D1

M3

Training proof

I learn better and quicker by using video tutorials as reading a whole bunch of text is boring to me. These video tutorials from http://www.teach-ict.net were very useful. I read the written skills over the internet. 

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Task 4

Basic Training

This is the website that I will be using for most of my training.

http://www.teach-ict.com/videohome.htm

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Task 2 P3, M1

Office barriers, like being in a large office, would mean that you would have to speak louder in order for your voice to reach the whole of the audience. Background noise can’t be helped in situations like construction work and the main road. That’s why it helps to make hand gestures in order to get your point across even with the noises that may distract the audience. Separators are like the office barriers. Where something is in your way, e.g door, desk. This would also mean that you would have to increase the volume in which you speak at.

 Emotional barriers have something to do with self confidence. If somebodies never done a presentation before, then it won’t be very professional compared to somebody who has performed loads of presentations in front of large crowds. There are two parts to the language barrier. The way in which someone speaks [Accent] and the language they use. If you had a strong accent you would have to try and hide it slightly to make sure that everyone can understand you clearly. Whereas if someone’s language is totally different then you would have to create some sort of translating tool/material to ensure that they can understand your presentation.

A way to over come language barriers is to have a translator there to translate to each speaker what you are saying this could occur when you are interviewing or being interviewed for maybe a foreign company. To over come the emotional barriers speak to the person in their own environment such as there home or somewhere that feels comfortable to them back ground noise is easier to avoid just by going to somewhere quieter to talk like a quiet room or avoid main roads if you are trying to communicate properly. Over coming office barriers can be dealt with an inside line just by having a code on the telephone to call someone on the other side of the office. Most barriers can always be dealt with few effective solutions.

Task 2 P2

Engaging with your audience is essential when giving a presentation, and involving them will help the audience remember the given presentation. For example you could ask a few questions throughout the presentation and ask certain members of the audience to see if they know the answer to any questions you ask, or create a small questionnaire for the audience to complete. Otherwise you just go through the presentation and leave it at the end without anything ‘fun’ throughout the whole presentation, and it wouldn't be remembered.

Altering your voice is vital when you’re approaching different age groups, but it’s also essential that you speak clearly and keep an even tone and volume so that the audience can understand what you’re saying. For example, It would be more essential to speak loudly, clearly and the tone of voice is quite upbeat to a group of year 4’s so that they can be more interested in what you’re telling them. Whereas if you used the same tone of voice to a group of college students they wouldn’t appreciate the way you’d be talking to them and they wouldn’t take in much information, and if you didn’t apply any of these bullet points then most of the audience would most likely be bored of the presentation within minutes.

Body language is the way you present yourself and communicate without having to speaking and expressing your feelings through body movements and hand gestures. If you’re giving a serious presentation, It’s better if your body posture is straight and you have an open body language so that people would be more comfortable asking questions.

Positive language can be very useful when presenting a formal and informal presentation. Formal language is better to use in presentation with older age groups whereas a more informal language while doing a presentation appeals more with younger groups.

When you’re writing to somebody you should always consider who your audience is. For example if you were texting a friend you would often use slang to say what they want quicker so that they don’t use much effort. Whereas if you were typing for business people then you would use a wider range of vocabulary to interest the person you’re getting through to. And if you were writing to an audience of kids then you could use simple words.

Summarising is an important way of ending your presentation. It’s an effective way of reviewing the whole of the presentation with the information sticking into the audiences head.

Task 1 P1