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Finalize your mastery of strategic communication in this applied course from Arizona State University, designed to tackle the most complex challenges in academic and professional discourse. This course focuses on the critical skills of recognizing bias and making accurate logical inferences. You will learn why identifying bias is essential for success in professional settings and how to avoid it in your own writing. The curriculum introduces "Hedging," a sophisticated technique used in academic and professional communication to describe the certainty of claims appropriately. You will also conduct a comprehensive review of Aristotle’s Triangle to see how logic, credibility, and emotion work together in high-level arguments. The course concludes with a final reflection and assessment, allowing you to demonstrate your ability to handle complex data and dissenting viewpoints with poise. By the end of this course, you will possess a professional-level toolkit for persuading audiences, addressing counterarguments, and participating confidently in global academic and professional conversations.

Syllabus

Module 1: Recognizing and Understanding Bias

Success in academic and professional settings depends on strong critical thinking skills, including the ability to address bias. In this module, you will learn the importance of identifying and understanding bias. You will also learn how to avoid bias in order to maintain logic, an important aspect of Aristotle’s Triangle of Persuasion. You will study new words, read articles, watch videos, and practice your new skills.

Module 2: Making Logical Inferences

Making accurate inferences is essential for problem-solving and decision-making. This critical skill allows us to carefully analyze and appropriately respond to information and situations in both academic and professional settings. You will study new words, read articles, watch videos, and practice your new skills.

Module 3: Hedging in Academic and Professional Communication

Success in academic and professional settings depends on being able to understand and use hedging effectively. In this module, you will learn how to identify hedging in both spoken and written contexts and describe how it helps authors and speakers sound more credible. You will also strengthen your communication by practicing hedging in your own persuasive arguments. You will study new words, read articles, watch videos, and practice your new skills through a summary-response task.

Module 4: Review of Aristotle's Triangle

Throughout this course, you have been studying the three components of Aristotle's Triangle of Persuasion: logic, credibility, and emotion . In this module, you will review these components and how they work together. You will also strengthen your communication skills in your own persuasive argument. You will study new words, read articles, watch videos, and apply your skills in persuasion.

Module 5: Final Reflection and Assessment

Congratulations on successfully completing Learn English Now: Academic and Professional Persuasion, Courses 1-3. We hope you can confidently apply the three components of Aristotle's Triangle of Persuasion to your academic and professional communication. You will complete a self-reflection and a comprehensive assessment.