Literacy Focus: Understanding how I communicate with others

 Consider the following images – your tutor will choose one person at a time to share what they can see and understand Listen well!  Avoid interrupting  Look at the speaker  Show positive body language

 Watch the video on the next slide to understand more about how communication has developed over time

 The history of communication dates back to the earliest signs of life.  Every day we communicate with one another through various means.  Our increasing knowledge of technology has forced how we communicate to evolve.  With new methods fast approaching, the question is what’s next?

 3000 B.C. - the Egyptians created hieroglyphics  776 BC - homing pigeons used to send message  105 A.D. - paper and ink  1665 A.D. - the first English newspaper  1828 A.D. – the dictionary  1844 A.D. – the Morse code  1876 A.D. - Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone  1919 A.D. - first radio broadcast  1936 A.D. – first television broadcast made in London, England

 1959 A.D. - rockets sent information back to earth from distances beyond the moon  1962 A.D. - television programs transmitted between the U.S. and Europe  1971 A.D. - computer  1976 A.D. – Video player/ recorder  Apple Macintosh released  WWW is born - making communication at light-speed  1994 A.D. - High Definition TV  1999 A.D. - Intel introduces the Pentium III processor, taking personal computing to new highs

 Texting  Instant messaging  Social networking  Where do you think we will be in the year 2050?

 I can speak on the phone  I can speak in a chat room  I can write on paper  I can write on the internet  I can text and use online messaging  I can mix and talk with others in school and at home face to face  I can mix and talk with people using social media

 Has technology affected my ability to communicate with others?  Or has technology improved my communication?  Should I change the way I currently communicate?

 Good speaking and listening skills are a key aspect of employability: getting a job, maintaining employment and progressing at work  Good oral communication skills are important in other aspects of our wider lives, such as in family and peer relationships  We need to use and develop our speaking and listening skills to maximise our learning goals  We need well-developed speaking and listening skills to progress in our subjects