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Introduction to Shorthand Skills

Office Assistance · Level 4  ·  8 Chapters

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Chapters

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Introduction to shorthand skills
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Consolidating shorthand and writing principles
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Develop vocabulary extension
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Develop listening skills
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Develop art skills
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Take shorthand dictation
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Transcribe shorthand notes
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Type mailable work
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What Introduction to Shorthand Skills covers: 43 main topics in 8 chapters

1. Introduction to shorthand skills

  1. 1.1 Definition of key shorthand skills terms
  2. 1.2 Posture

2. Consolidating shorthand and writing principles

  1. 1.3 Shorthand principles – unit 1 – 4
  2. 1.4 Shorthand symbols
  3. 1.5 Word lists, sentences, phrases, intersections, short forms drilling
  4. 1.6 Rules in shorthand dictation
  5. 1.7 Speed reading from plates and own notes
  6. 1.8 Transcription skills in shorthand

3. Develop vocabulary extension

  1. 2.1 Vocabulary
  2. 2.2 New words, Phrases, Short forms, Intersections and Sentences
  3. 2.3 New outlines
  4. 2.4 Speed reading from own notes
  5. 2.5 Proof-reading
  6. 2.6 Shorthand notes transcription
  7. 2.7 Printing of shorthand notes

4. Develop listening skills

  1. 3.1 Varied passages dictation 30 – 40 WPM
  2. 3.2 Individual and collective passage reading
  3. 3.3 Quick and accurate passage reading
  4. 3.4 Transcriptions
  5. 3.5 Spelling and proofreading passage
  6. 3.6 Error analysis

5. Develop art skills

  1. 4.1 Writing varied materials in shorthand at different speeds of 30 – 40 WPM
  2. 4.2 Accurate transcription
  3. 4.3 Editing Spelling
  4. 4.4 Proofreading transcriptions

6. Take shorthand dictation

  1. 5.1 Correct outlines and mailable work
  2. 5.2 Transcription techniques
  3. 5.3 Using English and shorthand dictionaries
  4. 5.4 Passages
  5. 5.5 Short burst dictation
  6. 5.6 Timed dictation and transcription at 30 WPM
  7. 5.7 Proof reading transcriptions

7. Transcribe shorthand notes

  1. 9.1 Speed development at varying speed of 30 – 40 WPM
  2. 9.2 Transcription techniques
  3. 9.3 Timed dictation – Transcription within time limit
  4. 9.4 Error analysis
  5. 9.5 Speed reading
  6. 9.6 Proofreading
  7. 5.8 Assignments and evaluation

8. Type mailable work

  1. 7.1 Keyboarding
  2. 7.2 Speed development
  3. 7.3 Editing typed documents
  4. 7.4 Mailable work

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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