Topic outline

  • General

    • Objectives

      • After studying this unit, you will be able to …

        1. identify the importance of speaking skills
        2. identify the importance of listening skills
        3. explain vocal qualities

    • Warm up questions

        1. Are you a patient listener?
        2. Do you like talking with people?
        3. Do you like your voice?


    • Did you know?

        1. You can enhance your vocal qualities the same way you can improve your accent and pronunciation.
        2. Listening skills are the most difficult to acquire while studying a foreign  
          language.
        3. After listening to a lecture you can repeat only about 50% of the content.

    • Reading

    • Activities

    • Further practice

    • Bibliography and references

        1. Adler, R. B., Rosenfeld, L. B., and Proctor II, R. F., The Process of Interpersonal  
        2. Communication Interplay, OUP, 2007.
        3. DeVito, J. A., The Essential Elements of Public Speaking, Pearson, 2014.
        4. Stanton, N., Mastering Communication, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
        5. Malcolm, J., Memory, retrieved 18 August 2016 from http://www.jackmalcolm.com.
        6. Szczuka-Dorna L., Vendome E., Introduction to Interpersonal Communication, Poznan
        7. University of Technology, 2017.