Speaking effectively in discussions

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Speaking effectively in discussions

• Session 1 Meeting, greeting introducing
  yourself Introducing others Discussions Verbal
  functions language

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Meeting, greeting introducing yourself

• Strategies Verbal non-verbal functions
  language
• - Function the purposeful activity that
• you do
• - Language the words, phrases,
• sentences you can/may say
• Session focus Verbal functions language

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Specific situation (informal) 1st day class
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Specific situation (informal) 1st day class
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Specific situation (informal) 1st day class
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Specific situation (informal) 1st day class
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Task 1 Introducing yourself

• Purpose to practise using verbal non- verbal
• functions language
• Introduce yourself quickly to everyone in class
  making
• sure that you know at least a piece of
  information
• about each person. If you cannot remember well,
  use
• the form given. You will be asked to introduce
• one of your classmates in the next task.

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Introducing others
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Introducing others
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Introducing others More formal situations

• Use their titles followed by their surnames.

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Task 2 Introducing others

• Purpose to practise using verbal non- verbal
• functions language
• Introduce someone in class include a piece
• of information about the person. You may not
• introduce someone who has already been
• introduced previously.

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Discussions

• Strategies Verbal non-verbal functions
  language
• - Function the purposeful activity that you
  do
• - Language the words, phrases, sentences you
  can/may say
• Session focus Verbal functions language

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Task 3

• Read the list of verbal functions language
  which you
• can start with in order to speak effectively in
• discussions. Scan them quickly so that you can
  use
• some of them in the upcoming discussions.
• Please bring along this list for the whole
  seminar.

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Task 4

• Purpose to practise using verbal functions
  language
• The class will be divided into 2 groups.
• Group 1 will be given a discussion topic. Group 1
  members may use any of the verbal functions
  language during the discussion.
• Group 2 members are to assess a Group 1 members
  performance during the discussion. If you find
  that the person has used a certain function
  language, tick them against the checklist given.
  If the person says something which is too
  different from that on the checklist, please
  write what has been said.
• Your consultant will collect this checklist at
  the end of the
• session to take note of your participation.
• After the discussion, the roles will be reversed
  for the 2 groups.

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Discussion topic Group 1

• You have just joined the firm as an IT engineer.
  On your first week of work, your boss calls you
  into his office. He believes that some of your
  senior colleagues are using the Internet for
  purposes other than work. He asks you to monitor
  what they are doing, check their email, which
  websites they go to and what they download. You
  believe that this is not part of your job
  description. However, he is ultimately the boss.
• Do you carry out the job or do you refuse to
  do it? Why? Come to an agreement with all your
  group members.

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Discussion topic Group 2

• You are a finance officer in Sky Technologies and
  your close friend is working with you as an
  office administrator. Your boss, in trust, has
  just told you that many of your colleagues will
  be laid off, your close friend included. However,
  your boss has told you to keep the information a
  secret as she is afraid that any news about it
  will cause your colleagues to complain or stop
  working immediately.
• You know that your close friend is closing a
  deal with an architect and contractor to do a
  major house renovation tomorrow. He is going to
  use a large part of his salary to upkeep a loan
  from the bank.
• Do you inform your close friend about the
  soon-to-be layoff and dishonour your boss trust
  or do you keep quiet about the whole thing? Why?
  Come to an agreement with all your group members.

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Verbal functions language Checklist
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Speaking effectively in discussions Q A

• Session 1 Meeting, greeting introducing
  yourself Introducing others Discussions Verbal
  functions language