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	: DES1104
SUBJECT NAME	: BASIC SHORTHAND
SEMESTER	: 1
CREDIT HOURS	: 4
SCHOOL	: School of Secretarial Studies
COURSE	: Diploma / Diploma in Executive Secretaryship

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Lecture Notes :	DES 1104 Unit 1.pdf DES 1104 Unit 2.pdf DES 1104 Unit 3.pdf DES 1104 Unit 4.pdf DES 1104 Unit 5.pdf DES 1104 Unit 6.pdf DES 1104 Unit 7.pdf DES 1104 Unit 8.pdf DES 1104 Unit 9.pdf DES 1104 Unit 10.pdf DES 1104 Unit 11.pdf DES 1104 Unit 12.pdf DES 1104 Unit 13&14.pdf DES 1104 Unit 15&16.pdf
Past Exam Paper :	DES 1104 Basic Shorthand - May 08.pdf
Syllabus :	DES1104.pdf

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OBJECTIVES

Objectives are to:

• Follow safe and correct working practices for shorthand note  taking and transcription.
• Apply the theory of the chosen shorthand system and develop speed of note  taking.
• Use any system of shorthand to write verbatim notes of a variety of business documents from dictation at 30 - 60 words per minute.

LEARNING OUTCOME

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

• Accurately transcribe verbatim shorthand notes, using a typewriter or a word processor.
• Produce three business documents in a 1  hour transcription test from material dictated at 30 - 60 words per minute.

SYNOPSIS

Unit 1 Strokes, Joined strokes, Progress Check

Unit 2 Heavy dash vowels, Short forms, Intersections, Progress checks, Dictation

Unit 3 Light dot vowels, Strokes S and Z, Circle S, Progress Checks, Short forms, Intersections, Vowels review, reading and writing Practice, Dictation.

Unit 4 Light dash vowels, SES circle, ST and STER loops, Vowel review, Short forms, Phrases, reading and writing, Dictation

Unit 5 Strokes WY, SH, ZH, Th, TH, SW, Past tense, Diphthongs and Trip hones, Short forms, Phrases, Intersections, Reading and Writing practice, Dictation.

Unit 6 F and V strokes, F/V Hook, Dot ING, Dash INGS, Short forms, Phrases, Intersection, Reading and Writing practice, Dictation.

Unit 7 Upward R, Downward R, Short forms, Phrases, Intersection, Reading and Writing practice, Dictation.

Unit 8 R Hook to straight, strokes, Circle S and R Hook, ST Loop, R Hook, SGR, SKR, R Hook to curved, strokes, circle S, reversed FR, VR ThR & THR, short forms, Intersections, Phrases, Reading, Writing practice, Dictation. Speed Builders Dictation 40 - 80 wpm

Unit 9 Stroke N, Ng, Hook N, short forms, Intersections, Phrases, and Reading, Writing practice, Dictation.

Unit 10 Upward stroke L, Downward L, L Hook to straight str, L Hook to curved, short forms, Intersections, Phrases, Reading, Writing practice, Dictation.

Unit 11 Half length strokes, non-use of halving, disjoined strokes, Strokes MD, ND, strokes and Tick H, short forms, Phrases, Reading, Writing practice, Dictation.

Unit 12 Strokes KW, GW, WH, Dip hones, short forms, Phrases, Reading, Writing practice, Dictation.

Unit 13 Doubling, double-length curved strokes, double-length straight strokes, Non-use of the doubling principal, Progress check.

Unit 14 CON, COM, CUM, COG; Negative words, words beginning with the sound CON and COM, CON/COM/CUM/COG of a word or phrases., Negative words, Progress check, short forms, Phrases, Reading, Writing practice, Dictation.

Unit 15 SHUN hook inside curves, shun hook to straight strokes, Progress Check, shun following circle S or the NS circle short forms, Intersections, Phrasing, Reading, Writing practice, Dictation.

Unit 16 Word endings figures, Suffix MENT, suffix LY, Suffix ALLY, Suffix Ship, figures, short forms, Reading, Writing practice, Dictation. Revision of Short forms, Phrases and Intersections. 2nd Semester Test - Units 1 - 13 Test Units 1 - 15 Speed Builders Dictation 40 - 80 wpm