Фбгоу впо мати российский государственный

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

1. 
   In what form should a message ideally be sent?
   
2. 
   Why should you summarise your argument in order to present a recommendation?
   
3. 
   How can you save the time of senior management?
   
4. 
   What must a manager do, as well as thinking and initiating actions?
   
5. 
   What happens to organizations in which communications are poor?
   
6. 
   Are formal communications the only route by which information spreads?
   
7. 
   How is ‘interesting’ information defined?
   
8. 
   Is such information always complementary to the manager?
   
9. 
   After a message has been sent, what is still required before communication may be said to have taken place?
   
10. 
    Is it best always to write things down?
    
11. 
    On what factors does the style of communication depend?
    
12. 
    Name the five modes of communication used by man.
    
13. 
    What is the prime need if communication is to be effective?
    
14. 
    What do people tend to read or hear?
    
15. 
    What is the essential purpose of any communication?
    

Unit 1

16. 
    What should be done in order to make a communication acceptable?
    

SCAN READING.


TEXT 2. Read the information below about communication (some tips) and
decide which tips are good advice and which tips you disagree with.

Do to others as you would be done by.

1. 
   Communicate only when you have something worth while to say.
   
2. 
   Don’t write or speak at greater length than is necessary to convey
   

the message.

3. 
   Write in such a way that the reader will find it easy to read.
   
4. 
   Read carefully, concentrating on absorbing and understanding
   

the writer’s message.

5. 
   Speak in ‘the language’ of you listeners – but never talk down.
   
6. 
   Listen attentively to a speaker and avoid mind-wandering.
   
7. 
   Help a speaker to feel at ease; encourage him to speak.
   
8. 
   Where helpful, supplement words with pictures.
   
9. 
   Watch speakers and listeners for “non-verbal” signals.
   
10. 
    Explain mathematical information with summaries, words and
    

pictures.


WRITING.


1. Read paragraphs 1 to 9 of the first text again and complete the table.
What do you think is:
a) the most important about communication ………………...………………
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b) the least important about communication modes ………………………….
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c) a “golden rule” for a good communicator …………………………………
……………………………………………………………………….…….
…………………………………………………………………..…………
2. Write a summary of the texts you have read (the Russian language is
preferable.)
Unit 1


WAYS OF COMMUNICATION