1. Communication and its forms
Types of communication and its meaning
Communication in different situations
Modern forms of communication
Communication and its forms

2. If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for
Comment on the following quotations.
Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH
If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for
preparation; if fifteen minutes three days; if half
an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now.
WOODROW WILSON

3. Brainstorm the vocabulary connected with the following subtopics:
COMMUNICATION
Definition
Types and forms of communication
Non-verbal communication
Formality and
informality of discourse
Communication skills
Historical development
Mass communication
Other means of communication

4. What is communication? 1. 3. 4. 2.

5. Which communication do you prefer and why?
Which of the pictures below depict direct and indirect communication? Explain the difference. 1. 3. 2. 6. 4. 5.
Which communication do you prefer and why?

6. What is typical for spoken and written communication
What is typical for spoken and written communication? Put the hints into categories and comment on them.
revealing our current mood
not much concentration
subconscious process
permanent value
correct grammar
specific writing style
non-verbal part
more concentration
direct feedback
precise choice of words

7. How do the people in these pictures communicate?3. 1. 2.

8. What other forms of communication do people use?
Comment on the pictures below. 1. 3. 2.

9. What are the typical features of formal and informal communication of the people in these pictures?3.
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2.. 4. 6.

10. Reorder the pictures according to the historical development of communication. What do they represent? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

11. What messages do the signs and pictograms communicate?1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 8. 6. 7.

12. What do these gestures and facial expressions mean?1. 2. 5. 3. 4. 6. 7. 9. 8.
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13. What does the body language of the people in the pictures below say?1. 3. 2. 6. 4. 5. 7. 9. 8.

14. Which modern means of communication do you use ?
Talk about the pros and cons of using modern means of communication shown on the pictures below. 1. 3. 2. 6.
5.. 4.
Which modern means of communication do you use ?

15. In pairs, roleplay and develop a dialogue between the woman and the man in the picture below using the sentences in bubbles. Create the characters (imitate their mood, gestures and body language), setting and conflict.
I’m not ready for that.
Come on, dear.