS
SEMESTER	: 1
CREDIT HOURS	: 4
SCHOOL	: School of Secretarial Studies
COURSE	: Diploma / Diploma in Executive Secretaryship

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Lecture Notes :	DES 1101 Week 1.pdf DES 1101 Week 2.pdf DES 1101 Week 3.pdf DES 1101 Week 4.pdf DES 1101 Week 5.pdf DES 1101 Week 6.pdf DES 1101 Week 7.pdf DES 1101 Week 8.pdf DES 1101 Week 9.pdf DES 1101 Week 10.pdf DES 1101 Week 11.pdf DES 1101 Week 12.pdf DES 1101 Week 13.pdf DES 1101 Week 14.pdf
Past Exam Paper :	DES 1101 Bus Eng & Presentation Skills - July 07.pdf
Syllabus :	DES1101.pdf

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OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course the student should be able to:

• Develop skills in using various dictionaries and other business reference materials to solve language problems.
• Apply the basic rules of grammar, spelling, capitalisation, number usage and punctuation.

LEARNING OUTCOME

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

• Demonstrate improvement in editing, spelling, use of business vocabulary, and organisational skills in business writing styles.
• Utilise terminology applicable to business writing.
• Write effective sentences and paragraphs for business applications.
• Communicate effectively in written and spoken forms.
• Demonstrate effective speaking skills.

SYNOPSIS

Unit 1 - Inventory of Grammatical Ideas

• Verbs
• Tenses
• Verb Forms
• Compound Verb Patterns
• Conditional Sentences
• Reported Speech
• Interrogatives
• Nouns
• Pronouns
• Determiners
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
• Prepositions
• Connectives

Unit 2 - Communicative Tasks

• Introductions
• Using the telephone
• Plans and arrangements
• Products and services
• Business meetings
• Systems and processes
• Trends and results
• Business travel
• Hospitality and entertainment

Unit 3 – Texts

• Candidates need to understand the gist and/or relevant details of texts, which are appropriate to business situation and topics.