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HOW TO IMPROVE FOUR SKILLS

HOW TO IMPROVE FOUR SKILLS. NISAR AFZAL WATTOO Roll no. 1336 Dept. of Industrial Engineering & Management DCET Karachi. FOUR SKILLS. Listening Speaking Reading Writing. Basic Communication Skills Profile. ________________________________________________

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HOW TO IMPROVE FOUR SKILLS

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  1. HOW TO IMPROVE FOUR SKILLS NISAR AFZAL WATTOORoll no. 1336 Dept. of Industrial Engineering & ManagementDCETKarachi

  2. FOUR SKILLS • Listening • Speaking • Reading • Writing

  3. Basic Communication Skills Profile ________________________________________________ Communication Order Learned Extent Used Extent Taught ____________________________________________ Listening First First Fourth Speaking Second Second Third Reading Third Third Second Writing Fourth Fourth First

  4. A famous saying • "We were given two ears but only one mouth, because listening is twice as hard as talking."

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. How to Be an Effective Listener (cont.) • Establish eye contact with the speaker • Take notes effectively • Be a physically involved listener • Avoid negative manners.

  8. Speaking • The most valueable way to convey information.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION Skilled Reading- fluent coordination of word reading and comprehension processes BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE LANGUAGE STRUCTURES VERBAL REASONING LITERACY KNOWLEDGE SKILLED READING: fluent execution and coordination of word recognition and text comprehension. increasingly strategic WORD RECOGNITION PHON. AWARENESS DECODING (and SPELLING) SIGHT RECOGNITION increasingly automatic The Many Strands that are Woven into Skilled Reading (Scarborough, 2001) Reading is a multifaceted skill, gradually acquired over years of instruction and practice.

  15. Problems with “slow readers” They are almost always less fluent Usually know the meanings of fewer words Usually have less conceptual knowledge Are almost always less skilled in using strategies to enhance comprehension.

  16. 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.

  17. 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)!

  18. Writing Skills Key pointsOur 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 abilityAND Employers (and most parents) expect our graduates to be able to write well after 17 years in the education system!

  19. 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.

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!ANY QUESTION?

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