Unit1Communication

ContentsLearningObjectives1Starter2PassageA3PassageB4ReadingSkills5SupplementaryReading6

LearningObjectivesAfterstudyingthisunit,you’llbeableto:Haveagoodapplyofscanningskill;Appreciatetheroleoftheprofessionalcommunicationsstyle;Promotethecompetenceofcommunication.

StarterTheabilitytocommunicateeffectivelyisimportantinrelationships,educationandwork.Effectivecommunicationistheprocessoftransferringsignals/messagesbetweenasenderandareceiverthroughvariousmethods(writtenwords,nonverbalcues,spokenwords)clearlyandunambiguously.Itisalsothemechanismweusetoestablishandmodifyrelationships.Developingadvancedcommunicationskillsbeginswithsimpleawarenessofcommunicationbarriers.Communicationskillscanbepracticedeverydayinsettingsthatrangefromthesocialtotheprofessional.Discussion

StarterHaveyoueverbeenincommunicationtroubles?Haveyoueverusedyourowncommunicationskills?Discussion

PassageACommunicationissuchanessentialpartofsuccessfullife.Tomakeeffectivecommunication，therearesomebarriersweshoulderadicate.IntroductionTodevelopthecommunicativecompetence,weshouldfindoutthemaintypesofcommunicativebarriersandovercomethesebarriers.

PassageAQuestionsforYou1.Haveyourevercomeacrossthecommunicativebarriers?Andwhatarethey?2.Howcanweovercomethecommunicativebarriers?3.What’reyouropinionsontherelationbetweenthecommunicativebarrierstothelanguagelearning?

EXERCISES1)WhichofthefollowingisNOTamaterial/physicalbarrier?A.picturesonthewall.B.Cellphoneinthemeeting.C.Facialexpressionsinthechatting.D.Irrelevantbackgroundinthewriting.2)Alinguisticbarrieriskindofmisinterpretationresultingfrom____________.A.languageB.actionC.symbolsD.socialpositionsC.Facialexpressionsinthechatting.A.language

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