task 2 p2

 When communicating with other people you have

take into consideration a long list of principles

 to keep the other person engaged in what you are saying

. You also have to consider other things like who your

 speaking to why your speaking to them and do they understand you.

 

Interpersonal skills may include body language though some people may use body language intentionally to build rapport e.g. to help put someone at ease in a job interview. Body language can consist of everything from hand gestures to body posture and facial expressions. Positive language is also a principle as this will allow you to get your point across most effectively and is most likely to keep people engaged.

 

Readability is important such as Proper grammar, spelling and punctuation are often important in written communication to make text legible and easier to understand by others, as well as giving documents and letters are more professional and sophisticated appearance. Grammar is used to strucuture sentences so that they make sense to the reader, so for example "I go home and slept" would become "I went home and slept" because the author is saying what he did in the past tense but "go" is in the present tense. Spelling is used to make a group of letters become proper words so that the reader can understand what the author is saying, though sometimes it is still possible to make out the word e.g. "wierd" is a very common misspelling of "weird" due to the way the word sounds and a majority of children being taught an incredibly stupid rule. Punctuation is used in conjunction with grammar and spelling to structure and organise words and sentences, for example by seperating the meaning of a same spelt word such as "ill" to become "I'll" which is an abbrevation of "I will". It is also used to clarify sentences as punctuation can make a difference to the meaning, for example "He sprang to his feet, quickly realizing that someone was at the door." means he quickly figured out someone was at the door where as "He sprang to his feet quickly, realizing that someone was at the door." means he got up quickly when he realised someone was at the door.

You must and know your topic for example a comedian will always know when to say a certain thing this is because they are a good communicator.

Another feature of spoken language is knowing how to modulate your voice and adapt it to certain people for example you will speak differently to a friend

Than to a colleague at work. When you are speaking to people you must know your purpose for example you must know why you are communicating as you could be trying to persuade motivate or ay other reasons. You must also know your topic so you can fully explain what you are trying to say to make sure you can inform people fully. Another important principle is communicate a little at a time a good example of this is a teacher as a teacher will have to always stop for questions and expect some one to disagree this is where another principle comes into play anticipate objections this is very important as you have to acept that not everyone will agree with you so you will have to try to convince them to change theire mind