Effective Communication

What are ways of communication?

• Talking

• writing

• body language

• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

To be an effective communicator

• You need to be sure that you are understood.

• You just need to talk.

• As long as they do not say they don't understand you are good.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Can your body language confuse your audience?

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

To be an effective communicator do you need feedback from the person you are communicating with?

• No, what you say is most important.

• Yes, so you can clarify anything that is misunderstood and expand on your subject.

• Yes so you are not the only one speaking.

• No they might tell you that you are wrong.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

If you are talking to someone in person you need to

• Make eye contact with the people you are speaking with

• Look at what you are talking about.

• Close your eyes.

• Turn your back to them.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

When you are listening you should

• Listen to what they are saying, pay attention to their face and their body language.

• Wait until your turn to talk.

• Think about what you want to say to them.

• Think about what you are going to do when you leave.

To be effective as a communicator you need to

• make your communication clear, concise and to the point.

• talk about a lot of things and try to confuse the listener.

• don't give enough information and make them guess.

• talk in vocabulary that they will not understatnd.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

When you are being an effective communicator, we respond to others by saying (choose all that apply)

• "What I hear you saying is..."

• "Let me clarify what I meant"

• "It's complicated; you wouldn't understand."

• "You should have listened the first time."

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3