1. By Ajay Sandhu

2.  Interpersonal skills are the skills we use to
communicate with other people, whether it is
individually or as a group.
 These skills include how we interact with other people,
how we listen and understand them, it also looks into
how we solve everyday problems in a workplace and
whether we can effectively time manage ourselves to
stay organised.

3. Interpersonal Explanation of Skill Strength/How I How it can be
Skill Use This Skill Developed
This skill can be
This skill is not just about I use this skill most
developed as part of a
listening to what someone is effectively in lessons
group work exercise. If the
saying, it includes where I focus on what
teacher sets a group task, I
understanding what they are the teacher is saying
can regurgitate what I
saying. Listening includes and learning what is
learnt to my fellow
Listening Skills understanding the language the being presented. I also
classmates and help them
speaker uses, whether it’s in a actively participate in
understand what was
dialect you can or cannot lessons by asking
being taught. I could also
understand, and being aware of questions, showing
ask a friend for help if I
the verbal and non-verbal that I am focussed on
don’t fully understand
messages used. what is being taught.
what is being taught.
This skill involves expressing This skill can be improved
myself clearly, making sure that by practising to write in
I use language precisely that is I use this skill different forms, such as:
related to the topic and effectively when I am Reports, Presentations
constructing a relevant plan of asked to form a letter. I and Letters to further
what to say. There are 3 main can design a structure improve my skills on
Written aspects to include in the plan: for the points I am structuring points,
Communication •Structure of Points going to make, I can language and formalities.
Skills •Language Style use a formal tone when I could even ask a teacher
•Language Content writing it, and I can for help to develop this
These are used so that you can use sophisticated terms skill, they could set me an
be specific to the topic and to reflect my intellect essay to write, and I could
decide how formal or informal in the matter. write a plan first, and then
your language should be. write out the essay and
hand it in for feedback.

4. I can develop this skill
by expressing my ideas
This skill includes This skill is one of many
with a logical structure
being able to express that I use everyday. I
and trying to engage
myself in the correct express myself formally
with the teachers in an
manner to others. to teachers and adults
active conversation. It
Verbal Expressing my own to make sure they
could also be improved
ideas and opinions understand what I am
Communication clearly and confidently. saying, whereas when I
by making a speech or
presenting in assembly,
Skills It also includes the way speak to a friend, I tend
as I will be presenting a
I communicate with to use informal
to a large audience, it
others, i.e. Informally language to
will help me structure
with a friend, and communicate fully with
points and practise
formally with an adult. them.
engaging with an
audience effectively.
This is another skill I use
everyday. I use body
This skill consists language to help
I can ask a friend or family
communicating without influence the point I am
member to help me
Non-Verbal the use of speaking. It making to the recipient. I
improve this skill by
includes using body use hand gestures and
Communication language. We can convey facial expressions to
practising different types
of body language to use
Skills messages through our convey the right messages
when speaking or
bodies e.g. Gestures and towards them, they also
presenting.
Facial Expressions. help demonstrate the tone
in my voice and my
emotions.

5. This skill can be
This is another skill I improved by continuing
use everyday to to use technology
communicate with everyday to gain a
This skills involves the people, I use my Mobile better understanding of
Computerised use of technology to Phone to text and call it; as there is always
Communication communicate i.e. Using people. I use E-Mail to something new to find
a Mobile Phone, E-Mail, send work to teachers, out about technology
Skills Blogger etc. and I use Blogger to these days. I can also
blog posts and work for ask teachers and adults
this ICT course and for to help use the internet
the whole world to see. in an effective way to
help aid my learning.