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Functional Skills English

Functional Skills English. Week 4 Donna Ross. Increasing Confidence. What is confidence? Your ideas Task Think of a situation where you have felt really confident, or where someone else has appeared really confident. Can you identify any particular behaviours?. What is confidence?.

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Functional Skills English

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  1. Functional Skills English Week 4 Donna Ross

  2. Increasing Confidence • What is confidence? • Your ideas • Task • Think of a situation where you have felt really confident, or where someone else has appeared really confident. Can you identify any particular behaviours?

  3. What is confidence? • Belief that you can handle a situation correctly. • Knowing you don’t lack skills to complete a task. • Communicating assertively. • Positive body language. • Relaxed and calm.

  4. Confidence • Confidence is never inherited, it’s learned. • Confidence is not general – you will have different confidence levels for different activities. E.g. You may be confident about driving a car but dread public speaking.

  5. Confidence • Even if you’re nervous, anxious or lacking confidence, the way you present yourself and behave can make a really good impression. The way people respond to you will help your confidence grow. • Fake it until you make it!

  6. Identifying Different Types of Behaviour • Passive, Aggressive or Assertive? • What words come into your mind when you hear the word ‘Assertive’?

  7. Being Assertive • When am I assertive? Activity. • Assertive, Aggressive and Passive Activity Pack. • The Language of Assertiveness

  8. Assertiveness • Lack of assertiveness can also lead to you having less confidence in your abilities • If you’re assertive – you will feel in control, important and more worthy of respect and attention • Assertiveness is the ability to express yourself and your needs without being aggressive • It’s also the way of communication that makes you stand up for your rights and never let them go, while at the same time avoiding violating other people’s rights.

  9. Being Confident • 30 second commercial

  10. Public Speaking and presentations • Use the internet (e.g. YouTube) to watch some presentations. • Can you identify examples of good and bad practice? • Tips for good presentations • Things to avoid

  11. Assessment of presentations • If you were the assessor, what would you be looking for? • Create a peer/self assessment record for the presentation task. • Compare this with the exam board assessment record. • Anything to add/take out?

  12. Public Speaking • Be prepared • Appear confident • Speak slowly and clearly – avoid ‘ums’ and ‘ahs’. • Ensure you emphasise the intended points • (Communication Activity) • Positive body language

  13. Being prepared • Know your P.A.L. Purpose: Know what your purpose is in giving your presentation. Is it to inform? To persuade? To entertain? Audience: Who is your audience? What age group are they, where do they live, what attitudes do they have? Logistics: These are things that have to be organised. You should know how much time you have to speak, what time of day it will be and how the room will be set up

  14. Being Prepared • Research and learn your content • Rehearse – over and over again • Think about the timing

  15. Presentation Structure • Introduction • Tell them what you’re going to tell them • Main Body • Tell them • Conclusion • Tell them what you told them

  16. Delivering Confidently • Positive Body Language • Stand up straight and face the audience • Hold your head up high, with your chin up • Use your hands to emphasise and reinforce • Vary your gestures • Nod your head and smile to emphasise what you are saying • Make proper eye contact – with everyone in the room

  17. Delivering confidently • Don’t repeat what is written on your slides • Don’t overload your slides • Slow down – pace yourself and punctuate your speech with relevant pauses (try taping/video recording yourself) • Prepare for questions that may be asked • Be enthusiastic about your topic • Use humour and anecdotes if appropriate

  18. Speaking Activity • ‘I didn’t say she stole my money’ • Feedback

  19. S&L Assessment 2 • Prepare and deliver a presentation about your group task • Plan your presentation thoroughly • Remember • Purpose • Audience • Use Microsoft PowerPoint to create your presentation • We will deliver the presentation(s) in two weeks’ time.

  20. Action Plan • Look back at the assessment criteria and your own ideas for self/peer assessment • Create an action plan to help you develop/improve your presentation skills • Strengths • Areas for development • How? • By when?

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