Unit 5 Job Search – Interview Skills ____________________________________________________________ 1. YOUR AIMS AND THE INTERVIEWERS’ AIMS 1.1 Introduction Suppose your cover letter and resume have got you an interview. How do you prepare for it? What are the aims of an interview? Look at the aims from your own point of view and from the interviewers’. Think Through This ... 1 What are your (the interviewee’s) aims? A job interview is your opportunity to convince a prospective
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Academic Skills Week 2 Tasks Task 1 Example of a good introduction: Over the last five years‚ higher education lecturers have experienced a significant downturn in the quality of written work produced by students. For example‚ one of the important sections of any essay‚ the introduction‚ is often poorly written‚ providing nothing more than background information‚ or not included. McDonald has identified that: ‘Academic introductions are becoming a neglected part of an assignment by many students’
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Communication skills There are many different types of communication skills used in care settings. They are used to support and value the service user; by using different skills it can make the service user feel more comfortable within the care setting. In this piece of work I will be researching four of them in detail; these are tone‚ pace‚ eye contact and body language. It is statistically proven by Albert Mehrabian that 7% of messages relating to communication is through speech‚ 38% of messages
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Interpersonal Skills Report Communication is a fundamental part of our everyday lives. It is a process of expressing thoughts by using verbal and non verbal communication. Having excellent interpersonal skills‚ allows us to achieve effective communication with our peers and colleagues. Working within the social care sector it is vital to be able to communicate effectively with service users and with work colleagues. There are many different types of communication and over the years this had
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Video games According to Matthew Gallant‚ a game designer and software engineer‚ video game is software which displays images on a video screen‚ interacts with a player or players and is intended to provide challenge and/or produce an aesthetic response in the viewer. http://gangles.ca/2009/01/03/defining-video-games/ A study conducted by Chen and Yang (2011) shows that some video games such as “The Sims” can be useful for language learning. The result of their study shows that students considered
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encouragers ‘um’ ‘yes’ ‘go on’ ‘ah ha’‚ by using non verbal cues –position‚ posture‚ eye contact‚ affect ‚ facial expression‚ animation and time pausing before asking follow up questions. 2. When you reflect in active listening‚ what reflecting skills can you use? 1. Paraphrase (check periodically that you’ve understood. 2. Reflect back feelings and content 3. Clarification 4. Summarise the major issues 3. What does connotative mean? Connotative meaning in a language is a subjective
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EXAM SKILLS Criteria 1.1– 1.2 Produce a comprehensive revision plan for at least three examinations‚ choosing topics to revise that reflect interests‚ perceived difficulty and focus of examination. REVISION PLAN |NAME OF EXAMINATION |TOPICS |REASONS FOR CHOOSING TOPIC |REVISION DATES/TIMES |Resources |EXAMINATION DATES | | | |It is the only topic I am |Tonight 23/01/2013 from|http://www.youtube.com/wat|Thu
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Q1 Communication plays an important role in all aspects of life. No matter who you are and where have you been located communication is a must for us to interact with each other. Communication skills are essential in all spheres of life. Considered it as works and relationship or dealing with the project leaders or working out some solutions with a team or writing reports‚ getting across the points effectively is what matters. There are two different types of communication‚ verbal and nonverbal
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1. Study the following assignment task and respond to questions that follow. “As English is now the world language and an essential skill in business‚ English language instruction should continue even at University level” To what extent do you agree or disagree? Present your ideas and opinions with examples where necessary. a) Identify the key words of the question above and clarify what they mean. (6 marks) b)Brainstorm ideas that can be included in the essay looking at the issue from both sides
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P.O. Box 342-01000 Thika Email: info@mku.ac.ke Web: www.mku.ac.ke DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE CODE: UCU 001 COURSE TITLE: COMMUNICATION SKILLS Instructional manual for BBM – Distance Learning MODULE AUTHOR: MRS. SUSAN KAJUJU LAIMARU 1 TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE................................................................................................................................. 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION ...............................
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