Communication

Lesson Objectives To identify 3 forms of communication To use open questioning techniques to find out key information about your partner Most learners to solve the code breaker activity

Communication Click to watch 3:29 Click to watch 6:46 While you watch the two short films, think about the communication that is or isn’t taking place. Click to watch 3:29 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=323kQis2zbM&feature=related Click to watch 6:46 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz2-ukrd2VQ

Activity 1 How many types of communication can you think of? Spoken ???

Written Communication Written communication needs to be clear and easy to understand: just because we understand what we have written it doesn’t necessarily mean that someone else understands it.

Activity 2: Code Breaker Use the Activity 2 worksheet: replace each of the symbols with a letter to find out the hidden message.

Improving Communication This short film gives some good tips on how we can improve our communication skills. Click to watch 4:22 http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-talk-to-people-better-communication-skills

Activity 3: Open Questions Using open questions is a very good way of communicating with people; Try and think of as many open words as you can

Reflections What things are you going to do to improve your communication skills? ???