Transcript Communication Choices:

Success Criteria:
1. I can choose appropriate language and topics
for the situation.
2. I can incorporate appropriate language and
topics for the situation.
TEK:
10.B .3: Identifying standards for
making appropriate communication
choices
10.B.4: Identifying the characteristics of
oral language
Objective:
• SWBAT: (Content) Demonstrate appropriate
language and communication choices in a
given situation and demonstrate knowledge of
technical jargon.
• SWBAT: (Language) Write a list of technical
terms related to a specific content area and
explain their meaning.
Chapter 1:
“Putting
Communication To
Work For You”
THINK, PAIR, SHARE
• With a partner decide in what order you
believe employers value these skills.
Work Experience
Human Relations
Problem Solving
Self Motivation
Oral Communication
Decision Making
Teamwork
Leadership
The #1 skill that
employers look for is
effective communication
#2. Self Motivatoin
#3. Problem Solving
#4. Decision Making
#5. Leadership
#6. Human Relations
#7. Teamwork
#8. Work Experience
Why is effective communication
important in the work place?
Answer:
• A business study showed workers received an
average of 178 messages each day via
telephone, email, fax, text, and face-to-face
communication. That is more than 22
messages every hour in a typical eight –hour
work day.
What is Communication?
* The process of creating &
exchanging meaning through
symbolic interaction.
4 Types of Symbols:
a. Verbal – Spoken
b. Nonverbal – Gestures, eye contact,
c. Attire
d. Posture
Context:
“the situation in which communication occurs”
This is the framework for communication and is
the basis for making appropriate
communication choices
3 Components:
• People
• Occasion
• Task
Context Guides Your Communication
a. Role: a part played in a specific setting or
situation.
b. Norm: a stated or implied; a guideline for what is
appropriate in a given situation.
c. Appropriateness: what is suitable for a specific
situation.
Think, Pair, Share:
With a partner, create a list of appropriate and
inappropriate communication choices in the
context of an office meeting with your coworkers and supervisor present.
What diversity REALLY is…
“a variety of
different cultures,
races, ages,
religions,
abilities, and
genders”
Chapter 4, Section 2:
“Developing Skills For
Power Language”
Standard Language:
• Language used by the majority
of knowledgeable
communicators within a
specific language.
Informal Language:
• Language most often used in
casual situations and close
interpersonal relationships.
Technical Language:
• Language associated with a
particular profession , activity, or
field of study.
–Another name for this is JARGON
Jargon Activity
• JARGON OR TECHNICAL LANGUAGE-Language
associated with a particular profession,
activity, or field of study.
• Give me an example of Jargon. It can be
anything. Skateboarding Jargon, Band Jargon,
Sport Jargon, Medical Jargon…….I need at
least 15 examples……be ready to share
My example…….
Dancing Jargon
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YOUR TURN
• Tell me an activity you are involved in or a
hobby you have.
• List the technical jargon that goes along with
that activity/hobby.