Finding topics and sources of information, interpreting topics, forming thesis statements and topic sentences. Online research skills. Oral presentations: designing and using visual aids and handouts, adapting language to audience, purpose and context. Library: researching a topic and Harvard referencing. Collaborative investigation: interpersonal communication, interviewing and surveying and developing criteria to evaluate a subject. Incorporating action research in written reports, interpreting and organising information, editing and revising. -- Course Website