Debate

In last class in Esp we did a debate in the topic “ Liiving with parents in law “ .

It was a really good debate , and I enjoyed it , it was interesting hearing each other opinions . It also was good that an lesson before the day we did the debate , we learned about rules of making a debate , so in the day we did the debate I tried to respect those rules.

Since this is the last thing we did in Esp, I want to wish you a very good luck in exams , and all the best .

To sum up

In those lessons after Time managment we learned about Communication so they get it right ; Dealing with Counterproductive Communication. We also did a quiz in topic : “ Leadership communication".

Time management

During this lesson we learn how in a effective way to maange our time. We learned about long-term planning and short term planning., we learned about identifying our emotional style.

Also we talked about how to crate and keeping a schedule.

Effective communication in the workplace

It was very useful to learn about the effective comm. In the workplace and how they are categorized.

We learned that work-place communication can be categorized : face to face communication, telephone communication, written communication, virtual communication.

Also we learned for each of them into details .

Blogs

Well today was a little individual working process :P , because every one was working in their blogs , writing and posting something. I post 5 blogs today , three of them I have writed home but not posted yet , because I save them in Word and then post , and two of them I writed today about Interview making-experience and also this post Blogs that I am writing now.

Interview making-experience

Well like you all know in this lesson , we did the interviews. It was such a good to feel this experience , doing the interview and hearing and looking others do the interview.

I want to say something about what I feel . I was feeling relaxed , beacuse the weeks that pased we learned in details everything about the interview , so therefor we know what to ask, how to answer , how to stay ( nonverbal communication) ,verbal communication , we know also for the look what to were ( even that we don't wear something special , you know beacuse of the weather ) .

I think it was really good, also because the teacher said that we  was prepared and very good doing the interview.

We wish that all of you will look also very good as today in their real interviews , and I wish to see you working in your dream jobs.

Mentally preparing for the Interview & Creating your look

In this lesson we learned about Mentally preparing for the Interview and also we learned some tips how to create your look for the interview beacuase it is so important .
Mnetally preparing or the interview:
Mental preparation is essential for a strong interview. Yor interview attitude is the way that you perceive the interview situation.A good interview attitude can be developed by following a few simple steps, lik : Do your research; List your strength; Review your accomplishments; Use an attitude implement.

We learned that there are two main reasons for wearing attire for the exchange:

It creates a first impression

It creates uniformity

Which are some things that a women should need to know before creating her look for the interview.

We learned some tops: Bussines Suit; Blouses; Leg wear; Jewelry; Hair, Makeup, and Nails ; Bags . We learned for which of them what they should be , the colors etc.

(From: Interviewing, Glencoe, Professional Communication Series 92-103)

"Preparing to answer interview question" :

I want to write the most important things which  we learned today in the lesson: "Preparing to answer interview question" :

Answer question

Many interviews are unsuccessful because interviewees fail to prepare for them. The most important part of preparation is conducting an interview self-assessment. The interview self-assessment is a basic summary of your past experiences,work hstory,skills,and personal interests.

Specifically,the interview self-assessment should include five elements.

·         Your professional skills,personal interests,and opinions pertinent to the interview situation.

·         A list of your strengths and weaknesses,with examples of each,especially strengths.

·         An outline of important decisions tou have made,boyh professionally and personally. Be able to communicate the outcomes of each decision.

·         A list of your accomplishments. Be sure to have a mix of professional and personal.

·         Explations of your  long-and short-term goals.

There are several questions you will be asked regardless of the type of interview you are involved in.

Popular Interview Questions

1.      Tell me aboutyourself?

2.      Qhy do you wantTo work for ourCcmpany?

3.      What are yourbest skills?

4.      What is yourmajor strength?

5.      What are yourFuture plans?

6.      Do yiu prefer toWork alone or inA team?

7.      Did I forget toAsk something

(From: Interviewing, Glencoe, Professional Communication Series 48-53)

Methods of asking interview questions

Questioning methods can be sperated into three different categories:

·         Open/closed questions

·         Primary/secondary questions

·         Neutral/leading questions

Open/Closed Questions Open/closed questions determine the time and length of an interviewee’s answer.

Primary/secondary questions determine if a new topic is being introducd.

Neutral/leading questions determine the level of the interviewee’s opinion desired in the response.

(From: Interviewing, Glencoe, Professional Communication Series 44-47)

Types of interview question

Types of interview question

Most interviews contain a collection of questions that can be placed into five categories:

·         Behavior

·         Attitude/optinion

·         Credential

·         Knowledge/experience

·         Imaginative

(From: Interviewing, Glencoe, Professional Communication Series 40-43

Watching : “ Confession of a shopaholic.”

Film

This day we watched the film “ Confession of a shopaholic.”

 It was one of the best films that I have watched. It was a romantic comedy. The film was about a girl who wanted to work in a fashion magazine.

Verbal / nonverbal comm. In the Interview

Verbal / nonverbal comm. In the Interview

At this hour I've missed, but I asked my friend Erzana what you have done and she told me that you choosed the music about the video adv, and then you talked about verbal and nonverbal comm.

 I read it home and I learned that it was about using the verbal and nonverbal comm. In a best way in the interview, how to use some tactics that affect the success of the interview.

Those tactics are

Verbal comm. Tactics: correct grammar, precision, colloquialisms, emotion, clichés, slang, jargon.

Nonverbal comm tactics: Body movement, eye and face contact, touc, voice, time, appearance.

There were explaniation of each of them how to use and what to avoid during used them in the interview.

(From: Interviewing, Glencoe, Professional Communication Series pp.29-33)

Standard Interviews

Types on interview

This week we talked about the thre types of standard interviews which are:

1.      Selection interview- the purpose of these interviews is to screen applicants for employment, awards or membership.

2.      Information gathering interview-  interviews that focus on generating interviews from the parties involved.

3.      Persuasion interview- used to reinforce a position, recruit, or change the mind of individuals in the interview situation.

I have been selection interviews, when I applied for a work& study program in the university , in the library of the university. I also have been part of information gathering interview but as a interviewr when I has a project to do in my lesson Identity & Culture, the interview was  CROSS-CULTURE INTERVIEW, and I was gathering information about culture of the person interviewed, and I also have been part of others interview gathetrin information.

Have you ever been in one of these types of interview and which of them , can you explain?

From: Interviewing, Glencoe, Professional Communication Series pp.13-15)

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

This week we watched a video about Nelson Mandela. It was a explanation of life of Nelson Mandela , all his life. It was really useful to watch video because I learned a lot about this big revolutionary.

Also we were part of an organization made by Language Center about life of Nelson Mandela with the title “What freedom means to me” . I really enjoyed this organization , it was so good.

Also we can saw some posters made by students in Language Center, they were very good prepared.

I can say that this was a big event, when everybody has the chance to get a lot of information

About Nelson Mandela.

Video making-

Video  making-

Making a adv video about Language Center , was really a good thing.

First of all it was good working with my friends , and all of the people involved in the video.

We first decided how the video will be made, what we will include ,  which part will be fistr , second and so on . Then we started doing the video , and doing the video was so enjoyable and good for me .

This was really a great and important project , and I wish a lot of succeses for which of my dear colleagues.

What is an Interview?

Interview

This lesson we start talking about Interview. I am very satisfied that we will learn everything about  interview step by step. This hour we talked about what an interview is .

We also discussed about the three elements that are part of all interviews,which are:

1.      Interaction

2.      Purpose

3.      exchange-

We also learned the  stages of interview, which are

1.      introducion stage

2.      Body stage

3.      Closing stage

Also it was interesting to hear each other interview-exeperiences.


From: Interviewing, Glencoe, Professional Communication Series pp.2-8)

Business communication at work

We start talking about Business communication at work -

I feel very good and I was very carefully listening to what Professor tell us about cover letter because those things we will use everytime, it is very important to know how to write the cover letter.
We learned the purposes of cover letter, the questions we need to answer before starting to write a cover letter, also we learned the three parts that are included in effective cover letter.

(from Business Communication at Work by Marilyn Satterwhite and Judith Olson-Sutton pp. 480-487)

What is Communication?

Like you all know the second hour after the syllabus we  discuss about what a communication is, we made like a repetation of what we know and we have learned, and it was very good start, we were all taking part in discussion. We learned about what communication is ,the types of communication, we also discussed about it that communication is process, it is symbolic, it copperate our relationships, Communication Is Culturally Linked etc.

(From Business Communication 
Design, by Pamela Angell pp.4-10) Review from ESP 1. 
 Communication Ethics 

Being Back In ESP 2...

Being back..

Dear my collegaues ,

I feel happy to be back together with you in this course, after having a winter break. I wish we all will spend a very good time this course as good as the previous semester.

I was happy after hearing the presentation of the syllabus by the proffesor , because I learned that this semester we will learn about interview, cover letter, solving problem, learning about conflict is and how to solve it , about time menagment, contraproduvite communciation, making debate etc, I hope we will spend good time together.

All the best , Arlinda Miftari