SEMINAR-WORKSHOP ON ” English for Gaining Respect, Recognition and Wealth by
Mary D. Moore”
1. Seminar Information
a. General Topic – Communication
b. Seminar Title –
Seminar -Workshop on “English for Gaining Respect, Recognition, and Wealth
c.Seminar Description – This seminar-workshop will, through lecture and discussion
and team activities (with debriefs) highlight some key issues concerning global
communication and global leadership
d. Length of Time: 12 hours run in two
days, 6 hours per session
II.
Seminar Rationale
In
today‘s fast-paced environment, an effective and adaptable
communication
style is essential. Attention spans are short and
leaders ( teachers) may be
asked to interact with a myriad of different personalities in a number of
different situations, both personally and professionally. This seminar is
designed to inspire critical thought on communication style and choices.
b.
An effective leader must be able to communicate direction as well as to
participate fruitfully on a global scope.
III.
Learning Objectives
a.
My hope would be that they will learn some effective
communication skills as
well as the necessity of audience (group
and individual) evaluation – to whom
are you speaking and how
can you best adapt your style to suit their
needs?
b.Information/concepts/skills
students should be able to take
away from your seminar.
-
Interpersonal Gap and the Awareness Wheel
-One-on-one,
active listening
-Communication
for international business
-Communication
skills and styles (or, different strokes for different
folks!)
-Know
your audience (when rehearsal leads to impromptu)
c.
How will the learning objectives be achieved?
1.
Problem-based learning (i.e. students given situations,
scenarios, problems
and have to solve them using the
learning objective outlined above)
2.
Group learning/activities (i.e. students experiencing hands-
on activities to
demonstrate learning objectives)
3.The
seminar will include a combination of lecture and
discussion, as well as
three activities (a listening/following
directions exercise, a group goal
exercise, and
communication style exercise) that will then be
debriefed
and discussed.
IV.
Activities
a. Ice breaker activity at the beginning of the seminar to get the
audience interacting and engaging with each other
In
keeping with the theme of the seminar, I will ask students to
break up into
pairs and chat for a few minutes, then I will ask them
to introduce their
partners and say a few things about them. I may
also engage the students in a
game of .Two Truths and a Lie.
b.
I will implement hands-on activities to demonstrate learning
objectives
and/or seminar focus/rationale
I
plan on possibly three activities – Blindfolded shoe-tying
(directions and
listening), Helium stick (communication within a
group), and Cocktail Party
(different communication styles).
c.
I will also utilize multi-media (i.e. film discussion, music, current events,
etc.) to deliver the content of your seminar
I
would like to be able to show clips on an overhead projector and to
use
PowerPoint slides, so hook-up to a projector would be
necessary.
V.
Instructional Support and Assistance
I
can bring my own laptop, but would need a hook-up to an
overhead projector
with sound capabilities.
I will bring my own handouts for as long as I will
be informed about the number of attendees at least two weeks before.
I
anticipate spending most of the time in a circle, either seated or
standing,
so perhaps arrangement of the chairs in a large circle (so
we can push them
back and move around as well)?
Participants
must bring anything for record keeping
I would love paper and pens or pencils!