Adult Living:Communication Skills

Being ------ means that you express your ideas and opinion firmly and with confidence

Assertive

You are more likely to get your message across if you are ------- when you speak

Assertive

You can send messages without using words by using ------- which includes your posture facial expressions gestures and way of moving

Body language

People who have visual impairmentbcan use the ----- to read their finger tips

Braille Alphabet

A city council election is coming up and the candidates will hold a debate this weekend. The newspaper wants to include a summary of the candidates views and asks you to contact for information. How might you contact the candidates?

By phine letter interview and email.

Andrea feeling unclear and confused so she asked for

Clarification

Communicators are often too timid or shy to expense an opinion

Passive

You get the internship you interviewed for and begin work. One of the editors provides contact information for three writers. How might you contact the writers to find out if they are interested in writing a story?

Please call email following up with a business letter

Includes text message e-mail letters and face-to-face conversation

Verbal

Skills such as focusing his attention on the speaker

Acive listening

Being ------ means you are overly forceful

Aggresive

Beneficial criticism that I'd meant to help you improve a quality about yourself is called

Constructive criticism

Such as crossed arms or lack of eye contact can

Covey messages with out words

Maintaining------- shows you are interested in what others say

Eye contact

An important part of two-way communication is ----- where the listener lets the speaker know that she heard and is trying to understand what the speaker is saying

Feeback

Offer ----- when she finished speaking

Feedback

A rude------- of voice can be ------ to further conversation

Fone, barrier

In order to ----- good communication Jamie practiced

Foster

Passive communicators are often too timid or shy to express an opinion which can

Hinder their abiility to make a point

When you're late, I feed that my time is not important, is an example

I message

Erik wanted to make sure Ellis knew he was listening, so he would ----- with encouraging remarks

Interact

Chelsea ------------ left Andrea feeling unclear and confused

Mixed message

When your words and body language do not communicate the same thing, you send a

Mixed message

Braille is a form -------- used by people with vision impairment

Nonverbal

Communicating with another through gestures is a form

Nonverbal communication

Cell phones, computers voicemail and speech synthesizers are types of --------- that can help enhance communication

Technology

Sending a -------is just of many ways to use technology for communication

Text message

You have an interview with the local newspaper for an internship. You go to the interview and speak with the city editor and editor in chief. The interview goes very well. You were able to answer all of the questions come up with some questions to ask them and everyone seems to get along. How can you communicate your thanks after you leave the interview?

Write thank you notes, say thank you after an opportunity send an email