What are the English Language Conversation Skills?<\/p>\n
English Language Conversation Skills include language abilities, conversation skills, social skills, culture knowledge and non-verbal communication skills.<\/p>\n
Non-verbal communication skills are classified as posture, body movements, gestures, facial expressions, proximity and eye contact.<\/p>\n
In English speaking countries the non-verbal messages can represent from 50-93% of the meaning.<\/p>\n
Social skills and culture knowledge can be generalized as “what to say, when to say it, where and why to say it, and most important how to say it”.<\/p>\n
When learning English Language Conversation Skills ESL students must learn: language abilities, conversation skills, social skills, culture knowledge and non-verbal communication skills. ESL Students need everything if they actually want to converse with native English speakers.<\/p>\n
ESL Students can not just learn English vocabulary or English pronunciation as it represents less than 50% of most conversations.<\/p>\n
What are some of the Professional Communication Skills?<\/p>\n
The ability to add charisma to your speaking and interpersonal communications.<\/p>\n
The ability to create initial rapport even on first phone calls or meetings.<\/p>\n
The ability to build rapport easily in meetings, networking functions, or conversations.<\/p>\n
The ability to use specialized industry or business English using industry-specific vocabulary for accuracy.<\/p>\n
The ability to emote the appropriate emotion at the correct level.<\/p>\n
The ability to create and deliver persuasive and dynamic presentations and speeches.<\/p>\n
The ability to display confident leadership and competent management or knowledge.<\/p>\n
Other specialized skills include customer service, handling complaints, conflict management.<\/p>\n
There are many similarities between conversation and communication skills. Both are very important. One could generalize that communication skills add extra dimensions to conversation skills. One example: Conversations can transmit information where communication skills can transmit trust.
\n(original post by Ross McBride – ESL in Canada. Reprinted with permission)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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