1. Types of communication and its meaning
2. Communication in different situations
3. Modern forms of communication
COMMUNICATION AND ITS FORMS
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
Brainstorm the vocabulary connected with the following
subtopics:
Other means of
communication
Mass
communication
Historical
development
Definition
COMMUNICATION
Communication
skills
Types and forms
of
communication
Non-verbal
communication
Formality and
informality of
discourse
What is communication?
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3.
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4.
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?
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
specific writing
style
correct grammar
non-verbal part
more
concentration
direct feedback
precise choice of
words
How do the people in these pictures communicate?
3.
1.
2.
What other forms of communication do people use?
Comment on the pictures below.
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3.
2.
What are the typical features of formal and informal
communication of the people in these pictures?
3.
1..
5.
2..
4.
6.
Reorder the pictures according to the historical
development of communication. What do they
represent?
1.
4.
2.
3.
5.
6.
What messages
communicate?
1.
do the
signs
2.
and
pictograms
3.
4.
5.
8.
6.
7.
What do these gestures and facial expressions mean?
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2.
5.
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What does the body language of the people in the
pictures below say?
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3.
2.
6.
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5.
7.
9.
8.
Talk about the pros and cons of using modern means of
communication shown on the pictures below.
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3.
2.
6.
4.
5..
Which modern means of communication do you use ?
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.