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Is Soft Skills Our Job?

Is Soft Skills Our Job?. “I have learnt much from my teachers, more from my IATEFL colleagues and most from my students.” (unknown). 8 th -12th APRIL, 2013 LIVERPOOL. Yelena Korol, KNEU, Ukraine. Outline. What I have learnt from ITEFL colleagues What I have learnt from my students

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Is Soft Skills Our Job?

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  1. Is Soft Skills Our Job? “I have learnt much from my teachers, more from my IATEFL colleagues and most from my students.”(unknown) 8th -12th APRIL, 2013 LIVERPOOL Yelena Korol, KNEU, Ukraine

  2. Outline What I have learnt from ITEFL colleagues What I have learnt from my students Give and receive feedback loop A New Level of Thinking: 3 repairing tools Talk shop

  3. Effective International Communication

  4. Project Team Work Aims to be more aware of team work self as a language learner self as a team player to be able to give a joint presentation Outcome joint presentation reflective poster on team work give and receive feedback loop teacher’s new level of thinking

  5. Teacher’s Observation Use of English Efficient team work Trustful atmosphere in teams Responsibility Student self-discovery Team Study enjoyment I felt…

  6. Spread the News Project

  7. High and LowContext Cultures E.Y. Korol KNEU, April 2013

  8. Low context culture Clear and precise messages Factual information Closed questions Target –oriented Being assertive Individual responsibilities

  9. High Context Culture Sending Subtle messages Making Indirect remarks Being relationship-oriented Doing their best to save face Trying to avoid conflict and preserve harmony Focusing on group responsibilities

  10. High context Chinese Korean Japanese Arab Spanish Italian English North American Scandinavian Swiss German Low context

  11. What You Think/What You Say You absolutely don’t understand We can’t accept it Unfortunately, we would be unable to accept it I’m afraid you don’t seem to understand

  12. S.T.A.R. vs C.O.M.P.A.S.S. Feedback C ommentary (Am I describing or judging?) O pportunities (Did I use all opportunities ?) M otivated (How did I motivate myself?) P rogress fixing (What progress have I made? A nalytical (What were my strong and weak points?) S trategic ( What would I do differently next time?) S elf-awareness-oriented ( I vs WE)

  13. Talk Shop 1.The class is unmotivated to write feedback after each lesson. 2.The student uses the same basic words over and over again, boring the reader. 3. A student copies someone’s paragraph and turns it as his own writing.

  14. Giving Feedback Practice

  15. “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” Steven R. Covey Habits Be Proactive Begin with the End in Mind Put First Things First

  16. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit"Aristotle Knowledge(what to, why to) Habits Desire(want to) Skills(how to)

  17. Interdependence Independence Dependence

  18. Effectiveness: P/PC Balance Production capability Production

  19. Effectiveness Joint presentation Soft skills: teamwork

  20. "No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal." Marilyn Ferguson Gate of Change

  21. THANK YOU elena_korol@list.ru

  22. References Hall, E.T. (1976). Beyond Culture. New York, Anchor books. Dignen, B. (2007). Feedback. Business Spotlight 51. Frendo, E., Teaching High and Low Communication Styles. Business Issues, Spring 2011 Issue 77 Covey. S.R. (2004). 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, CBS COMPANY, the UK.

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