Name: Khushi Rungta Skill/standard for focus/objectives: The study about inter personal

communication skills and Ways to have better conversation skills

Date: 31st January,2022

Note Taking:
Note Making:
1. Henry Higgins: ‘My
In today’ 21st century, people rarely have time to hone their interpersonal
Fair Lady’
communication skills. To improve one’s communication skills people must keep in
2. We are more
mind the following points:
polarized than ever
being in history (i) Don’t Multitask: By this it doesn’t mean to only keep cell phones
3. Pew Research found aside. It also means to be in present and be in the moment. Don’t
out that more than think about other things like about an argument which you had with
rd
1/3 of American your boss.
teenagers sends (ii) Don’t Pontificate: If you want to state your opinion without a
more than 100s of argument or pullbacks then it’s better to write a blog instead of
text everyday and having conversation. With each conversation you have something to
they are more likely learn.
to text only their (iii) Use Open ended Questions: If you use open ended questions, then
best/close friends. you will get to know more about the speaker. Take cues from
4. Paul Barnell wanted journalist like who, when, how, where.
to teach his students (iv) Go with the flow: It means speaking out the first thought at that very
how to speak about moment instead of speaking about that very particular thing at the
a specific topic end and bringing out that topic out of nowhere.
without using notes (v) If you don’t know, say I don’t know: Never try to over claim about
so he gave them a yourself or else the conversation becomes cheap.
communication skills (vi) Don’t equate your experience with others: Everybody experiences are
based project different. If someone is saying about their sufferings then you too
5. Therapist M. Scott starting about your sufferings would be wrong.
Peck said true (vii) Try not to repeat yourself: Repeating same sentence again and again
listening requires can make the listener bored of you too easily. Its condescending.
setting aside of (viii) Stay out of weeds: It basically means don’t remember information like
speaker and also date, day, time. People really don’t care about those things. They
sometimes requires really care about is you and your likes and dislikes.
to forget personal (ix) Listen: It is the most important skill in the conversation. People don’t
opinions. listen because they easily get distracted and also prefer to speak
6. Bill Nye stated that rather than listening. It also requires a lot of energy and efforts to
everyone you will listen.
meet knows (x) Be Brief: be present, calm and seated to actively listen and have a
something that you conversation.
don’t which means
everybody is expert
SUMMARY: One can improve communication skills by practicing new habits and also by giving positive feedbacks and
in something.
asking questions. You can also improve by being actively involved in the conversation and also have eye contact.