1. Types of communication and its meaning

2. Communication in different situations

3. Modern forms of communication

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep

after. ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH

If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for

preparation; if fifteen minutes three days; if half

an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now.

WOODROW WILSON

Comment on the following quotations.

Brainstorm the vocabulary connected with the following subtopics:

What is communication?

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Which of the pictures below depict direct and indirect communication? Explain the difference.

Which communication do you prefer and why?

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What is typical for spoken and written communication?Put the hints into categories and comment on them.

subconscious process

correct grammar

revealing our current mood

not much concentration

permanent value

specific writing style

more concentration

non-verbal part

direct feedback

precise choice of words

How do the people in these pictures communicate?

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What other forms of communication do people use?Comment on the pictures below.

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What are the typical features of formal and informal communication of the people in these pictures?

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Reorder the pictures according to the historical development of communication. What do they represent?

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What messages do the signs and pictograms communicate?

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What do these gestures and facial expressions mean?

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What does the body language of the people in the pictures below say?

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Talk about the pros and cons of using modern means of communication shown on the pictures below.

Which modern means of communication do you use ?

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Come on, dear.

In pairs, roleplay and develop a dialogue between the woman and the man in the picture below using the sentences in bubbles. Create the characters (imitate their mood, gestures and body language), setting and conflict.

I’m not ready for

that.