Communication
Type of lesson: combined lesson
Types of skills developped: reading, listening, speaking, writing
Interaction: teacher-students, students-student, students-teacher
STEP ONE: WARMER
How important is communication, in general?
What are the main parts/ elements of communication? (speaker - message- listener)
How important is communication for you?
Are there more than one types of communication? (verbal, written, non-verbal etc )
Game: Send me a message without words!
STEP TWO: PREPARATION FOR THE LISTENING MATERIAL (PRE-LISTENING)
Teacher ”You are going to listen to a TEDX TALK (who knows what TEDx Talks are?; "Do you know what the difference is between TED talks and TEDX talks?) on how to have a good conversation with someone. The speaker is Celeste Headlee. Do you know who Celeste Headlee is? Have you ever heard anything about her? No? Than Google her! Let's see who finds out first meaningful information on Celeste Headlee!' - the students search for the information on their smartphones/ tablets
" What do you think is important, in order to have a good conversation? What do you you think she is going to tell you?"
STEP THREE : LISTENING/ WATCHING
Ask your students to read the questions they will have to answer and remind them the rules of a listening activity.
LISTENING TASK : FIND THE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
What is the advice of Henry Higgins, in "My Fair Lady", in order to have a good conversation?
What are the findings of the Pew Research, conducted on 10 000 American adults?
Is talking coherently and confidently an ability of the 21st century, according to Paul Barnwell?
Why are the people in the audience laughing at 2.09 ?
What are the ten basic rules that help you have a good conversation? (Try to remember as many as you can)
What is M. Scott Peck's job?
What is Stephen Hawking's IQ?
Who said " Everyone you will ever meet knows something that you don't"?
What does it mean, to "stay out of the weeds"?
What does it mean, to "pontificate"?
STEP FOUR : Feedback
Ask students , randomly, what has impressed them, during the lesson the lesson and what are the things they didn't know.
Homework: Who are Paul Barnwell, Scott Peck, Steven Hawking and Bill Nye?