KENYATTA UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND

TECHNOLOGY

UCU 110: COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION SKILLS

PRESENTED TO: DR. NYAMBURA

ADMISSION NUMBER: E41/OL/CTY/8340/2022

NAME: EMMA SARA OWUOTH

                                                    
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

1) Explain 3 factors that hinder effective listening during communication act. (3mks) 

 Unfamiliarity with the subject under discussion. this occurs due to lack of going through the

material before the lecture.

 Inattention due to personal problems at home or work which may occupy one’s mind during

the lecture.

 Prejudices or bias as result of one’s gender, ethnicity or religion.

2) Briefly describe 3 process stages of an academic writing (3mks)

 Exploring and planning; this involves discovering a topic, developing it by focusing and

finding support details and organizing ideas.

 Drafting; note taking in rough form ideas and support details.

 Revising; going through your rough notes by rethinking and rewriting to improve content,

focus and structure;

 Editing and proof reading; checking for effective word choices and sentence structure, correct

grammar, spelling, punctuation marks.

3) State 4 activities you would include in your study time schedule (2mks)

 Discussion hours

 Meal times

 Leisure time

 Study hours
 4) Consider the reference below;

UNESCO. (1975). Symposium on interaction between Linguistics and Mathematical educators. Paris:

UNESCO.

a) identify all the bibliographic details (5mks)

 Cooperate author

 Year

 Title

 City of publication

 Publisher

b) State the type of author (1mk)

Cooperate author

c) Re-Write the reference using Modern Language Association (MLA) 4 mrks.

Add sub

UNESCO. Symposium on interaction between Linguistics and Mathematical educators. Paris:

UNESCO.1975