The document discusses analyzing communicative events to effectively assess language learning needs. It suggests identifying common functions, vocabulary overlap, and skills across events to prioritize training objectives. A case study examines one learner's job duties and results in a scheme of work focusing on describing problems, processes, and past actions to improve his work performance. The analysis fits materials to learners' needs rather than fitting learners to materials.
This guide for students and practitioners is introduced by Christopher J. Hall, Patrick H. Smith, and Rachel Wicaksono. This presentation talks about discourse analysis and its several definitions including the pervasive relevance of discourse (analysis), linguistic approaches to discourse analysis, social approaches to discourse analysis, and themes in contemporary discourse analysis. This will discuss the nature of discourse analysis in context significant to all PhD Language Studies students around the globe.
This guide for students and practitioners is introduced by Christopher J. Hall, Patrick H. Smith, and Rachel Wicaksono. This presentation talks about discourse analysis and its several definitions including the pervasive relevance of discourse (analysis), linguistic approaches to discourse analysis, social approaches to discourse analysis, and themes in contemporary discourse analysis. This will discuss the nature of discourse analysis in context significant to all PhD Language Studies students around the globe.
A short overview on Ethnography of communication. The slides briefly shed light on EOC as an approach to discourse analysis. There are few photos along with the material to help reads glean some insight into the subject.
Language of politics cannot be separated from the politics of language. The notion of "Political Discourse" does not remain limited to the "institutional" field of politics (e.g. parliamentary discourse, election campaigns, party programmes, speeches, etc.) but opens to all linguistic manifestations that may be considered to be political, provided that it is convincingly argued what makes them "political". In order to illuminate new and old forms of political discourses inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives and elaborated linguistic methodologies have to complement each other.
This will help students out there understand American Literary periods better. I created for our reporting in our LIT 201 class. I am a student from Central Philippine University. Aspiring to be a teacher someday.
A short overview on Ethnography of communication. The slides briefly shed light on EOC as an approach to discourse analysis. There are few photos along with the material to help reads glean some insight into the subject.
Language of politics cannot be separated from the politics of language. The notion of "Political Discourse" does not remain limited to the "institutional" field of politics (e.g. parliamentary discourse, election campaigns, party programmes, speeches, etc.) but opens to all linguistic manifestations that may be considered to be political, provided that it is convincingly argued what makes them "political". In order to illuminate new and old forms of political discourses inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives and elaborated linguistic methodologies have to complement each other.
This will help students out there understand American Literary periods better. I created for our reporting in our LIT 201 class. I am a student from Central Philippine University. Aspiring to be a teacher someday.
The History Game: Taking the classroom outdoors with mobile devices
The main aim of the session is to stimulate participants to think about how to use the outdoor space more creatively for language activities. In this session I will show the case study of how 6th graders could explore the history of their local area by turning it into a game. After finding out some significant events, the students make a simple game to guide players from one place in the historical story to another by the use of short texts, images, audio or video. These are then uploaded to a free tool which players access when they want to play the game. This activity could be extended to all sorts of different themes such as a sight-seeing tour or a detective mystery game. The activity is not restricted to the use of one tool; there are several free tools available which can do a similar job.
Communication skills differ as per situations and functions of any organizations, it should be noted that, depending on the change in situation communication takes various characteristics. Let’s discuss these changes!
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You’ve worked hard on the information architecture models you’ve created but haven’t been able to sell them to the client, or your co-workers. Maybe the conversation around the IA has broken down into an unhealthy debate over semantics. In another scenario, you are tasked with creating a controlled vocabulary for a large organization that has a silo mentality and a lot of legacy content. Where to begin?
These scenarios will sound familiar to most user experience professionals. In this deck, I share my techniques for getting an organization that may have different ideas about how to organize and name content to agree upon a controlled vocabulary.
I also share specific tools in the form of diagrams, beyond the ubiquitous sitemap and wireframe, which communicate complex ideas. And techniques for practicing information architecture with clients collaboratively.
Collaborative Information Architecture (ias17)Abby Covert
You’ve worked hard on the information architecture models you’ve created but haven’t been able to sell them to the client, or your co-workers. Maybe the conversation around the IA has broken down into an unhealthy debate over semantics. In another scenario, you are tasked with creating a controlled vocabulary for a large organization that has a silo mentality and a lot of legacy content. Where to begin?
These scenarios will sound familiar to most IA professionals.
In this workshop, Abby will share her techniques for getting an organization that may have different ideas about how to organize and name content to agree upon a controlled vocabulary.
Abby will share specific tools in the form of diagrams, beyond the ubiquitous sitemap and wireframe, which communicate complex ideas. And she’ll share techniques for practicing information architecture with clients collaboratively.
I want to focus on the soft skills that make someone good at IA. So the lessons here are really about leveling up in skill set. Including:
- Conflict Resolution in IA
- Selling IA to others in your organization
- Improving stakeholder interviews
- Facilitating Low Fidelity Conversation about language
- Visualizing language with simple pictures to get clarity
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In Module III. You will learn more about how to articulate your skills, strengths and accomplishments and increase your chances of getting interviewed.
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1. The Communicative Event
A detailed understanding of our clients’ needs
IATEFL BESIG Annual Conference
Stuttgart, Germany
November 17, 2012
Charles Rei
2. What I’ve learned
• Learners don’t know what they don‘t know.
• Learners don’t particularly care about can do statements.
• Asking them about skills doesn‘t tell us much (e.g.
telephoning, presentations, meetings).
• Current methods are designed to fit the learner to the
materials.
• No needs analysis is better than a bad need analysis.
• Language is only one part of communication.
5. Norbert S.
• Late 40s; A2-B1
• SAP Consultant working as freelancer for MNC
• One-to-one lessons, 2 x 90 min per week
• Short-term goal: Improve job performance
• Long-term goal: English as a marketable skill
• Current duties:
• Handle Level 3 support for enterprise SAP system
• Project work to improve new versions of the SAP
• Develop SAP tools and applications for rollout
8. Analysis
• Which functions are
common to all?
• Where does
vocabulary overlap?
• What skills training
would impact
effectiveness?
• What training will make
the biggest impact...
• now?
• in 6 months?
• in a year?
9. Norbert’s Scheme of Work
Incidents Projects Meetings General
Describing Asking and Listening Small talk
problems and answering (authentic US /
fixes questions India accents)
Describing a Give a status Checking for Showing interest
process report clarification (giving feedback)
Reporting past Making Interrupting and Linear grammar
actions suggestions preventing
interruption
Email phrases Talking about Virtual meeting Working with
(formal and timelines phrases Americans
informal)
13. For more information / questions
Contact: Charles Rei
charles.rei@reicommunicationtraining.com
@Charlesrei1
http://www.reicommunicationtraining.com
Ongoing conversation at:
Business English Ideas
http://businessenglishideas.blogspot.de/
14. Summary
• Understanding the key communicative events is a direct
way to assess needs.
• Communicative event analysis creates a simple check list
of training objectives.
• Fit the materials to the learner, not vice versa.
Thank you!