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Write G for GOOD and P for POOR communication skills:
________ Making good eye contact.
________ Looking interested in the conversation.
________ Interrupting as they are talking.
________ Staying focussed on the conversation.
________ Being distracted by everything going on in the room.
________ Making a comment that has nothing to do with the conversation.
________ Smiling and nodding as they are speaking.
________ Slouching in your chair.
________ Remembering what they say and repeating some of it back to them.
________ Yawning and telling them how bored you are.
________ Encouraging them to keep talking.
________ Ending the conversation quickly.
Are you a good or a poor communicator? Why do you feel so?
Movie Critic
Watch the 2012 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama movie ‘English
Vinglish’. It is about a housewife who is mocked by her family for not
knowing English. Her attempt to learn the language helps her rediscover
herself and reassert her value as a mother and a wife.
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