1. SOFT SKILLS FOR BECOMING A GLOBAL
EDUCATOR
COMMUNICATION SKILLS & APPROCHES
TO BRIDGE THE LANGUAGE GAP IN
STUDENTS
BY ZARISH KHAN

2. QUESTION
What are communication
skills & how can they help
students in their current lives,
career and workplace?

3. QUESTION
What, why, when & to whom
do your students
communicate?
What are the ways/forms of
communication?

4. FORMS OF
COMMUNICATION

5. COMMUNICATION - DEFINITION
the process by which people exchange
information or express their thoughts and
feelings

6. VERBAL – NON-VERBAL
verbal
1. spoken rather than
written
2. relating to words or
using words
3. relating to a verb

7. NON-VERBAL

8. VERBAL COMMUNICATION
2. on the phone
(speaker´s body
language is not seen)
Oral (spoken)
1. face to face
(interaction, gestures, facial
expressions, voice,tone,
fillers, pauses,laughter,
sighs,repetition,
hesitation,
explanation, simple,
spontaneous,cannot be
taken back)
formal /informal

9. VERBAL COMMUNICATION
2. Informal letters, text
messages, emails, chat
(less complicated, less
formal, spontaneous,
punctuation, pictures,
smiles, chat – immediate
feedback)
Written
1. formal letters, texts,
emails
(more complicated, more
formal, requires planning
and more time, structured,
precise choice of words, can
be reread, stored,
editted,one-way)

10. COMMUNICATION AND NEW
TECHNOLOGIES

11. COMMUNICATION IN DIFFERENT
SITUATIONS

12. COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
-Esperanto
-English
-EU
-taught at school
-get to know other culture
-business
-self-confidence

14. QUESTION
WHY SHOULD WE TEACH
COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN
THE ELT CLASSROOM?

15.  Teachers communicating for the first time
 Is this tone appropriate ?
1. Good Day , dear Sam
Hope you are fit as a fiddle as well as
with incessant smiles ! Thanks aplenty
2. HI, SWEET teacher, how are you doing ?

16.  Messages from students to Teachers
 1. my dad came back from holiday on Saturday so I need to see
him and I thought it was Tuesday but when I just looked at my
phone it is Thursday ! You must think I am really dozy !!!!
 2. OMG ! I literally just woke up 20 minutes ago and it takes me
30 mins to get ready and another 15 to walk in to uni so shall
we just give it a miss this week ???
 I am sorry but I don’t think I will be able to make it to this
mornings lecture as my car has seized up. I am going to sit and
play with it.
 Were they appropriate ????

17. QUESTION
What are the new approaches of teaching
and do you use them?
Are they benefitting you?

18.  ONLINE GAMES & OTHER AUDIO/VIDEO TOOLS
 KAHOOT
 QUIZLET
 VOICETHREAD
 PADLET

19. RUBRIC
Purpose/Task
• Accomplishes the task • Includes details • Connects ideas to
task/purpose
Organization
• Exhibits a logical and coherent sequence • Has a beginning, middle,
and end • Makes smooth transitions
Vocabulary • Includes a variety of vocabulary • Uses relevant and
accurate words
Structure (degree to which errors hinder overall comprehensibility) •
Subject-verb agreement • Present, past, future ideas expressed as
appropriate • Noun-adjective agreement • Correct word order •
Spelling/diacritical marks
Word Count • Comprehensible • In target language

20. ONLINE RESOURCES
 HTTPS://AMERICANENGLISH.STATE.GOV/
 https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/
 HTTPS://LINGUA.COM/