COM SKILLS INTRO + TASKS
--What is communication? > Listening 2side2 5:05 – 6:20
--The Two Ronnies > The Hardware Shop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz2-ukrd2VQ
http://www.angelfire.com/me/tvcomedy/fourcandles.html
> My Blackberry Is Not Working
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON3BH2Qvo7Y
http://emailwriter.de/exercises/my_blackberry.htm
--Myron and the hot dogs
--Ha én egyszer kinyitom a számat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C4Lmx5sNUY
--Berlitz commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MUsVcYhERY
--Tenor van? http://24.hu/szorakozas/2017/01/29/ha-valaki-nem-erti-a-szoviccet-az-a-zod-olga/
--Arrival (movie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/?ref_=nv_sr_1
--Fake news / alternative facts https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/832708293516632065
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/25/spicer-compares-alternative-facts-to-getting-different-weather-reports.html
--Talking elevator Scottish accent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOUTfUmI8vs
TASKS:
--What is communication? (2) > brain and speech sound file and transcript
The Hardware Shop
--(mis)interpretation of a message can lead to poor understanding and a distortion of meaning
--steps of the communication process
--the shopkeeper automatically assumes he knows what the customer means. It is only after several attempts at guessing what the customer means that he actually undertakes a very fundamental form of communication clarification…that of asking specific, well-formed questions.
How many times have you been misunderstood by another person? What lessons can we learn from the sketch?
“I know you think you believe you understand what you thought I said, but I’m not sure that what you heard is not exactly what I meant”.
Did the customer know what he wanted to buy? Did he communicate it in a way that was clear to HIM?
Could the shopkeeper have asked clarifying questions to confirm HIS understanding of what the customer meant?
Could the whole conversation have been carried out in half the time? But it wouldn’t have been so funny, would it?
(- See more at:
http://www.mtdtraining.com/blog/communication-lessons-from-the-two-ronnies.htm#sthash.hBL4MFMc.dpuf)
and
http://random-idea-english.blogspot.hu/2012/10/video-lesson-classic-comedy-sketch-four.html
--"four candles" vs "fork 'andles" (handles for garden forks).
> Juncture, in linguistics, is the manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds. It is the relationship between two successive syllables in speech. A juncture is, formally, a supra-segmental phonemic cue, a means by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.
In English, a syllable break at the plus juncture sometimes distinguishes otherwise homophonic phrases.
· "a name" /ə.neɪm/ and "an aim" /ən.eɪm/
· "that stuff" /ðæt.stʌf/ and "that's tough" /ðæts.tʌf/
· “Annette” /ə.net/ and "a net" /ə net/
In recreational linguistics, an oronym (also called a continunym or a slice-o-nym) is a pair of phrases which are homophonic. When pronounced without a pause between words (internal open juncture), phrases which differ in meaning and spelling may share a similar pronunciation. Examples include "ice cream" /aɪs+kriːm/ and "I scream" /aɪ+skriːm/ (This is employed in the chant "I scream; you scream; we all scream for ice cream" that is familiar to many English-speaking children. (+ Gary Larson’s “Failed marketing ploys” below)
+ Explain the misunderstanding about bath plugs, saw tips, "o's", peas, pumps, washers, and billhooks.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Candles)
My Blackberry Is Not Working
--technical terms having the names of fruit:
apple orange
The future's bright...
blackberry date,
--other IT terms having different denotations/connotations in everyday contexts: black spots, dongle, juice, frozen, application, desktop, mouse, drag, trash, launch, windows, diary, boot(ing), eggs box
+ check out: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByC3QwWZuGXdeDdfWEhya1pIOGs/view (tasksheet)
Berlitz commercial
--a single misunderstanding (based on pronunciation) that might cost ?
> Mispronunciation Sketch
Task: Find the mispronounced parts and figure out why they are funny. Can you suspect the original intention?
or: Pronunciation Problems (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzeEq5MvNFg)
+ tasksheet (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByC3QwWZuGXdNDFIcEpTMnlIV0E/view)
> How Good Are Your Communication Skills? (at https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCS_99.htm)
Quiz (in-class) and score + detailed interpretation (H.A.)
The Source –Planning Your Message > Encoding – Creating a Clear, Well-Crafted Message > Choosing the Right Channel > Decoding – Receiving and Interpreting a Message > Feedback
+ read the first of the Reviews at the TM page for next time if you want to be in picture [HUNGLISH!]
Arrival (2016) excerpts: 36:00 – 41:00; 53:53 – 55:42; + see overleaf