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Small Group ProjectsLearning to SpeakSpeaking to Learn
Teaching Oral Communication
Teaching Oral Communication
-Establish effective atmosphere
Teaching Oral Communication
-Establish effective atmosphere-Teach specific skills
Teaching Oral Communication
-Establish effective atmosphere-Teach specific skills-Low risk opportunities to practice
Teaching Oral Communication
-Establish effective atmosphere-Teach specific skills-Low risk opportunities to practice-Assignments integrate skills with content
Teaching Oral Communication
-Establish effective atmosphere-Teach specific skills-Low risk opportunities to practice-Assignments integrate skills with content-Make assignments and grading criteria
explicit
Teaching Oral Communication
-Establish effective atmosphere-Teach specific skills-Low risk opportunities to practice-Assignments integrate skills with content-Make assignments and grading criteria
explicit-Offer effective, concrete feedback
Teaching Oral Communication
-Establish effective atmosphere-Teach specific skills-Low risk opportunities to practice-Assignments integrate skills with content-Make assignments and grading criteria
explicit-Offer effective, concrete feedback-Repeat
An Effective Atmosphere
Small Group Communication Skills
Small Group Communication Skills
Definitions-3-30 people (depends on function)-Share a common task-Communicate face to face-Interact with and influence one another-Membership may be assigned or self-
selected
Small Group Communication Skills
Small Groups Are Systems
Members play roles in system
One member plays many roles
Roles overlap
Small Group Communication Skills
Small Groups Are Systems
Formal/Informal
Task/Maintenance/Procedure
Small Group Communications Skills
Task RolesRecordReportResearchClarifyInitiateCoordinateDevil’s AdvocateTask Specific Roles
Small Group Communication Skills
Maintenance Roles
Support/EncourageRelieve tensionExpedite communicationMonitor and manage conflicts
Small Group Communication Skills
Procedural Roles
Arrange/Call meetingsCommunicate with membersProvide copiesArrange spaceCreate/Monitor agendaCreate/Monitor member and group tasks
Small Group Communication Skills
Dysfunctional Roles
ControllerDistracter BlockerCynicGhost
Small Group Communication Skills
Inherent Problems
TimeConflictEvaluation
Small Group Communication Skills
Solving Inherent ProblemsTime
In Small GroupDiscussion of expectationsTopic managementUse of agendasFinal review of time and tasks for next
meeting
Small Group Communication Skills
Solving Inherent Problems
Problem-Solving Agendas
Conflict Management
Small Group Communication Skills
Solving Inherent ProblemsConflict Management
ProceduralSubstantivePersonalDysfunctional Roles
Small Group Communication Skills
Solving Inherent ProblemsConflict Management
ProceduralUsually minorAddress it directly in meeting
Small Group Communication Skills
Solving Inherent ProblemsConflict Management
SubstantiveHow important is the disagreement?How strongly do members feel?
Small Group Communication Skills
Solving Inherent ProblemsConflict Management
SubstantiveResolution can be forced
Imposed by leaderDirect compromiseVote
Small Group Communication Skills
Solving Inherent ProblemsConflict Management
SubstantiveResolution can come from consensus
Make conflict clearDiscuss both sides respectfullyFocus on specific issue/listen activelySummarize strengths of each argumentLook for common groundTake a break
Small Group Communication Skills
Solving Inherent ProblemsConflict Management
InterpersonalEncourage individuals to:
Sleep on itCheck with 3rd personDefine/identify/state specific conflictIdentify exactly what outcome he/she
wantsWork for good outcome and let it go
Small Group Communication Skills
Solving Inherent ProblemsConflict ManagementDysfunctional Members
Identify specific roleMost common are controller, blocker, ghost
Small Group Communication Skills
Controller/Blocker:
-Wait for pause then state your opinion or ask for opinion of others
-If interrupted – “Wait, let me finish…”-”I’m concerned we’re running out of time and we
haven’t heard from everyone.”-”Ok. I think we get it. What does everybody else
think?”-”I thought we’d already discussed this. Does
anyone else feel the need to talk about it again?”
Small Group Communication Skills
Ghost:
Identify and address reasons:Anxious or shy – Encourage and support
Irresponsible or lazy - Confront without venting
“We’re all getting graded on this. We’re all evaluating one another. We all need to do the work.”
Assigning Group Projects
Group Assignments
-Focus on specific skills
Group Assignments
-Focus on specific skills-Integrate skills with class content and time
limitations
Group Assignments
-Focus on specific skills-Integrate skills with class content and time
limitations-Make product meaningful
Group Assignments
-Focus on specific skills-Integrate skills with class content and time
limitations-Make product meaningful-Ask for focused and coherent product
Group Assignments
-Focus on specific skills-Integrate skills with class content and time
limitations-Make product meaningful-Ask for focused and coherent product-Include substantial written component
Group Assignments
-Focus on specific skills-Integrate skills with class content and time
limitations-Make product meaningful-Ask for focused and coherent product-Include substantial written component-Ask for student evaluations of themselves
and the group experience
Group Assignments
Simple Tasks-Generate and support arguments and counter-
arguments-Draw up lists of similarities and differences-List items from experience/observation-Respond to writing or reading-Generate list of ideas-Generate list of questions about
reading/assignment and identify most important ones
-Make categories and populate them-Find evidence for conclusion-Diagnose/Analyze problem
Project Evaluation
Project Evaluation
-What you don’t evaluate, they don’t see as important
Project Evaluation
-What you don’t evaluate, they don’t see as important
-Evaluation is strategic communication
