- •Интерпретация коммуникативного поведения
- •Interpreting communicative behaviour
- •Contents
- •Introduction 5
- •Introduction
- •Unit 1 Defining Communication
- •Unit 2 Models of Communication
- •Faith and the Media
- •Speech given at Cardinal Cormac Murphy o’Connor Lecture 2008 series
- •By m. Thompson, Director-General
- •April 10, 2008
- •Unit 3 Decoding Messages: Perception and Information Processing
- •The Challenge of Straight Talking
- •Task 7. Sizing up the Sexes
- •1. How are gender stereotypes reflected in the story?
- •Ex. 1. Identifying aspects of communication. Read the following speech and get ready to dwell on the main elements of the communicative episode under consideration.
- •Unit 4 Encoding Messages: Spoken Language
- •Parents. 2005, August
- •The Wisdom of Promoting Diversity
- •Hiv/aids: Universal Action Now Address at the opening of the XVII International aids Conference Mexico City by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization
- •Statement Made at the Launch of the who Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2008
- •Task 11. Verbal Aggression
- •Study: Verbal Aggression May Affect Children’s Behavior
- •1. What means of communication are described in the text?
- •Interpersonal Communication
- •Task 3. Love Poems
- •1. Think what stage of relationships the authors of the poems described. Prove your point of view.
- •Ex. 3. Follow-up. Analyse interpersonal communication in the communicative episodes described. Dwell on the communicative tensions and ways of balancing them.
- •Unit 7 Group Communication
- •In Which Eeyore Loses a Tail And Pooh Finds One
- •I found the Tail!”
- •Unit 8 mass communication
- •Iraq Needs Capitalism, Not Foreign Aid The wrong road.
- •International Maritime Organization
- •National Geographic. February 2007
- •1. What function does the article perform?
- •Reference
- •Интерпретация коммуникативного поведения
I found the Tail!”
1. What role does each character perform in the group?
2. How can you characterize the climate in the group?
3. Describe the decision making process in the group.
Ex. 2. Discussion. Express your opinion about the following. Taking into account the characteristics of a true group, decide whether the characters mentioned in the story form a real group.
Ex. 3. Follow-up. Analyse group communication in the given text. Take into account the roles, leadership and stages of group formation.
Task 2. King’s Cross
Ex. 1. Identifying aspects of communication. Read the story “King’s Cross” by M. Binchy and get ready to dwell on the main elements of the communicative episode described in the text.
1. What two types of communication overlap in the communicative episode under consideration?
2. What rules govern the communication in the office?
3. Dwell on the role of each participant of communication.
4. Are nonverbal means important in the context of this communicative episode? Give your reasons.
Ex. 2. Discussion. Express your opinion about the following. What are the correlations between interpersonal and group communication in the text under consideration?
Ex. 3. Follow-up. Analyse group communication in the office. Pay special attention to the social roles of the participants of communication and to the rules of communication accepted in the office. How does interpersonal communication influence group communication in this case?
Task 3. The Destructors
Ex. 1. Identifying aspects of communication. Read the story “The Destructors” by G. Greene and get ready to dwell on the main elements of the communicative episode described in the text.
1. How many leaders are there in the group? Are these roles “rigidly fixed”?
2. What phase of group development is this group at?
3. Dwell on the decision making process in the group.
Ex. 2. Discussion. Express your opinion about the following. Can we call this group a true group?
Ex. 3. Follow-up. Analyse group communication in the text paying attention to the following: the role each group member performs, the techniques the group uses to solve a problem, the climate in the group, the process of leadership emergence.
Task 4. The Great Mouse Plot
Ex. 1. Identifying aspects of communication. Read the story “The Great Mouse Plot” by R. Dahl and get ready to dwell on the main elements of the communicative episode described in the text.
1. Who is the leader of the group? How many leaders are there in the group?
2. How can you describe the climate in the group?
3. How is the process of task solving carried out in the group?
Ex. 2. Discussion. Express your opinion about the following. What are the characteristics of the climate in the group? Do you agree that the climate is the main reason preventing the boys from forming a true group?
Ex. 3. Follow-up. Analyse group communication in the text considering the following items: the climate within the group of teenagers, the leadership, the stages of the group’s decision making.
Task 5. Honorary Gun Moll
Ex. 1. Identifying aspects of communication. Read the short story “Honorary Gun Moll” by F. Sullivan and get ready to dwell on the main elements of the communicative episode described in the text.
1. How many groups are described in the story? Compare them.
2. Compare Irene’s role in both the groups.
3. What wasn’t the story-teller’s communication successful? What gave her away?
Ex. 2. Discussion. Express your opinion about the following. Does the story-teller “fit” the groups she was part of?
Ex. 3. Follow-up. Analyse group communication in the text paying attention to the following: the roles, the techniques of problem solvong, the climate in the group.