Mohammed Aslami Functional Skills – Literacy Speaking and Listening

What would you describe as good speaking and listening skills? What are the different features of speaking and listening skills? Why is it important to have good speaking and listening skills?

 You’re posture and presentation communicates a message about who you are?  People make a judgement on you within the first few seconds of meeting you?  The way you present your self can be vital and can even be as important as the things you say?

 That erms and aahs say something about you, if so what could it say or mean?  Does this affect peoples opinions of you?  What do you think would make good techniques in changing this habit?

 ‘ Dialect – a way of speaking in which grammatical structures, phonology and/or vocabulary identify the regional or social origin of the speaker.’ Coultas, A. (2003) Language and Social Contexts. London: Routledge  Which simply means the way and style in which a person speaks. Which ties into where they come from and the environment they are exposed to. Examples of dialects include: Yorkshire Scouse Cockney Received Pronunciation

 ‘ Dialect – a way of speaking in which grammatical structures, phonology and/or vocabulary identify the regional or social origin of the speaker.’ Coultas, A. (2003) Language and Social Contexts. London: Routledge  Which simply means the way and style in which a person speaks. Which ties into where they come from and the environment they are exposed to. Examples of dialects include: Yorkshire Scouse Cockney Received Pronunciation

 Standard English is the variety of English taught and used in schools, colleges and universities, used in formal writing, newspapers and in the broadcast media. It has high social status and prestige. It is the variety understood by most speakers of English, even if they use another variety for most spoken communication. Although Standard English is often assumed to be the ‘correct’ form of the language, linguists define it as just one of a wide range of dialects.

Rewrite the following, from Yorkshire dialect English to Standard English. Y’areet Am writing t’ tha’s company a letter a complaint me kettle brok an a want a new un. A only got it t’uther day an a want a full refund. Cheers mate frum Ernnie

Make an advert for Barclays Life Skills.  In groups pick one of the skills we have discussed today.  Write a script no more than 30 seconds in length and no less than 10 seconds.  Share your script with those you have been assigned to share with.

Students collect work packs describing features of their assessments.

 Read for pleasure.  Presentation work.  Remind your self don’t be afraid and the best way to learn is to take risks and learn from mistakes.  Remember to be supportive to your classmates.  When watching programs think about the language used.  Try to learn new words.

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