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today,I'm doing my English presentation about plastic surgery....my classmates is doing a title which is about "Ghost"...he really talk a lot about 'Ghost' make me feel scary...especially he is putting a video to let us watch the real ghost which he found from Cnn news...the ghost is look like a cloud and it is blue colour. The blue colour cloud can be fly and it really look unbelieveable...my classmates also talk a lot about how to prevent to get see ghost...after he told the presentation i learned a lot about ghost.

entertaining speech...brushing

Learning to Make a Speech Easy to Understand

The main purpose of an informative speech is to teach, a good informative speech is one that's easy for the audience to understand. Thus, it's very important that students learn how to organize their informative speech well. This is a skill students often find difficult, and it's one instructors need to spend time teaching. Some organizational concepts students need to understand include:

* Speech outlining. Much as students dislike this, it's a very important part of the assignment-- and will help with writing skills as well.
* Thesis statements that effectively preview the speech.
* Transitions between points, including the use of "signpost" words such as "first" and "finally."
* Conclusions that summarize main points.

In addition, it's important that students learn to use language that's easy for their audience to understand. They need to learn to avoid jargon, or terms that are familiar only to people with a specific interest or profession.

Much of informative speaking is governed by common sense. The speaker needs to creatively find ways to allow the audience to learn something. Spend some time brainstorming with students about effective strategies that each of them can use to teach their topic to the class. Ask the students to think of useful examples that will make the topic easier to understand.

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Avoid Certain Foods Before Your Persuasive Speaking

A thin coat of mucus protects the nasal passages and the health of your voice. However, too much may cause you to clear your throat excessively, which irritates the vocal chords and leaves your voice sounding strained.

Fatty foods and caffeinated beverages, such as coffee, tea, and sodas, are dehydrating and are the major contributors of mucus. Avoid them on the days you are going to speak. This includes the days you will be making a lot of phone calls, giving a lecture, doing a recording session, or speaking in front of a group.

1. Forbidden foods for speakers:

a. Chocolate: candy, hot chocolate (caffeine in the cocoa dries vocal chords)
b. Mints: (menthol dries out the vocal chords)
c. Anything fried: French fries, chicken (high in fat)
d. Dairy products: milk, cream, cheese (causes more mucus)
e. Creamy foods: mayonnaise, cream cheese, butter (mucus forming)
f. Baked goods: pastries, cakes, and cookies (high in fat)
g. Coffee or latte drinks: caffeine combined with cream = deadly voice
h. Alcohol: never for obvious reasons

2. Recommend foods for speakers:

a. Salad with oil and vinegar dressing or lemon (no creamy salad dressing)
b. Turkey sandwich with mustard on whole wheat bread
c. Grilled chicken or fish with lemon only and steamed veggies (no sauces)

Your voice is your speaking tool - take good care of it.

History of Diwali

Ravana India is a land of festivals. Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is celebrated with fervor and gaiety. The festival is celebrated by young and old, rich and poor, throughout the country to dispel darkness and light up their lives. The festival symbolizes unity in diversity as every state celebrates it in its own special way.

The celebration of the four-day festival commences on Aswayuja Bahula Chaturdasi and concludes on Kartika Shudda Vijiya. The first day of the festival Naraka Chaturdasi marks the vanquishing of the demon Naraka by Lord Krishna and his wife Satyabhama.

'Puranas' have it that Naraka, son of Bhudevi, acquired immense power from a blessing given by Lord Brahma after a severe penance. He soon unleashed a reign of terror in the kingdom of Kamarupa, harassing celestial beings with his invincible might. Unable to bear the tyranny of the demon, the celestial beings pleaded with Lord Krishna to save them from his torture.

But Naraka could not be easily killed as he had a boon that he would face death only at the hands of his mother Bhudevi. So, Krishna asks his wife Satyabhama, the reincarnation of Bhudevi, to be his charioteer in the battle with Naraka.

When Krishna feigns unconsciousness after being hit by an arrow of Naraka, Satyabhama takes the bow and aims the arrow at Naraka, killing him instantly. Later Lord Krishna reminds her of the boon she had sought as Bhudevi. The slaying of Naraka by Sathyabhama could also be taken to interpret that parents should not hesitate to punish their children when they stray on to the wrong path. The message of Naraka Chaturdasi is that the good of the society should always prevail over one's own personal bonds.

The second day is Amavasya when Lakshmi puja is performed. It is believed that on this day Goddess Lakshmi would be in her benevolent mood and fulfill the wishes of her devotees. One version says that it was on this day that Goddess Lakshmi emerged from Kshira Sagara (Ocean of Milk) when the Gods and demons were churning the sagara (ocean) for nectar (Amrit)

The other version is that when Lord Vishnu in the guise of Vamana, sought three feet of land from the generous demon king Bali, the latter had to surrender his head as Vamana had conquered the earth and the sky in two strides. Lord Vishnu banishes Bali into the Pathala Loka (netherland) by keeping his third stride on Bali's head. Later, pleased by his generosity, Lord Vishnu grants him a boon and he in turn requests the Lord to guard his palace at Pathala Loka.

Meanwhile, the Goddess is unable to bear the separation and her grief affects the functioning of the entire universe. Brahma and Lord Shiva offer themselves as guards and plead with Bali to relieve Vishnu. So, on the Amavasya day, Lord Vishnu returns to his abode and Goddess Lakshmi is delighted. It is believed that those who worship Goddess Lakshmi on this day would be bestowed with all the riches.

The third day is "Kartika Shudda Padyami." On this day Bali would come out of Pathala Loka and rule Bhuloka as per the boon given by Lord Vishnu. Hence, it is also known as "Bali Padyami".

The fourth day is referred to as "Yama Dvitiya." On this day, sisters invite their brothers to their homes.

However, in the northern part of India it is celebrated as the return of Ram along with Sita and Lakshman from his 14 years of exile after killing Ravana. To commemorate his return to Ayodhya, his subjects illuminated the kingdom and burst crackers. For the Gujaratis, Marwaris and other business community Diwali marks the worship of Goddess Lakshmi and also the beginning of the new financial year.

For Bengalis, it is the time to worship Goddess Kali or Durga. The Goddess Durga continued her "Vilaya Tandava" even after killing demon Mahishasura.

The history of deepavali is very unic for me....by the way i wish all the people who celebrate deepavali 'happy deepavali'.

Nominal Group Technique

Nominal group technique was developed to involve all members in determining group goals. The technique is termed "nominal" because much of the work is done independently by group members. Though conducted in a group setting, a good deal of the discussion that is part of normal group meetings is avoided. Since members work individually and are not influenced by group discussion, a broad range of ideas may be suggested.

By involving all members in a highly structured exercise, the technique tends to reduce the influence of dominant individuals. No one is permitted to lobby for a particular position. Criticism of others ideas is prohibited. Thus a safe group climate is created in which all members feel free to express themselves.

Involvement of all members in the goal setting process acts to motivate the members to accomplish the selected goals. Because everyone had a hand in determining the goals, they are more likely to work toward accomplishing them.

The technique is not a magic solution that will solve all the problems of a struggling group. High power individuals may object to a technique that reduces their influence. If significant interests are not represented at the session, the validity of the results will be questionable. The technique does not use in-depth discussion of recommendations nor careful analysis of background information. It does involve all members in generating a large number of alternatives and then reducing them to a manageable number of priorities in a minimum period of time.

Steps:

1 . Break group down into groups of 6-1 0 to facilitate discussion and recording.
2 . Participants write on note cards all the ideas they can think of in response to the task question. The task question needs to be carefully worded to focus thinking on the proper issue. Members work individually and silently.
3. A recorder for each group writes down all the ideas on newsprint and numbers them. This is done in a round-robin fashion, taking one idea at a time from each member until all ideas are recorded. No lobbying or criticism!
4. The group examines its list to see if any ideas can be combined.
5. Individual members vote for the ideas they feel are most important by writing the numbers of the ideas on their cards. The number of ideas each selects should be based on the total number of ideas; choose three ideas from a total of up to 15, four from a total of 15-25, five for a total greater than 25.
6. Recorders tally the number of responses for each item.
7. Results from each small group are reported back to the whole group.
8. A second round of voting on the top priorities is done by the group as a whole.
9. The total number of ideas to be acted upon depends on the number of priorities the group feels it can pursue.

Communication skills training

Various types and forms of the Group Communication Skills Training are used all over the world for those who are trying to improve their communication (Social, Interpersonal, Negotiating etc.) skills. Thousands of books and articles devoted to these topics are published every year. The training scheme based on the holistic Social Pedagogical Concept developed by the Prussian educational thinker Friedrich Diesterweg n the middle of the 19th century and on the Technology of Instruction Theory created by the Russian psychologist Piotr Galperin in the middle of the 20th century and developed by their followers is widely spread in Europe and used by Social Workers and Psychologists for children and for adults to improve their Communication Skills. The following article describes practical implementation of this schema.

The concept of transforming personal behavior from impulsive to reflexive level forms the basis of active social psychological education. It is accomplished through objectifying and assimilating to a wider spectrum of daily life models, patterns and communication. As soon as a person realizes the inconsistencies that his everyday impulsive social behavior has brought, he (she) becomes conducive to change learning new behavioral models, patterns, approaches, and ways. These models and patterns form the basis for new mental actions that ensure better communications in daily activities than previously for the student. After learning of these new models, patterns of social behavior, they are gradually assimilated and adapted into a person’s consciousness and transferred back to his unconsciousness impulsive level. Such transformations are accomplished under the direction and influence of the referent group and trainer.

Effective group communication

Three general categories have been identified as critical to successful group communication.
1. Commitment – members integrity and leadership qualities.
2. Communication – discussion, listening, and facilitation.
3. Organisation – setting ground rules for communication, decision making, meeting structure and record keeping.

Commitment
“A group isn’t so much about issues as it is about relationships.” Landcare groups can typically bring individuals together with adversarial views. Overcoming differences and working towards a common goal requires an inordinate commitment of time and effort on the part of all participants. A successful group demands integrity, honesty, openness and respect from all group members.

Member integrity is essentially a personal value, and is therefore difficult to define. However the following will help members evaluate their own and others’ performance. Traits of group members displaying integrity: Respectful of others
-Listens and learns
-Willing to expose own vulnerability and weakness
-Willing to set and follow rules
-Considers new ideas and approaches
-Has sincere concern for the issue(s)
-Commits time and resource to the group
-Sticks it out over the long haul
-Is a team player

In addition, many groups find it useful to develop ethical guidelines or rules to guide member interactions.

Sample guidelines as developed by groups:
-Express intentions and agendas honestly and openly.
-Respect the views and interest of the others.
-Do not make disparaging remarks about others, organisations or the meeting itself.
-Listen to others – especially those most opposed to you.
-Avoid side conversations.
-Selective distribution of material and side conversations are unacceptable.
-Group materials are open to anyone, whether or not they are group members.
-Be specific from the start about objectives – do not create false expectations.
-Be committed to the success of the program.
-Do what you say you will do.
-Express needs not positions.
-Encourage involvement in the group.

Human-animal communication

Human-animal communication is easily observed in everyday life. The interactions between pets and their owners, for example, reflect a form of spoken, while not necessarily verbal, dialogue. For example, a dog being scolded does not need to understand every word of its admonishment, but is able to grasp the message by interpreting cues such as the owner's stance, tone of voice, and body language. This communication is two-way, as owners can learn to discern the subtle differences between barks and meows … one hardly has to be a professional animal trainer to tell the difference between the bark of an angry dog defending its home and the happy bark of the same animal while playing. Communication (often nonverbal) is also significant in equestrian activities such as dressage.

Dumb, but i agree with some of it!???

You are Blue Sheep type, who is gentle to others and have calm attitude and a quiet atmosphere around you.
You can make other people feel good, and yet at the same time you have a natural instinct to see people's insight.
You can turn things into your own pace as well.
You are a person of knowledge, and can provide wide range of information.
You are very quick on trends.
Unlike your outlooks, you have guts to fight.
You can build relationships based on each other's interests.
You have a will power to achieve your set objective by carefully planning your schedules.
Although you have bright brains and clear mind to analyze things, you tend to leave the decision on lapse of time.
Your weakness is you can be slow on decision making and putting into action.
You are good at competition and have great ambition.
Your success lies in cooperating with others and trying to be helpful to others.
You put priority in economics, and try to stable the household budget.


sry sir, but trying to read the human comm textbook can really bore you!=)... oh well, thank god we had a cool lecturer to make a boring interesting subject fun to learn!.. oh well anyways, this is wat i did wen i went online as a fren of mine sent this link to me!http://world.doubutsu-uranai.com/... and well i dono about the rest of youll who tried it or is gonna try this!... mine was partially true about how i tend to leave the decision on lapse of time and about how slow i am in decision making and putting it in action, the part tat i disagree the most would be the priority in economics. "I try to stale the house hold budget??!!!".... i try maybe yes, but i never succeed!=)... lol!... oh well!... im gonna get back to TRYING to read up my textbook!=)... wish the rest of youll luck too!=)... till next time!

chunking principle

Chunking is a principle that applies to the effective communication of information between human beings. It is particularly useful in the domain of written communication. It was first put forward in the 1950s by a Harvard psychologist named George A. Miller. He published a landmark journal article entitled "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two". Miller studied the short term memory. For example, how many numbers people could be reliably expected to remember a few minutes after having been told these numbers only once. The answer was: "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two".

Millers concept goes beyond numbers. For example, most of us can remember about seven recently learned chunks of similarly classified data.

Decision making method......learning to hear your inner voice

Accessing your inner-voice is an innate ability. It’s something you may not do consciously, but you hear and use your inner-voice to make all kinds of decisions. It takes only a little bit of work to make this a conscious practice. Here’s some easy and effective ways to turn the volume up on your inner-voice.

Your inner-voice will speak to you in different ways. In order to communicate with the intuitive part of yourself, you must learn your body’s intuitive language. To do this, close your eyes, fill your mind with quiet and listen to yourself breathe deeply. Now think of something that means “YES” to you. It can be the feeling or image of a person or a place, something real or imagined, it doesn’t matter. The object is to hold in your mind a vivid and personal image of “YES”. Your body will respond to this ‘YES” by moving in a certain way. It’s different for everyone. You might notice your body swaying backwards or frontward or to one side. You may feel light or heavy, hot or cold. You will feel it, however subtle it may be. Clear your mind and recognize your body’s unique response to “YES”. Now think of “NO”. Conjure in your mind, an image of “NO”. What is your body’s response to “NO”? This is your body’s intuitive language.

This same process can be replicated using an ordinary chain necklace to determine the “YES” and “NO” response. It’s simple. Take a chain necklace and undo the clasp. Hold one end of the chain with your thumb and index finger. Hold the chain up so that the other end can move freely. Place the open palm of your other hand underneath the dangling end of the chain. The end of the chain should point to the center of your palm when still. Hold the chain with whichever hand feels right. Repeat the “YES/NO” process described above. Still your mind and then conjure up the image of “YES”. Remain still and watch the chain. It will move in one direction or the other, just as your body did. This is the very same method except that you are using an external tool to make your body’s intuitive response visible.

The key to these practices is to have no expectations. Just let your mind become clear of thought. Let thoughts pass through without grabbing your attention. It’s like clearing the air of noise and clutter so that your inner-voice can be heard. Often times, we react out of emotions that are not aligned with our higher wisdom. This usually creates a situation that is less than satisfactory. Using your inner-voice will help you make decisions with greater confidence because you will know that you are tapping your own best source of advice. You will develop this skill by focusing more attention in that direction. Let this desire to hear your inner-voice be a constant thought in the back of your mind. Using your inner-voice becomes natural with such practice.

It is simple to use your new found ability to hear your inner-voice. A great way to start is by shopping. Try this at the grocery store: Instead of automatically picking up some produce or a product and tossing it into the basket, hold it in your hands in front of your stomach and ask yourself if it’s a “YES” or a “NO”. You will probably experience an immediate response. This same process is equally effective for many different situations. It’s best to practice at first with little decisions. As your inner-voice becomes stronger to you, your confidence in using it will grow. Then you can use it to aid you in making tougher decisions such as whether to take a certain job or contract.

Your inner-voice is a source of unfailing guidance. Develop your natural ability to hear your own wisdom and you will make sound decisions with greater confidence.

where will you be this halloween?

Types of Groups

- Additive Work Group: All group members perform the same activity and pool their results at the end. An example of this would be gathering signatures for a petition drive.

- Conjunctive Work Group: Group members perform different, but related, tasks that allow for the completion of a goal. Every group member must complete their task in order for the group task to be completed. An example of this would be an assembly line, in which each worker performs tasks that together build a completed car.

- Disjunctive Task: Members meet to determine the best alternative for a problem or issue. There are two types of disjunctive tasks

1)Judgment Task: Group members must choose one correct answer from all alternatives.

2)Decision-Making Task: Group members must choose the best alternative from a set of options. There is no one correct answer for a decision-making group.

Andrei Chikatilo's career as the cannibalistic "Shelter Belt Killer" spanned 12 years and won him notoriety as the 20th century's most savage serial killer. Growing up in a small Ukranian village, Chikatilo often heard his mother describe how an older brother had been abducted and eaten during the 1930s famine. Other strong memories included nearly dying of hunger and seeing the bodies of children dismembered by the Nazis. Near-sighted and afflicted by a brain-based sexual dysfunction, Chikatilo came to believe he had been blinded and castrated at birth. However, he and his wife Feodosia had two children, whom he supported by becoming a teacher after completing his military service.

A harmless-looking family man, Chikatilo did not kill until he was 42. After attempting to rape nine-year-old Lena Zakotnova, Chikatilo stabbed the girl three times and threw her into a river. Police suspected convicted rapist Alexander Kravchenko, who confessed under pressure and was executed in 1983. After his first murder, Chikatilo lost his teaching job for molesting students. Allowed to resign, he began teaching at a mining school. Ridiculed by his students, who called him "Goose," he found a new position as a senior engineer at the Rostovnerud factory.

Chikatilo's travels to procure supplies often took him to the train station in nearby Rostov. There he met Larisa Tkachenko, with whom he attempted to have sex. When she mocked his inability to perform, he strangled her and then bit her, swallowing one of her nipples. He then covered the body with newspapers and left it in the woods.

Chikatilo's second murder contained all the elements of what became his ritual: attempted sex, humiliation, murder, mutilation and sexual cannibalism, followed by an improvised funeral. In the system he used to classify victims, this seventeen-year-old was an EM, someone with "easy morals." Other categories were homeless people, adolescents, and the mentally disabled. Nine months later, Chikatilo murdered a twelve-year-old girl. Later that year, he killed three youths within three weeks. As he bit off his first male victim's tongue, Chikatilo fantasized that he was interrogating one of the Nazis who invaded Russia during World War II.

In 1984, after fifteen murders, Chikatilo was arrested by the Rostov police. A knife and rope were found in his possession, but a mentally challenged boy had confessed to the "Shelter Belt killings" and Chikatilo's blood type did not match the semen in evidence. He was released. After a massive investigation, Chikatilo was arrested again in 1990. Confronted by a psychological profile prepared by Dr. Alexander Bukhanovsky, he confessed to 55 murders. Though Chikatilo claimed to be unable to control his actions, psychiatrists found him legally sane. Charged with 53 counts of murder and 5 counts of child molestation, he was tried in a cage to protect him from victims' relatives. Found guilty of all but one murder, Chikatilo was executed by a gunshot to the back of the head in 1994

Animal communication as entertainment

Though animal communication has always been a topic of public comment and attention, for a period in history it surpassed this and became sensational popular entertainment. From the late 1700s through the mid 19th century, a succession of pigs and various other animals were displayed to the public in for-profit performances, boasting the ability to communicate with their owners (often in more than one language), write, solve math problems, and the like. One poster dated 1817 shows a group of "Java sparrows" who are advertised as knowing seven languages, including Chinese and Russian. One pig of the era was so famous that it performed for royalty, and an obituary upon its death claimed that it made more money than any actor or actress of the same time; a fact that, whether strictly true, was at least believable to contemporary readers. By the late 1840s the fad had died down considerably. While the occasional appearance by a "learned" animal continued into the radio and television eras, it was by then generally understood that feats such as using cards to spell words, barking or tapping a hoof to solve equations, and the like were the products of training rather than actual communication. Though the tradition continues to this day on the "Stupid Pet Tricks" segment of Late Night with David Letterman, it seems likely that the era of trained pigs entertaining the crowned heads of Europe are over.

Great ape language

Research into non-human great ape language has involved teaching gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans to communicate with human beings and with each other using sign language, physical tokens, and lexigrams; see Yerkish. Primatologists argue that the primates' use of these tools indicates their ability to use "language", although this is not consistent with some definitions of that term.

Apes that demonstrate understanding
A production is a stream of lexemes with semantic content. A language is grammar and a set of lexemes. A sentence (or statement) is a stream of lexemes which obeys a grammar, with a beginning and an end. Non-human animals have been recorded to have produced behaviors which are consistent with meanings accorded to human sentence productions. (That is, some animals in the following species can be said to "understand" (receive), and some can "apply" (produce) consistent, appropriate, grammatical streams of communication.) David Premack and Jacques Vauclair have cited language research for the following animals:
-Common Chimpanzees
-Gorillas
-Orangutans
-Bonobos

Baby using Baby Signs® to communicate

A tribute to my IDOL!

1st goal for Liverpool FC!


And now.... His 100th goal for this historic club!

Business

yes!... i have ventured into a government sponsored business. i went for a talk 2 weeks ago and got convinced that the product and marketting concept is realistic. i liked it and now im an official KENSHIDO member!... getting into it was not easy for me as i didnt have enough money to start of. however, i spoke to my mom and she agreed to give me a soft loan!.... with that big sum of money i have taken from my mom i have taken a risk in joining this business. i was told that i am entering this business with no risk involved, i think differently as there is risk in anything you. this is going to a big lift in life for me, as i have never done any jobs before this. i have to dress formal when i enter office and meet with my seniors. in this business you are your boss and you are your worker. all i have to do is to communicate with ppl and mainly apply persuasive speaking due to marketing purposes. i really do hope that what i have learnt in human communication class will be used well in order to judge a person when i approach someone regarding wether this person is my friend or an outsider who is a potential customer. i also have to stress that this business will test the friendship bond between me and one of my closest friends as we ventured into this same busniess one after the other. its general for one to be different when he or she is doin business and when he or she is hanging out with friends and family. with this business me and my friend will show our true colours and hence this will really test our friendship. the beauty of this business is that if your upperline doesnt work you wount gain anything and if your downline doesnt move, you will not gain anything. we work as a team!... i really do hope this will be an experience for me and that i will learn a lot from it.

what u guys think about translation??

Translation is the interpreting of the meaning of a text and the subsequent production of an equivalent text, likewise called a "translation," that communicates the same message in another language. The text to be translated is called the "source text," and the language that it is to be translated into is called the "target language"; the final product is sometimes called the "target text."

Translation must take into account constraints that include context, the rules of grammar of the two languages, their writing conventions, and their idioms. A common misconception is that there exists a simple word-for-word correspondence between any two languages, and that translation is a straightforward mechanical process. A word-for-word translation, however, does not take into account context, grammar, conventions, and idioms.

Translation is fraught with the potential for "spilling over" of idioms and usages from one language into the other, since both languages coexist within the translator's mind. Such spilling-over easily produces linguistic hybrids such as "Franglais" (French-English), "Spanglish" (Spanish-English), "Poglish" (Polish-English) and "Portuñol" (Portuguese-Spanish).

On the other hand, inter-linguistic spillages have also served the useful purpose of importing cal ques and loanwords from a source language into a target language that had previously lacked a concept or a convenient expression for the concept. Translators and interpreters have thus played an important role in the evolution of cultures.

The art of translation is as old as written literature. Parts of the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, among the oldest known literary works, have been found in translations into several Asiatic languages of the second millennium BCE. The Epic of Gilgamesh may have been read, in their own languages, by early authors of the Bible and of the Iliad.

With the advent of computers, attempts have been made to computerize or otherwise automate the translation of natural-language texts (machine translation) or to use computers as an aid to translation (computer-assisted translation).

Communication gap (Joke)

A judge was interviewing a woman regarding her pending divorce, and asked, "What are the grounds for your divorce?"

She replied, "About four acres and a nice little home in the middle of the property with a stream running by."

"No," he said, "I mean what is the foundation of this case?"

"It is made of concrete, brick and mortar," she responded.

"I mean," he continued, "What are your relations like?"

"I have an aunt and uncle living here in town, and so do my husband's parents."

He said, "Do you have a real grudge?"

"No," she replied, "We have a two-car carport and have never really needed one."

"Please," he tried again, "is there any infidelity in your marriage?"

"Yes, both my son and daughter have stereo sets. We don't necessarily like the music, but the answer to your questions is yes."

"Ma'am, does your husband ever beat you up?"

"Yes," she responded, "about twice a week he gets up earlier than I do."

Finally, in frustration, the judge asked, "Lady, why do you want a divorce?"

"Oh, I don't want a divorce," she replied. "I've never wanted a divorce. My husband does. He said he can't communicate with me."

Connected......

i jus have a movie with my classmates which the movie title is about 'connected'...actually the movie regard a lot about interpersonal communication...the story of the movie is begin with a girl is been catch by a group of bastard international police and they catch the girl because they want get back a video tape which the tape is record the process of the group people who kill other people!!the record is take by the girl brother...actually the girl and her brother is just a victim...and when the girl is been catch and lock inside a cottage...she is think of the way to going out the cottage...inside the cottage has a phone and she is trying to make a phone call but unlucky the villain see it and broke the phone...but the girl is so clever of she is trying repair back the phone by connect back the phone wire...she is try to connect a blue colour and red colour wire and just use the wire to dial a number which can be connect...luckily she is get connect to a number and which the phone number is a guy...she tell the guy she is in danger and call the guy to help her but the guy is call she don't play play...beside the girl is a taiwanese and the guy is from hong kong and they just communicate by different languange and they can also understand of each other are talk about..but at the end the guy is believe it and the guy is try helping she by just using the phone and and they are swear between to keep connect with the phone..a lot of problem is happening by the guy when the process she is trying to help the girl...hmm at here i cant explain all the script of the movie to u guys but i advice u guys to have this movie because it actually is a nice movie...but i can tell u guys at the end the guy is really get help the girl!!beside i feel surprise of they just have a interpersonal communication with the girl is just using a broken phone to make a call,so at conclusion phone is really important for us when we stay in emergency....!'NO PHONE,NO LIFE"

An Office Joke

How to accurately express your feelings when communicating with co-workers

It has been brought to management's attention that some Individuals throughout the company have been using foul language during the course of normal conversation with their co-workers. Due to complaints received from some employees who may be easily offended, this type of language will no longer be tolerated. We do however, realise the critical importance of being able to accurately express your feelings when communicating with co-workers. 

Therefore a list of TRY SAYING new phrases has been provided so that proper exchange of ideas and information can continue in an effective manner without risk of offending our more sensitive employees. 

TRY SAYING: Perhaps I can work late. 
INSTEAD OF: When the fuck do you expect me to do this? 

TRY SAYING: I'm certain that is not feasible.
INSTEAD OF: No fucking way. 

TRY SAYING: Really?
INSTEAD OF: You've got to be taking the piss. 

TRY SAYING: Perhaps you should check with... 
INSTEAD OF: Tell someone who gives a shit. 

TRY SAYING: Of course I'm concerned 
INSTEAD OF: Ask me if I give a shit. 

TRY SAYING: I wasn't involved in that project. 
INSTEAD OF: It's not my fucking problem. 

TRY SAYING: That's interesting. 
INSTEAD OF: What the fuck?!?! 

TRY SAYING: I'm not sure I can implement this.
INSTEAD OF: Fuck it, it won't work. 

TRY SAYING: I'll try to schedule that. 
INSTEAD OF: Why the fuck didn't you tell me sooner? 

TRY SAYING: Are you sure this is a problem? 
INSTEAD OF: Who the fuck cares? 

TRY SAYING: He's not familiar with the problem. 
INSTEAD OF: He's got his head up his ass. 

TRY SAYING: So you weren't happy with it? 
INSTEAD OF: Kiss my ass. 

TRY SAYING: I don't think you understand. 
INSTEAD OF: Shove it up your ass. 

TRY SAYING: I love a challenge. 
INSTEAD OF: This job sucks. 

TRY SAYING: You want me to take care of that? 
INSTEAD OF: Who the hell died and made you boss? 

TRY SAYING: I see.

INSTEAD OF: Blow me. 

TRY SAYING: Yes, we really should discuss it. 
INSTEAD OF: Another fucking meeting!!!! 

TRY SAYING: I don't think this will be a problem. 
INSTEAD OF: I really don't give a shit. 

TRY SAYING: He's somewhat insensitive. 
INSTEAD OF: He's a fucking prick. 

TRY SAYING: I think you could use more training. 
INSTEAD OF: You don't know what the fuck you're doing.

Communication in the Leadership Camp

Last week I attended the leadership camp which was organized by the HMC. After every activity that we had done, we had a small group discussion to talk about how did we perform in the previous activity and express our feelings. somehow, my group discussion wasn't that good. I was called the 'pass-girl' in my group because when it's my turn, i would always say 'pass', i always wanna be the last one to talk. It's because I need thinking time. Moreover I'm not an observant person, I'm not aware of the things happen around me. Only when people mention about it I will realise. Therefore during the discussions, i always wanted to listen to others' opinions first before i voice out mine.

on the last day of the camp, we were required to talk about everyone in the group about their strengths and weaknesses. I found that very tough because not everyone could accept the negative comments. Some people would tend to defend themselves. Some people might not voice out what they really thought because they're afraid of offending people.

There was an activity which we were blind folded and walked in a line and we had to walk to our destination on a field. I found communication was important. The leader in front would remind us of the obstacles and we passed the message to the members behind to avoid them from being hurt . Too much communication is not good as well. Some group members had given too many comments and that brought confusion to everyone else in the group, in the end everything was delayed. 

Communication is really situational and it has no one or ideal way. There's still alot more we have to learn about communication

Beauty

Beauty is skin deep,
Beauty is inside you,
Beauty is in your heart.
Beauty can be revealed.

Only by,
Beauty is speech,
Beauty is behavior,
Beauty is actions,
Beauty is how you carry yourself,
Beauty is when someone portrays ones trueself.



-Nanda Kumar-

THE INADEQUACY OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION

Do you experience what I am saying?

Language is almost certainly an invention of the rational mind (seated in the neocortex of the human brain), and it is most probably the only part of the mind that can use words to think. I would guess that other parts of mind use pictures, patterns, or symbols as tools of thought rather than using words.

Words are extremely abstract ?a combination of sounds to designate a specific concept (an abstract of mind to indicate some aspect of reality). It is not necessary to use words when thinking, but words certainly help us to communicate with each other.

I would think that very primitive organisms probably start of by differentiating between levels of light and dark, cold and heat, or muck and food (feeling, taste, and smell). The next step would be that of discerning different forms (a primitive eye) and then perceiving patterns (repetitive forms) in these forms.

Your dog, and/or cat, can ead?your intentions and feelings very clearly, by observing and analysing the different patterns you weave into your daily live, and vice versa. Just but ask any pet owner.

An early way of understanding and thinking rationally would be by using symbols. Symbols can then be the start of language. I think that the different layers of the human brain still work in this very way.

Life is much about patterns and hierarchies, and the encoding of these patterns and hierarchies into symbols and language as information.

However, language is an extremely limited artefact to use in communication. Whatever I experience is my attern that connects?me to reality, and to explain that to somebody else I need language, art, mathematics, et cetera.

However, no means of human communication is truly adequate to explain reality; we can but only approximate by mapping (or modelling) reality.

Your physical experiences are already very tough to communicate to somebody else; your emotional experiences are even tougher; spiritual and mystical experiences are impossible! Other people inner experiences unquestionably exist, but they can never be observed by our ordinary senses.

This then is my problem: How do I communicate with you about concepts like life, spirit, the soul, mind, and consciousness? How do I communicate about God, reality, love, and my pain and joy? The only way I can think of to communicate with you (especially over distance and time) is by means of the very restricted lingual apparatus of analogy and metaphor.

Video shooting

alright, it's a bit too late to talk about the tutorial class that i had last week. sorry Mr. Murali... lol~

We were supposed to shoot a non-verbal video and present it in the tutorial class. as for my group, we decided to shoot a video about job interview. frankly speaking, our video was the worst among all. nobody understood what we were trying to deliver, no visual effects, no sound effects and bla bla bla. but i would really wanna say thank you to Mr.Murali for not penalizing us. 

but the videos produced by other groups were fantastic. their videos were interesting, humour, and yet meaningful. i was really impressed by that. the most understandable video was the one talking about the triangle love that involved 3 girls. that was clean, simple, nice and can be understood easily.

the funniest one would be leconte's group one. although i didn't really know what's the theme in the video, but the non-verbal communication among the presenters were very clear, i could know what were they trying to express from their body language and expression easily. 

well, the above are just my little comments about the videos presented in tutorial class B. they are not meant to be offensive XD

Beauty or Brains?

Seriously guys. this is a very debatable topic. and a very controversial one to. well, if you have the brains your suppose to be some smart ass that knows everything that was in Einsteins head. and if your beautiful man or woman, your suppose to attract the opposite sex in no time. well based on many studies and statistic, it has shown that attractive people get jobs more easily compared to the people with the brains. well, to me people with the excess of both have high self-esteem. one thinks they are damn good looking and another things that they know every single thing known to mankind. to me, they are both arrogant people( I AM JUST GENERALIZING). i know many people who are damn good looking and damn smart but are damn down to earth people. but anyways, well i think you need a mixture of both in order to survive and the thing that counts the most is the INNER BEAUTY one possess. the only way this inner beauty is revealed, well is by the way one portrays himself or herself. what i mean here is, when the person converses with another, the tone and the politeness in his or her speech is the real beauty of a person. besides a persons conversing skills, a person inner beauty can be potrayed when he or she shows how they behave. the way a person behaves in different situation also shows the beauty of a person. the way a person carries and walks also shows what kinda attitude the person has. basiclly the a person carries themselves shows the beauty in them. the way a person acts while communicating with different kind of parties also show a beauty of a person. lastly, a beauty of a person can be shown with the kind of attitude that person has towards many situation. to me, too look beautiful, you have to be ethical and humble in what ever your doing at all times.

MOVIE

Today, lecturer let us see a movie. Hmm...it is nice and touching...In the movie, the relationship between the father and the daughter is very close. At first, the father is very worry and care about his daughter as he does not allow her to study at Georgetown college which is very far from his house. His daughter start feeling her father very irritating and start argue to him. The end of this movie is the father start realise his daughter is not a small girl already and start trust her that she will take good care of herself. In this story, i know the communication between family members is very important in order to get close to each other and build a happy family. Hence. we have to spend more time to understand others feelings and opinions and always chat to our family members.

Taxi services......

taxi can be say that is a major transport for me to going back....after finish class i will car pool my friend and my friend will stop me at bus stop that is around his house...the distance from his house to my house need around 15 minutes although the distance is just short i consider to take taxi because i hate to waste my time to waiting for the bus coming and from there,i need take two times of bus just can be arrive my house...besides i hate crowded!!^.^ya now i want to complaint about taxi services...i hate taxi which the air-cond have problem,especially the taxi i take today..the taxi driver is open all the window down then i not sure what's wrong of the air-cond but u can imagine that the hot sun on afternoon and the sweat is all coming out...that time i really want to scold the taxi driver but i try to control myself...that is a problem around here,recently for the news which is about the taxi service in our country..the research say that malaysia is the number first most bad taxi services for democratic and tourists..because they have bad attitude,open a high price to go each location,no manners and so on!!i also agree about that sometimes i told the taxi driver the actual direction i want to go,they back me'i pun tau la hanya ada jalan ni jer mana ada jalan lain lagi,takya kau bagitau'aiks i just want kindly to tell but their temper really bad x1000!!So,i hope that the people who incharge can take action about that to prevent lower the image about our country....i really hope that their services can be improve to make everyone is feel happy to take taxi in our country or may be the taxi driver can give some smile or greeting to their passenger and talk polite to them!!not like talk like want to fight or others..if can be acheive that our country is a country who everyone recommend!!Malaysia boleh!!!

Interpersonal Communication: Self-Disclosure

Ireland's Cultural Influence

Tips for Understanding Nonverbal Communication

• Recognize that people communicate on many levels. Watch their facial expressions, eye contact, posture, hand and feet movements, body movement and placement, and appearance and passage as they walk toward you. Every gesture is communicating something if you listen with your eyes. Become accustomed to watching nonverbal communication and your ability to read nonverbal communication will grow with practice.
• If a person’s words say one thing and their nonverbal communication says another, you are wont to listen to the nonverbal communication – and that is usually the correct decision.
• Assess job candidates based on their nonverbal communication. You can read volumes from how the applicant sits in the lobby. The nonverbal communication during an interview should also elucidate the candidate’s skills, strengths, weaknesses, and concerns for you.
• Probe nonverbal communication during an investigation or other situation in which you need facts and believable statements. Again, the nonverbal may reveal more than the person’s spoken words.
• When leading a meeting or speaking to a group, recognize that nonverbal cues can tell you:--when you’ve talked long enough,--when someone else wants to speak, and --the mood of the crowd and their reaction to your remarks.Listen to them and you’ll be a better leader and speaker.

In the light of this, non-verbal communication is a part and parcel in our life. We have to know more about it.

I belive in a superstition!

Yes, this is based on years of watching football! I belive eveytime Liverpool Fc are involved in a big game and i go watch it outside with my frens. THEY LOSE! like in the champions league finals, when they won it in Istanbul i was watching the game from home and 2 seasons later they played again in the finals. I watched it out with my friends! They lost!............. I belive i'm a superstitious guy!

Acting, experience?

I came a cross my 1st acting experience when i was in standard 6. But the role i had in this particular experience was a small one. If you Malaysian's remember the TV comedy series Kopitiam, well yes i featured on it. I had a very small role as on of the school students in this certain episode of a school. The scene took place in my primary school, Sekolah Kebangsaan Kampung Tunku. Im not entirely sure how the story went, but yeah it was a school scene and one of my friends was the student star in the episode. We were all thought by a psychotic teacher in school, and in the end we were all saved by a buff lookin dude?... oh well, i cant remember how the story was again. Oh well i have pictures... hopefully you'll still remember some of the actors from the series.=)

I like Non-verbal communication

our tutorial class for this week is about non-verbal communication video....mr.murali want each group member to prepared the video which is about non-verbal communicate...actually each group done their own video quick nice...i like every title which is done by other group include my own group one!!the video is make me more understand about what is non-verbal communication...non-verbal communication is like just communicate with the people without talk out the word...just like a dumb person they communicate with their friend or partner by hand..then they can understand what they are going to say...so non-verbal communication also can be consider is that kind...i'm right???

Non Verbal Communication

Meanings rest in people, not in words

We had a group activity in last tutorial class. Few people sitting together and reading newspaper...? oh nono... I mean we were required to find phrases or words from the newspaper to make a sentence that have more than 1 meaning. At first, we found it quite difficult to combine the phrases or words. But as we flipped through the newspaer, we actually saw many ambiguous phrases. We just have to be creative and think out of the box to find the second meaning of the phrase. Some groups had really creative thinking, they had really made up interesting sentences. Basically, all the groups had done a very good job. After all, I did not just learn how many meaning can a sentence have. Instead, I learnt meanings rest in people, not in words as well. Some sentences that we made up, if we hadn't voiced out the meaning we thought, the others wouldn't have known what else can that sentence mean. So 'meanings rest in people, not in words' is applied in this activity.

Rivalry, Supporters!

For more than forty decades this rivalry has been taking place. The rivalry i refer to is non other than the one between two legendary football clubs Liverpool and Manchester United. You can never say that a match played between these two footballing giants is a waste of time to watch. No matter what positions these two clubs are in the table, once they face of on the pitch. There is no telling what excitement you can expect from them. The players, managers, club owners and the main people who are involved internally feel huge preasure. Besides them, supporters as in the fans of such football clubs play an external part in the clubs victory. As a huge Liverpool supporter since i was 9, i have never missed any important games. As a supporter, all i want is to see the club succeeding so that i can have the rightfull bragging rights! Tonight about 9.45p.m. or so, Liverpool has regained some honour by beating their arch rivals in a 2-1 well deserved fought match. Thier last 8 meetings in the English Barclyas Premiere League yielded 7 wins going Uniteds way and a draw. Hopefully it is a huge lift for the Liverpool players to go on and produce class this season and give supporters like me, the bragging rights!=)

Language

Today, I learn somethings new in the Human Communication tutorial class. I know the important of language. As the lecturer said before, the meanings of language is depend on when and where it is used. There are several rules in the nature of language which are phonological rules, syntactic rules, semantic rules and pragmatic rules. The activity that we have done today is more about semantic rules. A word can has different meanings and it is depends on you on how you use it that apply in the sentences. Besides that, a same sentence can two or more meanings on different situation. The activity is fun as we have to use our creative and critical thinking to do it. Actually, it is tough to me because my English is not that good. Yeah....I learn more new words today and more understand about Human Communication.

Difference between hearing and listening

Listening is using our auditory senses to absorb and it is with understanding or comprehension of what you're hearing. Listening, on the other hand, is consciously trying to hear something. When someone is speaking to you, you are focus on what they are saying, so you are listening to them. On the contrary, hearing is simply your body's ability to sense sound. Hearing just means a noise is striking your eardrums - doesn't mean you're paying it any mind. If something falls unexpectedly, and crashes on the floor, then you are hearing the crash. If a lecture is boring, you hear it just because you have ears to hear but you are not listening to it. If it is interesting, you are listening to it. So, listening is voluntary process while hearing is not.
Hmm...am I right???

Types of Listening

Active listening

-Listening in a way that demonstrates interest and encourages continued speaking.

Appreciative listening

-Looking for ways to accept and appreciate the other person through what they say. Seeking opportunity to praise.

-Alternatively listening to something for pleasure, such as to music.

Attentive listening

-Listening obviously and carefully, showing attention.

Biased listening

-Listening through the filter of personal bias.

Casual listening

-Listening without obviously showing attention. Actual attention may vary a lot.

Comprehension listening

-Listening to understand. Seeking meaning (but little more).

Content listening

-Listening to understand. Seeking meaning (but little more).

Critical listening

-Listening in order to evaluate, criticize or otherwise pass judgment on what someone else says.

Deep listening

-Seeking to understand the person, their personality and their real and unspoken meanings and motivators.

Dialogic listening

-Finding meaning through conversational exchange, asking for clarity and testing understanding.

Discriminative listening

-Listening for something specific but nothing else (eg. a baby crying).

Empathetic listening

-Seeking to understand what the other person is feeling. Demonstrating this empathy. 

Evaluative listening

-Listening in order to evaluate, criticize or otherwise pass judgment on what someone else says.

False listening

-Pretending to listen but actually spending more time thinking.

Full listening

-Listening to understand. Seeking meaning.

High-integrity listening

-Listening from a position of integrity and concern.

Inactive listening

-Pretending to listen but actually spending more time thinking.

Informative listening

-Listening to understand. Seeking meaning (but little more).

Initial listening

-Listening at first then thinking about response and looking to interrupt.

Judgmental listening

-Listening in order to evaluate, criticize or otherwise pass judgment on what someone else says.

Partial listening

-Listening most of the time but also spending some time day-dreaming or thinking of a response. 

Reflective listening

-Listening, then reflecting back to the other person what they have said.

Relationship listening

-Listening in order to support and develop a relationship with the other person.

Sympathetic listening

-Listening with concern for the well-being of the other person. 

Therapeutic listening

-Seeking to understand what the other person is feeling. Demonstrating this empathy. 

Total listening

-Paying very close attention in active listening to what is said and the deeper meaning found through how it is said.

Whole-person listening

-Seeking to understand the person, their personality and their real and unspoken meanings and motivators.

'It is funny"........Human Cluedo

today i gonna to say about the thing that happened in the tutorial class for last week....in the class we will have a game about human cluedo....actually i really dunno what is human cluedo..there are five member in the group and each have their own character...the story is started about the play girl 1 which is already die and she is dunno about how she is die..so we guys need to think about the story...actually the story is such crazy...each of the character have their different of the story...the playgirl 1 is say the different happening and the playgirl 2 as a china maid has a dog which almost follow her but the chef is say that they are not has a dog in their house....."omg" i'm feel that what's the hell is going on... it really make me feel confuse about the story!A guy is almost ask every character about did u sex with who who who like that...i'm feel that the guy have a 'dirty mind'..hehe!!!But it is fun....the most funny part is the character whose as a butler he is really blur...when we ask the question he always answer 'har''har' and we ask that who is the owner of the house he also answer 'har'...really dunno what he mean of the 'har'...but he as a butler who almost open the door also dunno who is the owner of the house...haiz is really 'tak boleh tahan'.....*.*Actually the game izit different character will talk the different story to make us confuse or they never prepared what want to be talk???hmmm....how arh??or the story is about love??i think i need to think myself is how.....hehe!!!tats all.....

My understanding of Human Communication

After 2 weeks of human communication classes, I found it's really an interesting subject to learn. Yes, I mean to learn, not to be tested on. The definition of Human communication, as according to the textbook or the notes given by Mr. Murali, is the process of humans responding to symbolic behaviour. From the Wikipedia, I found another term of Human Communication which is Anthroposemiotics. 

Ok, I know it's too late to talk about the definition of Human Communication while we are in Chapter 3 already. But besides the official answer, what else do we know about human communication? Apparently I do not know anything, lets discover the undiscovered!

As I know, Human Communication is not just about Communication, Mass Communication or whatever... Human Communication is in our daily life. It is not just a subject, knowledge or information, it is part of our life. We communicate with people everyday. Even if we don't talk, we still communicate by using body language. To communicate with others, it is not neccesary to talk, we can have many different ways to deliver our messages to others.

At the moment, that's all I know about Human Communication. I'll tell you more when I've discovered the undiscovered. XD

Welcome human communication

hmmm....hai everybody thankyou for have a look of our blog.....i know u guys will feel surprise about our blog name...our blog name actually which is transfer by other language...actually the meaning of our blog name is about 14weeks with human communication course...that is also mean that we need to post our blog continueously for 14 weeks!!!For my first,when i gonna to choose this subject...i just feel the course is teach smthg like how to communicate with human or may be i'm feel it is useful for me in the mass communication course cause i gonna taking mass comm course in degree program!!!But,my thinking is wrong...in the first class...our beloved lecturer mr.murali is say that actually human communication is not really regard with mass comm course and the continue lesson i started feel that human communication is not just study how to communicate with human...human communication actually is teach us a lot about communicate...such like with the animal,public,in a group and etc!!!It also teach that different race also can be communicate of each language...not only of the problem u are indian then i cant communicate with you because of i cant speak tamil..u guys know what i mean……^.^I hope that with human communication course it can teach me a lot about communicate and so on!!

To be continue......

Facial Expressions

Many facial expressions have been identified as having an innate basis in humans. The evidence for this assertion comes from three lines of evidence:

Comparative ethology with non-human animals.

The human play face is characterized by a loose gape with the upper teeth often shown while the lower teeth are hidden by the lower lips drawn over the teeth. Play faces are often seen when people are rough-housing. It serves as a signal that the play fighting is not real. Play faces are also seen when a dominant individual is playing with a subordinate. Note the play face shown by the young girl playing with the puppies (note also that one of the puppies is smiling). The play face is also seen in a variety of non-human animals and it serves the same function.

Existence of the trait in physically handicapped children.

Play faces are also seen in blind or deaf-blind children.

Cross-cultural studies.

If a behavior is exhibited across all cultures studied, the assumption is that it is innate. One of the first examples of a behavior fitting these characteristics is the eyebrow flash. The eyebrow flash serves as a recognition signal and as an invitation for interaction. Other facial expressions that are seen cross-culturally include expressions of anger and rage, worry or anxiety, and fear faces.

Manual communication

Manual communication systems use articulation of the hands (hand signs, gestures) to mediate a message between persons. Being expressed manually, they are received visually, and sometimes factually. Manual communication, when it is a primary form of communication, may be enhanced by body language and facial expressions and other forms of communication.

Manual communication is employed in systems that are codes for spoken languages and with natural languages, such as in sign languages.

Other, simple forms of manual communication have also been developed. They are neither natural languages nor even a code that can fully render one. They communicate with a very limited set of signals about an even smaller set of topics and have been developed for situations where speech is not practical or permitted, or secrecy is desired.

Authentic Human communication

Authentic Human communication is constantly drowned beneath the deafening racket of an inhumane and insane multinational corporate system. This system dominates our collective reality. Behind every advertisement – a baton; behind every “new and improved” product – a canister of teargas; behind every T.V. show- a tank; behind every newspaper – a prison cell; and behind every textbook – a graveyard. The classroom, the chat room, the bedroom, the church, the psychiatrists couch, the cash register, the answering machine, the office, the bar, the jail- these are all spaces in which we are confronted with our incapacity to speak.

By studying the subject - Human Communication, i know the important of communication among human being. In the light of this, human communication is a part and parcel in our life. Without it, you may difficult to success and communicate with others.