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Topic: Verbal Communication for Professionals

• Lesson: Introduction to Communication
• Lesson: Organize your Speech
• Lesson: When to Talk and When to Listen
• Assignment: Talk about your self
• Assignment: Present about a research you have done

Introduction to Communication

Time

30 mins each

Introduction/Summary

This lesson is aimed to provide a kick start to speak professionally. You will start by introducing your self and then will move to formal speeches like presenting a research.

Learning Outcome

After successful completion of this lesson, you will learn how to impress an audience when you are speaking and you will get an answer how to talk to your manager/ your colleagues and how to impress them.

Organize your Speech

Time

30 mins each

Introduction/Summary

This lesson is aimed to provide a kick start to speak professionally. You will start by introducing your self and then will move to formal speeches like presenting a research.

Learning Outcome

After successful completion of this lesson, you will learn how to impress an audience when you are speaking and you will get an answer how to talk to your manager/ your colleagues and how to impress them.

When to Talk and When to Listen

Time

30 mins each

Introduction/Summary

This lesson is aimed to provide a kick start to speak professionally. You will start by introducing your self and then will move to formal speeches like presenting a research.

Learning Outcome

After successful completion of this lesson, you will learn how to impress an audience when you are speaking and you will get an answer how to talk to your manager/ your colleagues and how to impress them.

Self learning content

Before Lecture:

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After Lecture:

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Lecture/Lab description

Introducing yourself , talking professionally , when to talk and when to listen This topic will cover following lessons.

• Basics of communication
• Recognizing the audience
• Topic Selection
• Event Selection
• Time of day / prior lunch / after lunch
• Planning to do a speech / Discussion

• Formality : Formal / semi-formal / casual

• Planning to do a speech
• How to organize your content
• How to organize your speech

• The start - body and how to end with a punch.

• When to talk and when to listen
• Active listening
• Round Robin Session ( should be fully active lessoning )
• Table Topic Session ( planning your speech and delivering it spontaniously )

Talk about your self

Assignment Duration

3 mins

Assignment description

Not just your name , age and school. You should tell a story about your self and market your self.

Present about a research you have done

Assignment Duration

10 mins

Assignment description

Topic to be selected by the participant matching the objective.

– Contributors –

Content writing

• Suranga D Wijeratne
• Ransara Wijethunga

Reviewers

• TBA