A supplementary booklet for "New Opportunities" and "Going for Gold" courses. Ranges from pre-intermediate to upper intermediate level. Contains communication activities for Matura exam in its basic and extended version.
Conversation Pieces For Improving ESL Communication is a DVD designed to materially assist viewers in developing verbal language skills by focusing upon conversational flow; vocabulary development; informal expressions, idioms and contractions; and standard, regional, and foreign accent pronunciation. Nine topical scenes are presented with everyday words related to common situations. Each is then repeated with a scrolling text/audio for listening comprehension.
Visual communication is an exploding area of assessment. Increasingly, students and employees are being measured on their proficiency in this skill. This hands-on resource provides real solutions for test success, as well as obstacle-free visual communication. The lessons in Visual Communication offer instruction on understanding and using documents and graphics such as maps, tables, graphs, charts, diagrams, schematics, blueprints, and whiteprints, while also teaching how to make these and other types of visual tools to communicate ideas, plans, and messages.
What role do language and non-verbal communication play in the construction and display of identity? How does consumer culture impact on displays of self-identity? The rapid growth of cultural diversity within Western societies not only presents new possibilities and dilemmas for the construction of self and social-identity, but also highlights the need for individuals to be aware of the factors which impact upon co-cultural and intercultural communication.
Packed with dozens of engaging stories, case examples and humorous contemporary cartoons, Cultural Intelligence is the perfect antidote for overcoming cross-cultural differences, improving workplace communication, building solid business relationships and adding to your organization’s bottom line. Using a set of twenty business-oriented dimensions, Dr. Peterson helps you examine your own cultural style and determine that of others in six vital areas: management, strategy, planning, personnel, communication and reasoning.
