HOW TO IMPROVE FOUR SKILLS
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HOW TO IMPROVE FOUR SKILLS
NISAR AFZAL WATTOORoll no. 1336
Dept. of Industrial Engineering & Management
DCETKarachi
FOUR SKILLS
Listening Speaking Reading Writing
Basic Communication Skills Profile
________________________________________________Communication Order Learned Extent Used Extent Taught
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Listening First First Fourth Speaking Second Second Third Reading Third Third Second Writing Fourth Fourth First
A famous saying "We were given two ears but only
one mouth, because listening is twice as hard as talking."
How to Be an Effective Listener
Understand the complexities of listening Prepare to listen Adjust to the situation Focus on ideas or key points Capitalize on the speed differential
Organize material for learning
How to Be an Effective Listener (cont.)
Want to listen Delay judgment Admit your biases Don’t tune out “dry” subjects Accept responsibility for understanding Encourage others to talk
How to Be an Effective Listener (cont.)
Establish eye contact with the speaker Take notes effectively Be a physically involved listener Avoid negative manners.
Speaking The most valueable way to convey
information.
improve speaking skills. Engage your audience
Help your audience stay focused by choosing topics they can relate to and including in your message carefully, especially at the beginning.
improve speaking skills. Get to know your audience
In order to pick the right combination of topics to focus on so your audience will become interested at once, research what the audience is interested in.
improve speaking skills. Stay positive
Aside from giving the audience hints on what they really want to hear about, other appealing factors for the audience include positive messages that focus less on failures.
improve speaking skills. Be concise
Aside from giving the audience hints on what they really want to hear about, other appealing factors for the audience include positive messages that focus less on failures.
improve speaking skills. Give your work a captivating title
Dedicating time to craft the body of your message is as important as creating an original name for your speech or message. This is never stressed enough ““ your title should wake the audience’s interest so they anticipate reading or listening to your message.
Reading is a multifaceted skill, gradually acquired over years of instruction and practice.
The Many Strands that are Woven into Skilled Reading(Scarborough, 2001)
BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE LANGUAGE STRUCTURES VERBAL REASONING
LITERACY KNOWLEDGE
PHON. AWARENESS
DECODING (and SPELLING) SIGHT RECOGNITION
SKILLED READING: fluent execution and coordination of word recognition and text comprehension.
LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION
WORD RECOGNITION
increasingly
automatic
increasingly
strategic
Skilled Reading- fluent coordination of word
reading and comprehension processes
Problems with “slow readers”Problems with “slow readers”
They are almost always less fluentThey are almost always less fluent
Usually know the meanings of fewer wordsUsually know the meanings of fewer words
Usually have less conceptual knowledgeUsually have less conceptual knowledge
Are almost always less skilled in using Are almost always less skilled in using strategies to enhance comprehension.strategies to enhance comprehension.
10 Tips to Improve Reading Skills You don't have to be a great
reader to get the point. Know WHY you're reading. You don't need to read all of what
you DO read You don't need to read all of what
you DO read.
Scan before you read. Prioritize your reading.
Optimize your reading environment. Once you start, don't stop! Focus. Remember, you're reading
with a purpose, so focus on that purpose and the material.
Practice! The more you read, the better reader
you'll become (and smarter, too)!
Key points
Our students find writing the most difficult of the communication skills.
BUT over 95% of the marks in our degree course are associated with the assessment of written work by
academic staff (so what are we assessing?).
Outcome = Knowledge*Skills*Writing ability
AND Employers (and most parents) expect our graduates to be able to write well after 17 years in the education
system!
Writing Skills
Strategies for Improving Writing Skills
Objective:
To put in place a sustainable support system to demonstrate to each student the need for high quality written work, to identify weaknesses, and to provide the appropriate assistance.
Tips and possible ways
Extra assistance for students that have problems through:
small-group tutorials given by specialists from English language;
one-to-one advice from a member of staff or another departmental champion
peer tutoring
Exercise
Write letter Groups of eight Look at each letter in pairs Make written changes and comments Group chooses a representative Representative records good and bad points Representative presents points to rest of
class
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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