is soft skills our job?
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Is Soft Skills Our Job?. “I have learnt much from my teachers, more from my IATEFL colleagues and most from my students .” (unknown). 8 th -12th APRIL, 2013 LIVERPOOL. Yelena Korol , KNEU, Ukraine. Outline. What I have learnt from ITEFL colleagues What I have learnt from my students - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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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)
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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
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Effective International Communication
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Project Team WorkAims• 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…
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Spread the News Project
advertising
involving investors
development of the newspaper
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High and LowContext Cultures
E.Y. KorolKNEU, April 2013
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Low context cultureClear and precise messages
Factual informationClosed questionsTarget –orientedBeing assertive
Individual responsibilities
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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
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High contextChineseKoreanJapaneseArabSpanish ItalianEnglishNorth AmericanScandinavianSwissGerman
Low context
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What You Think/What You Say
We can’t accept it
You absolutely don’t
understand
Unfortunately, we would be unable
to accept itI’m afraid you don’t seem to understand
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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)
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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.
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Giving Feedback Practice
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Habits
Be ProactiveBegin with the End in Mind
Put First Things First
“7 Habits of Highly Effective People”Steven R. Covey
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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
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Interdependence
Independence
Dependence
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Production
Production capability
Effectiveness: P/PC Balance
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Soft skills: teamwork Joint presentation
Effectiveness
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"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
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THANK [email protected]
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ReferencesHall, E.T. (1976). Beyond Culture. New York, Anchor books.
Dignen, B. (2007). Feedback. Business Spotlight 51.
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.