8 th -12th april, 2013 liverpool yelena korol, kneu, ukraine “i have learnt much from my teachers,...
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Is Soft Skills Our Job?
8th -12th APRIL, 2013 LIVERPOOL
Yelena Korol, KNEU, Ukraine
“I have learnt much from my teachers, more from my IATEFL colleagues and most from my students.”(unknown)
OutlineWhat I have learnt from ITEFL colleagues
What I have learnt from my students
Give and receive feedback loop
A New Level of Thinking: 3 repairing tools
Talk shop
Effective International Communication
Project Team Work
Aims• to be more aware of team work self as a language learner self as a team player• to be able to give a joint presentation •
Outcome• joint presentation• reflective poster on team work• give and receive feedback loop• teacher’s new level of thinking
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Teacher’s Observation Use of English
Efficient team work
Trustful atmosphere in teams
Responsibility
Student self-discovery
Team Study enjoyment
I felt…
Spread the News Project
advertising
involving investors
development of the newspaper
High and LowContext Cultures
E.Y. Korol
KNEU, April 2013
Low context culture
Clear and precise messages
Factual information
Closed questions
Target –oriented
Being assertive
Individual responsibilities
High Context CultureSending Subtle messages
Making Indirect remarks
Being relationship-oriented
Doing their best to save face
Trying to avoid conflict and preserve harmony
Focusing on group responsibilities
High contextChinese
Korean
Japanese
Arab
Spanish
Italian
English
North American
Scandinavian
Swiss
German
Low context
What You Think/What You Say
We can’t accept it
You absolutely don’t
understand
Unfortunately, we would be unable
to accept it
I’m afraid you don’t seem to understand
S.T.A.R. vs C.O.M.P.A.S.S. Feedback
C ommentary (Am I describing or judging?)
O pportunities (Did I use all opportunities ?)
M otivated (How did I motivate myself?)
P rogress fixing (What progress have I made?
A nalytical (What were my strong and weak points?)
S trategic ( What would I do differently next time?)
S elf-awareness-oriented ( I vs WE)
Talk Shop1.The class is unmotivated to write feedback after each lesson.
2.The student uses the same basic words over and over again, boring the reader.
3. A student copies someone’s paragraph and turns it as his own writing.
Giving Feedback Practice
Habits
Be ProactiveBegin with the End in Mind
Put First Things First
“7 Habits of Highly Effective People”Steven R. Covey
Habits
Skills(how to)
Knowledge(what to, why to)
Desire(want to)
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then,
is not an act, but a habit" Aristotle
Interdependence
Independence
Dependence
Production
Production capability
Effectiveness: P/PC Balance
Soft skills: teamwork Joint presentation
Effectiveness
"No one can persuade another to change.
Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.
We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal."
Marilyn Ferguson
THANK [email protected]
ReferencesHall, E.T. (1976). Beyond Culture. New York, Anchor books.
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Frendo, E., Teaching High and Low Communication Styles. Business Issues, Spring 2011 Issue 77
Covey. S.R. (2004). 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,
CBS COMPANY, the UK.