Communication - PP

APPLIED COMMUNICATION SKILLS

APPLIED COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Applied Communication Skills for the Construction Trades is designed as an interactive text. Students are encouraged to work directly in the text, to think about what they've learned, to practice their new skills, and to collaborate with team members or classmates.

Applied Communications graduates will be capable of applying critical and creative approaches to the application of conceptual, production and technical skills in order to achieve the highest professional standards in a rapidly evolving media industry. Furthermore, graduates will develop the skills required to be self-learners through being exposed to a range of learning opportunities.

Why take Applied Communication courses?

Opportunities for Success:

Your success at college or university and in your career will depend in large part on your ability to precisely communicate your ideas to a specific audience. Applied Communications courses will teach you the practical communication skills to help you reach your goals.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS"We all use language to communicate, to express ourselves, to get our ideas across, and to connect with the person to whom we are speaking. When a relationship is working, the act of communicating seems to flow relatively effortlessly. When a relationship is deteriorating, the act of communicating can be as frustrating as climbing a hill of sand."

- Chip Rose, attorney and mediator

THE THREE COMPONENTS OF COMMUNICATION

The act of communicating involves verbal, nonverbal, and paraverbal components.

1.Verbal Messages- The verbal component refers to the content of our message‚ the choice and arrangement of our words.

2. Nonverbal Messages - The nonverbal component refers to the message we send through our body language.

3. Paraverbal Messages- The paraverbal component refers to how we say what we say - the tone, pacing and volume of our voices.

LESSON 2

LISTENING PROCESS

Listening Listening is a very important area of communication because we spend most of our time in work and play listening. Listening plays a vital role in general voice improvement for it enables you to correct problems of vocalization.

In an actual speaking situation, good and proper listening;1. Stimulates better communication between the parties involved;2. Contributes to and promotes better responses among the members of the group; 3. Helps you (as listener) enjoy what you hear;4. Assists you in understanding what is being said;5. Enables you to react meaningfully to what is said.

STAGES IN LISTENINGATTENTION FACTORAUDITORY DISCRIMINATION

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

ATTENTION FACTOR Most people have normal hearing but their ears are not alert; they do not listen well. They have probably have auditory ability but they do not use it well; therefore, they must practice and keep on listening attentively until they discover their maximum hearing potentials.

To improve your attention factor, listen and focus attention on the tone and noises you hear about you for at least a few minutes each day until this enriching experience will make you a good attentive listener.

AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION Mainly involves listening to sounds and analyzing them on the basis of quality, pitch loudness, and rate. Initially, your analysis should cover the different sounds you can hear but later on, isolate and identify the four basic factors.

FOUR BASIC FACTORS:

Quality Pitch LoudnessRate

LISTENING COMPREHENSION AURAL COMPREHENSION is a process of translating and interrelating sounds, quality, pitch, loudness, and rate into thought symbols. It is the ability of the listener to understand and respond to significant signals and oral messages.