Communicating effectively in spoken English in selected Social

Contextby

HASIAH ABDULLAH

Introduction• What is communication?

• Defining Communication• Types of Communication• The Purposes of Communication• Importance of speaking English

for study and work purposes

Types of Communication Oral Communication, Written Communication, Non-verbal Communication.

Importance of speaking English for study and work purposes

• English is widely spoken

• the native language of more than 350 million people.

• English is the international language of diplomacy, business, science, technology, banking, computing, medicine, aviation, engineering, tourism,

• Hollywood films, best pop and rock music in the worldare in English

• English has plenty of words to choose from.

• In fact, an English speaker is offered the biggest vocabulary of any language with a choice of 500,000 to 1,000,000 words (including technical and scientific terms).

• For students, the pathway to build a strong relationship with lecturers and course mates.

• For workers is the avenue to build a strong relationship with colleagues and receive as well as execute instructions from Superiors.

How Oral Communications Works? – Transactional Model

Linear ViewSpeaker Listener Speaker Listener

Interactional View (Formal)

Speaker Listener

SpeakerListener

Transactional View(Informal)

Speaker/Listener

Speaker/Listener

Interpersonal communication.

• Definition • Interpersonal Communication

in Malaysian context• Malaysian Greeting Etiquette

Small group communication. • takes place in a group• usually comprising five to 10 people. • serves relationship needs• Examples of small group communications :

• academically students often form small groups which meet regularly for study discussion or to work collaboratively on projects.

• at the workplace, small groups may meet to discuss issues related to work, or for problem-solving or team-building purposes.

• Benefits of small group communications :• Learning to communicate effectively in

teams contributes to advancement and in many careers.

• allows you to interact with others, learn , exchange ideas, solve problems and share experiences.

Public Communication (Speaking)

Suggestions Examples Reasons

Avoid hesitations I er want to say that ah this

one is the best, you know

Hesitations make a person

sound unprepared and

uncertain.

Avoid too many intensifiers Really this was the greatest;

it was truly phenomenal

Too many intensifiers make

speech sound the same and

don’t allow for intensifying

what should be emphasised.

Avoid disqualifiers I didn’t read the entire article,

but...

I didn’t actually see the

accident, but...

Disqualifiers signal a lack of

competence and a feeling of

uncertainty.

Avoid tag questions That was a great movie,

wasn’t it?

She’s brilliant, don’t you

think?

Tag questions ask for

another agreement and

therefore signal the speaker’s

uncertainty.

Avoid self-critical statements I’m not very good at this. This

is my first public speech

Self-critical statements signal

a lack of confidence and

make public the speaker’s

inadequacies.

Avoid slang and vulgar

expressions.

##!!!///****! No shit Slang and vulgarity signal low

social class and hence little

power.

How communication can be effective in public communication?

Conclusionswe live in challenging times

when intelligent, capable people fail

the lack of Communicating

effectively in spoken English in

selected Social Context.

the skill/strategies outlined in this

paper are essential/ needed to succeed in any

field.

speech training is needed

In a nutshell

Recent studies

reveal that

it is often due to

Hence

In short