How good are your social skills

Module1SmallTalkLearningAims:Inthisclass,wewill:1.learntousethemostimportantwordsandphrases;2.mastersomereadingskillslikeskimming,scanningetc;3.knowhowtohaveaconversationwithgoodsocialskills.⑴avoid避免⑻留下印象impress⑵recognize辨认,认出⑼破坏damage⑶confidence自信⑽正面的positive⑷situation情况,处境⑾想起thinkof⑸communicate交流⑿把目光从移开lookawayfrom⑹advance预先的⒀除此之外inaddition⑺involve包括，涉及⒁找出findout⑴avoid⑻留下印象⑵recognize⑼破坏⑶confidence⑽正面的⑷situation⑾想起，回忆起⑸communicate⑿把目光从移开⑹advance⒀除此之外⑺involve⒁找出避免辨认，认出自信地情况,处境交流预先的包括，涉及impressdamagepositivethinkoflookawayfrominadditionfindoutPre-readingAquestionnaire(问卷)：1.Haveyouevercrossedtheroadtoavoidtalkingtosomeoneyourecognize?2.Wouldyoulovetogotoapartyandtalkconfidentlytoeveryguest?3.Doyouwanttomakemorefriendsbutlacktheconfidencetotalktopeopleyoudon’tknow?4.Areyounervousabouttheideaofbeingatasocialeventinanothercountry?Manyofusdon’thaveverygoodsocialskills.Soifwewanttobepopularandwanttomakemorefriends,wemustimproveoursocialskills,don’tyouthinkso?Followme,andsomegoodadviceiswaitingforyou!SkimmingTask1:Readthepassagecarefullyanddecidewhatkindofbookitisfrom1.anEnglishteachingbook2.abusinesscourse3.abookwhichtellsyouwhattodoatsocialeventsTask2:Therearethreepiecesofadviceonlearningsocialskillsinthepassage.Canyoufindthemout?1.Learnhowtodosmalltalk2.Developlisteningskills3.Learnsomerules1.Itisquitedifficulttodevelopthesocialskills.2.Ifyoudon’twanttodamageyourconfidencethenyoushouldavoidsometopicstostrangers.3.Ifyouwanttoimpressotherpeople,don’ttalktoomuch.4.Youshouldn’taskanyquestionwhileotherpeoplearespeaking.5.Changingthesubjectisnecessaryasalistener.6.Notalltheflowersarewelcomedbythehost.7.Whereveryougo,you’dbetterfindoutthesocialrulestherefirst.FTTFFTTScanning：IntensiveReadingTaskOneTaskTwoTaskThree1.Canyougiveanexampleofalow-riskconversationopenerwhiletalkingtoothers?2.Whatencouragingnoisesandgesturescanyoumakewhenyouarehavingaconversation?3.WhatcanwelearnaboutpeoplefromBenjaminDisraeli’swords?-------Talktoamanabouthimself,andhewillspeaktoyouforhours!TaskOneTaskTwo1.Whichsentenceinthetextcanbereplacedbythefollowingone?Therearetwopartswhenwemakecommunicationswithothers—speakingandlistening,thelatteristhelackingformostpeople.2.PutthefollowingsentenceintoChinese.Thinkoftopicsthatyouwouldavoidifyouweretalkingtostrangers–andavoidtalkingaboutthem!TaskOne:1.Canyougiveanexampleofalow-riskconversationopenerwhiletalkingtoothers?2.Whatencouragingnoisesandgesturescanyoumakewhenyouarehavingaconversation?Smiling,nodding,saying“uh-huh”and“OK”etc.Talksomethingaboutfilms,music,sportandstudiesetc.3.WhatcanwelearnaboutpeoplefromBenjaminDisraeli’swords?-------Talktoamanabouthimself,andhewillspeaktoyouforhours!Peopleliketalkingaboutthemselves.TaskTwo1.Whichsentenceinthetextcanbereplacedbythefollowingone?Therearetwopartswhenwemakecommunicationswithothers—speakingandlistening,thelatteristhelackingformostpeople.Listeningisaskillwhichmostpeoplelack,butcommunicationisatwo-wayprocess—itinvolvesspeakingandlistening.2.PutthefollowingsentenceintoChinese.Thinkoftopicsthatyouwouldavoidifyouweretalkingtostrangers–andavoidtalkingaboutthem!想出一些和陌生人谈话时要回避的话题--并且要避免谈论这些话题。•TaskThree:Close-testFillintheblankswithproperwordsandphrases:Areyou______aboutthemainideaofbeingatasocialeventinanothercountry?Ordoyou____theconfidencetotalktothepeopleyoudon’tknow?Herearesomeideastohelpyou.Whilelistening,keepinggood_________anduse_______bodylanguageandyoushouldn'tlook________thepersonyou’vetalkingto.Ifyougotoasocial_______inanothercountry,rememberthat__________canbedifferent._____________,youneedtoknowhowlongyoushouldstayandwhenyouhavetoleave.nervouslackeyecontactpositiveawayfromoccasionsocialrulesInadditionToImproveOurSocialSkillsTodopropersmallTalk!!Tobeabetterlistener!!Tolearndifferentsocialrules!!Dialogue:Suppose(假设)yourpartnerisanexchangestudentfromAmerica,andyouwanttolearnmoreabouthowtoimprovesocialskillsfromhim.Yourtalkmaystartasfollows:Y(you)P(classmate)•Y:Nicetomeetyou.•P:Nicetomeetyou.•Y:Couldyougivemesomeadviceonsocial•rulesinyourcountry?•P:Certainly.Infact,socialrulesaresimilarall•aroundtheworld.Makingasafesmalltalkis•oftenagoodbeginningof…•Y:Howcanwestartasmalltalkbetter?•P:…It’salsoimportanttobealistener.You’d•better…andnot…•Y:Aresocialrulesdifferentfromcountryto•country?•P:Ofcourse.haveconfidencedoadvanceplanninghavelow-risktopicskeepgoodeyecontactuseencouragingnoisesandgesturesusepositivebodylanguage;don’tlookawayfrom•…Usesomelinkwordsandphrasestomakeyoursentencesmorefluently!Likefirst/tostartwith,then,besides/inaddition,finallyetc.Y:Nicetomeetyou.P:Nicetomeetyou.Y:Couldyougivemesomeadviceonsocialrulesinyourcountry?P:Certainly.Infact,socialrulesaresimilarallaroundtheworld.Aboveall,youmusthaveconfidenceanddoalittleadvanceplanning.Smalltalkisveryimportant.Y:Howcanwestartasmalltalkbetter?P:Youneedtohavelow-risktopics.It’salsoimportanttobealistener.Tostartwith,you’dbetteruseencouragingnoisesandgestures.Then,youneedkeepgoodeyecontactandusepositivebodylanguage.Inaddition,don’tlookawayfromthepersonwhoistalkingtoyou.Finally,don’tchangethesubjec