EN 2204: Effective Communication Skills IV
Getting things done
· Focus: using
language for transactional and interactional purposes - how to produce both
short and long turns in conversation.
· Types of
activities: Advertisements from yellow pages, discuss what they offer, what you
can get done at each place.
e.g. At the photographer’s you can have
your photo taken.
a telephone
conversation with an advertiser
Explain how to get things done to a partner, e.g.
using a public phone, use a public library, send a parcel abroad
Ref:
Language in Use. Intermediate, page 38
Use visual clues for narration
Types of
activities: creating stories / skits using a sequence of pictures
Functional
dialogues: making suggestions, making offers
· Focus: using a
range of different structures in conversation, polite speech
· Types of
activities:
- List the structures that are used to make
suggestions
e.g. Shall we drive down to…, We could always…,
Let’s have…, I suppose we could…, What about…, Why don’t we…, How about getting
a...
- Make suggestions for a given situation using a
range of structures
e.g. The TV is not
working…, I don’t feel like cooking tonight…
- Making offers-accepting / refusing
Expressions: Would you like me to.., Shall I...,
I’ll…if you like, Do you want…, Would you like me to…,
Discussions: current news items
· Focus: Initiate
and maintain conversation .making the conversation interesting through various
means
· Types of
activities:
- Watch TV news / listen to radio, read newspaper
reports
- Discuss in groups using given guidelines, prepare a
presentation
Interviewing and being interviewed using a
questionnaire
· Type of
activities: design a simple questionnaire and use it to get information on a
certain topic from your colleagues and outsiders. Compare information and write
a report (group work), e.g. how people spend their leisure
Delivering a speech / talk
· Focus: writing a
speech paying attention to the situation, participants and the objective.
· Procedure:
- Discuss with the teacher, prepare the speech and
deliver it to the rest of the class paying attention to the rate of delivery.
- In the case of delivering a speech on currant /
social issue, class should take a vote to see if they support you or not. A discussion
follows.
e.g. Dogs should not be allowed in towns, Why
privately owned vehicles should be banned from town centres
