TVET FIRST
Communica on N5
This document includes important informa on about the revised curriculum for Communica on N5, scheduled for implementa on in 2021. Contact jayshil.bhula@macmillaneduca on.co.za to request a sample copy of the TVET First approved textbook or visit our website at www.macmillaneduca on.co.za. For best results, use Communica on N5! Major changes from the previous curriculum: Much of the material has been reorganised and updated. New content includes: • Module 1: New content added to corporate culture and formal communica on channels. New Learning Outcome 1.7 Components of management terminology • Module 2 includes addi onal Learning Outcomes: – 2.4 Goal formula on – 2.5 Time management includes new content such as managing social media and the Pareto principle • Module 3 now includes cri cisms against adver sing, adver sing principles, and consumer processing. • Module 5: New Learning Outcome on stereotyping, prejudice and factors which may give rise to unsuccessful communica on • Module 6, 6.1: Concise wri ng in business is a new Learning Outcome. • Module 7: Concise communica on now includes new Learning Outcomes: – 7.5 Forms – 7.8 Emails • Module 9: Correspondence in the adver sing world has reorganised content from different modules into one. It includes a new Learning Outcome: 9.1 Classified adver sements, and new content under other Learning Outcomes. • Module 10: New Learning Outcome 10.2.1: Dis nguish between special (extraordinary) and general (regular) no ce and agendas • Module 11: Reports, Learning Outcome 11.4 Wri ng 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13: New Learning Outcome 13.4 Interview: Conduct him- or herself well as an interviewee at an employment interview Some outdated content has been removed from the curriculum, for example: • Telegrams • Use of the overhead projector and transparencies in mee ngs Modern terminology has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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