Read the following article on basic communication skills. Then provide a review on the article (what are your thoughts in 50 words). Then answer the following questions: What area do you think you need to work on the most? Why? What area do you think you are most successful at? Why? Respond to two students telling them one area they should work on and one area that you think they are good - at be sure to provide examples and proof to your thoughts. These response must be 100 words each.
My thoughts on the article are it is very useful if you are going and doing an interview. But you do need to know these things for school like with the presentations that we have to do. And the Student Led Presentations. The article is very useful if you are doing your Power Point Presentation this week and next. We might say we have this in the bag but did you every think that how you address and say the presentation will affect your grade. So listen to what this article is saying. I sure will take some advice from it.
Ireland
2/21/2013 07:47:43 am
Hannah,
Aidan
2/22/2013 01:44:59 pm
Hannah, I believe that you are good at introductions and introducing yourself to new people with confidence. I think you could work on speaking more clearly to people though. This could really help so people can understand you when you are getting a job interview or if you are giving a presentation or if you are just simply talking to one of your friends. Sometimes people can talk too fast, too slow (which makes it boring), or they might just mumble or say things under their breath. I believe that a lot of people have problems with pronunciation and speaking clearly.
Ashley
2/22/2013 02:55:33 pm
Hannah,
Adam
2/19/2013 08:19:38 am
I thought this article could be very useful to several people. I can help you make friends and meet new people. The area that I think I could work on would be my vocabulary. I don’t have a very large vocabulary and I think it would be very helpful to me if I had a larger vocabulary. The area I think I am the most successful at is introductions. Every time I meet someone new I have shook their hand or at least said hello. Another area I think that I am successful at is listening. I can listen to someone very well especially if they have something very interesting to say.
DK
2/20/2013 09:00:00 am
Adam
Havin
2/21/2013 08:20:11 am
Adam
Ally
2/21/2013 02:54:07 pm
Adam
DK
2/20/2013 06:57:04 am
The article was about the different things you need to learn if you want to be a really effective communicator. It covered everything from introductions to talking in front of a large crowd. It talks about how all of these skills are really good to know if you want to be good at first impressions and how it is important to have a large vocabulary. I really need to work on talking in front of large crowds because I am not very good at it and I really dont enjoy it but it is a good skill. The skill I am good at is listening for the most part I am really good at listening.
Havin
2/21/2013 08:28:45 am
DK
Adam
2/21/2013 11:48:00 am
DK
Toni
2/22/2013 08:36:22 am
Dylan,
Austin
2/22/2013 02:49:18 pm
DK
Maddie
2/22/2013 03:48:02 pm
DK
Emily
2/20/2013 10:10:31 am
I believe this article can help me by telling me what I can work on to get better at communicating with people. It can help you know what your doing wrong and can help you to change it even though these can be taken as more or guidelines. It can also show me what I'm doing wrong. I believe it could be helpful to everyone at some point in time because lets face it no one is amazing at presenting anything really.
Ireland
2/21/2013 07:55:03 am
Emily,
Lexi
2/21/2013 09:02:27 am
Emily, you are amazing with your etiquette and courtesies! You are always saying please and thank you, you always care about people’s feelings. You always are really nice and kind with your words. I think public speaking is something you need to work on. You tend to look at your feet and mumble when you give a speech. Just try and look up more and speak up when you talk, I am sure all your experiences in public speaking will just come right back. You just need to keep practicing and building confidence in your speaking. You will be a great speaker in no time, giving a ton of speeches
Teresa
2/22/2013 12:59:42 pm
Most people have a fear of public speaking and I wish Pomeroy offered a public speaking class because I've heard it is really helpful. You will probably end up doing so many presentations that it won't be to much of a problem anymore.
Ireland
2/21/2013 07:43:24 am
Lexi
2/21/2013 09:24:05 am
Ireland, you are an amazing listener. I know that you can listen because you can withhold a good conversation for more than a few minutes. You are a very like able person; everyone you meet seems to like you. You are an incredibly nice person with an amazing personality. You do tend to look away after talking to a person or a crowd for a long period of time. You don’t need to feel nervous when making eye contact; it just shows whomever you are talking to that you are listening. Asking a question is hard for everyone especially watching the tone. You might not realize you are being snotty or rude, you don’t have a tone like that really though. Its hard enough to say ask the right question but also having to worry about the tone that goes with it is even harder. I have a ton of trouble with that!
Adam
2/21/2013 11:39:10 am
Ireland
AdreAnna Barnett
2/21/2013 01:10:38 pm
Ireland,
Ally
2/21/2013 02:46:22 pm
Ireland
Cecilia
2/22/2013 03:50:16 am
I agree with you that introducing yourself is important. You only have one chance at a first impression, it’s what everyone remembers about a person, and being friendly is a good way to start in my opinion. I think that keeping eye contact is a skill that needs working on though. If you start to feel nervous or uncomfortable when talking to a crowd find somebody that you’re close to so it’s like you’re talking to them instead of a group, just remember to look at others too. You are a like able person; I haven’t talked to anyone that says they don’t like you. You seem to listen very well because if even the smallest thing doesn’t make sense to you, you say something, where others may not have caught the same thing you did or didn’t think of the question or comment.
DK
2/22/2013 04:35:11 am
Ireland
Austin
2/22/2013 02:26:13 pm
Ireland
Havin
2/21/2013 08:10:14 am
I thought that this article that I read was very informative and full of useful stuff. I like that it talks about giving a good handshake and looking people in the eyes. That was something that my parents already have taught me and I think it would be beneficial for everyone to have these skills.
Zoe
2/22/2013 08:22:09 am
Havin, I think you could work the most on overcoming fear because, you can be pretty shy in my opinion unless your around a really close friend of yours for example, Aidan, Dylan, Iraland, and of course your family members.
Aidan
2/22/2013 01:42:15 pm
Havin, I think you are the best at being a likeable person. You have a good sense of humor and you don’t get mad too easily, and if you do you are able to control it without making a decision that you will regret. I agree with you that you need to work on not being shy around people you don’t know very well. This could help you a lot because when you are doing a job interview a lot of times you don’t even know the person at all. Like Zoe said you aren’t very shy around your friends so once you get to know someone you can speak with confidence.
Lexi
2/21/2013 08:44:13 am
This article is very helpful in knowing how to communicate. I helped tell me that I need to be a nicer person when introducing myself. Also it taught me to use a bigger vocabulary than just “that thing over there”. When you are giving a speech you don’t want to go on forever, this thought me the elevator method with actually makes a ton of sense. When you are talking you want to be as good of a talker as a listener. When you are having a conversation with someone you don’t want to do all the talking, you want the other person to be able to talk. They also need to know that you actually care about what they are saying. Many people have a fear of talking in front of crowds while others don’t. People maybe freeze up when they are talking in front of a crowed over even four people.
AdreAnna Barnett
2/21/2013 01:00:27 pm
My thoughts on the article are that they are very useful tips in preparing and giving a good presentation. These tips will come in handy when doing a presentation for school and also for the student led presentations that we give to our advisory teacher and parents. It can also help you learn what you do wrong and fix it so it is right next time you give your presentation. I also think that if everyone used these tips in the future we would all have semi perfect presentations I mean they are not gonna be perfect face it no one is perfect at everything. I agree with introducing yourself especially if the person you are giving your presentation to doesn't know who you are or who your partner (if you have one) is. Also while giving a presentation it is important to give eye contact and make sure you know what you are talking about and how to it because if you don't know what you are talking about then neither will the audience. Also be sure you know how to do it just in case the audience asks you to demonstrate.
Emily
2/22/2013 08:36:15 am
AdreAnna, I think you need to work on public speaking along with almost everyone else watching everyone's presentations I have noticed almost everyone has been looking at the board and talking and it really muffles out your voice and that doesn't help the audience and/ or you don't talk loud enough now I don't have much room to talk because I do the same thing but it is a skill we could all work on some more. I think you are good at listening because I know you will listen to anything I have to say and some times that is very hard to do and since you listen you can be the one to tell the people that are not listening what the person that is or was talking said
Ally
2/21/2013 02:37:31 pm
My thoughts on the article were that everyone can use tips on how to present. I learned a lot from this article too. I think the article was really trying to stress how important it really is to make sure that you connect with the audience and that’s super important.
Zoe
2/22/2013 08:29:52 am
Ally, I agree with you entirely in my opinion you are really great at these skills and anyone can improve their vocabulary and you are definatly good speaking to a crowd of people. When you talk in front of people you look happy and like your enjoying yourself, which actually tends to rub off on the people you are speaking to. Your vocabulary in my opinion is pretty normal for a freshman in high school but, there’s always room for improvement and again your communication skills are fantastic, you’re a very social person.
Teresa
2/22/2013 01:03:03 pm
Vocabulary is a pretty important skill because it will make you sound more intelligent and maybe even more interesting. As you get older your vocabulary will grow but it's always good to start now.
Maddie
2/22/2013 03:42:31 pm
Ally,
Cecilia
2/22/2013 03:41:24 am
The article gives good advice I think. It tells many ways on how to keep an audiences attention and how to be polite while speaking to a group. I think it gives good ways to sound professional and intelligent. It tells you ways that you can use proper language and body signals when presenting or talking with somebody. I think I need to work on expanding my vocabulary and not being afraid to speak in front of an audience. I don’t usually think much about using large words but when I do use them it makes me sound smarter than I am. I need to work on public speaking because I always get scared in front of a large number of people, even if I know them all or even some of them. I think I am successful at making eye contact because that’s how I was taught in school to talk to another person or a group of people. I feel I am successful at being nice and courteous and making my speeches short and usually right to the point. I feel I’m good at this because I was taught to use manners when talking to others and I know people lose interest when speeches are long so I’ve always tried to make them short.
Tyler
2/22/2013 06:11:26 am
I think that the article describes people very well on what people have a hard time with. It also tells us good advice on how to over come those things. I have a hard time with asking for what I want. I think that I am a good listen when I want to. I am also very good at being nice and being courteyes to other people I also have a hard time with talking because I would say something that i didn't mean to or something won't come out rite.
Zoe
2/22/2013 07:52:13 am
I think the article was very educated in it’s thoughts in writing. I am very glad I had the chance to read that article because, I think it’s very important I’m aware of what will make people want me to have whatever a interview has to offer. Before I read this article I had no idea it really mattered if your interviewers liked you as a person or not.
Toni
2/22/2013 08:31:47 am
Zoe,
Toni
2/22/2013 08:24:44 am
I really liked the article. It covers many points many students or presenters miss when talking to people. I didn’t know that one of the top fears for people is talking in front of people. Many people in my opinion introduce themselves very well in this area. It is a very useful article I believe if more people try to present themselves off of this article there will be a better opinion based off of them most of the time.
Austin
2/22/2013 09:45:57 am
All the skills that the article list are very important even if you’re talking to someone you never met before, talking to a friend, or giving a presentation to an audience of a thousand. A lot of the skill you can learn and probably will learn in school. FBLA and FFA are great places to learn these skills.
Pearl
2/22/2013 11:53:05 am
I thought this article was a good one. Too sum it up in just 50 give or take is, I learned that most of the skills in this section are very simple and not to hard to do, like Being nice and being liked Vocabulary, listening overcoming fear of speaking and speech Construction and Delivery. And these are not that hard to do. What area do I think I need to work on the most? I think I need to work on public speaking. I need to get better at this because I will need it later in life. And you never know when you need to speak to people. And need to work on eye contact. I am ok at it but I would like to get better. What area do I think you are most successful at? I am good at being nice and being liked. It think this because I am nice an polite to people.
Pearl
2/22/2013 12:09:28 pm
Ally,
Pearl
2/22/2013 12:39:31 pm
Adam,
Teresa
2/22/2013 12:55:09 pm
Last week when I was paging I met a lot of people and communication skills were important. We were told that a firm handshake can go a long way. Some skills that I find to be important are being friendly and act interested even if you aren't because it makes whoever you are talking to want to talk to you.
Aidan
2/22/2013 01:38:50 pm
I think this article is very useful for succeeding at interviews. We have Student Led Presentations coming up soon so we could definitely use this article to help us improve the quality of our Student Led Presentation. This article will also be useful later in life when we are trying to find a job. I think I need to work on listening the most. Sometimes I just want to talk and talk and talk but sometimes that isn’t a good thing to do. If I can take the time and listen to what they have to say before I think of what I should say next then I could be a lot better. I think that I am best at being likeable. I have a pretty good sense of humor and I can also take a joke without being easily offended. I can talk to people and I can just always get along with people even if they aren’t a very friendly person.
Ashley
2/22/2013 03:00:48 pm
Aidan,
Ashley
2/22/2013 02:46:55 pm
The article we all were supposed to read, I think could for sure be a help for quite a few people in our class. Reading this article made me realize how much I could actually help other people. For me I need to work on being more fluent when I speak, slowing down, and expanding my vocabulary. I think that I do the best at introducing myself and having an all-around good attitude. I am not one of those people who generally have a mad attitude.
Maddie
2/22/2013 03:36:17 pm
I think that I need to work the most in making eye contact with other people and the teacher because I tend to look at walls and posters to make my nervousness go away. I also think that I could improve on talking and making sure that I can go through everything smoothly. Comments are closed.
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