Student Development Program - 2014
What is Listening ?
Contents
Reading
LSRW
Listening
- Communication is an exchange between two people
- Oral Communication - Listening and Speaking
- Role Play - 5 mins
- What are LSRW skills?
- Why we need LSRW skills?
- How do we improve LSRW skills?
Tips for Speaking
- Imitation – language heard by the ear
- Group Discussion – Should exams be banned in the Indian Education System? 10 mins discussion, 5 mins speak
Speaking - Aspects
- Structure of the sentence, paragraph
- Pronunciation/intonation of words and sentences
- Vocabulary – right word at the right place
- Listening and reading are key activities for acquisition of language
- Child listens for the first year and then ventures out to speak/repeat
Speaking
- A person who has the capacity to use language is a real asset to any business
- Police Booth phrases:
- “Common people are so helpless that they must come to us for help”
- “Since you cannot help yourself, we are there to help you”
- “May I help you”
- Barrier - English is a second language
Reading Activity -
News Paper Clip
- HOW many people died in flash floods and landslides in northern India?
- HOW many people are still stranded?
- WHAT event were many of those stranded participating in when the flooding occurred?
- WHEN did the waters recede?
- WHY have rescue efforts been difficult to complete?
- WHO is the Hindu god of Destruction?
Reading Techniques
Characteristics of a Listener
- Scanning
- Read a paragraph diagonally
- Read the page in a ‘Z’
- Read the page in a ‘U’, moving down the page and back up
- Skimming
- Read first and last paragraph
- Topic sentences
- Titles, bold type or italics, captions
- Activity
Mastering LSRW Skills
- Barriers - Acoustic range, external distraction, prejudice
- Listening is closely related to person's attitude
- A good listener
- Avoids Multitasking
- Concentration
- Commitment
- Flexible
- Reading is fundamental to most of the professions
- Composed of five different activities
- Hearing
- Understanding
- Interpretation (coding/decoding)
- Evaluation
- Response
- Most of the time Business Communication is spent on Listening
How do I start?
Precis
Writing
- Practice makes man perfect
- Advantage – 2 more years to practice
Last activity
Points to Ponder
- Concentrate on units of thought and not on words
- Right arrangement of right words
- For eg-
“Tapan and Babu are going to a resort which is near his house”
“EATS SHOOTS LEAVES.”
- Writing should be coherent and convincing
- Pay attention to sentences
- 3 significant measures:
- Each sentence should have only one main idea
- Each sentence should be of moderate length
- Not too short or too long
- Think 5 words about today’s lecture
- Form 5 sentences with the five words
- Viola ! You have a paragraph