Language Is A Tool3
- 1. Language is a Tool By Ms. Milis
- 2. What is Language Used For? To speak To Tell something to someone To ask for help To communicate
- 3. English! What is it? A word A class A language
- 4. What is Communication? According to Webster’s Dictionary, “ Communication is the act of communicating.” That doesn’t help us! What does it mean to communicate? To make known To transmit a message To interchange thoughts, feelings, and ideas
- 5. Communication Takes a Sender and a Receiver It takes two to communicate A sender: the person giving the message A receiver: the person receiving the message
- 6. Five Ways we Communicate
- 7. We Communicate By… Speaking Listening Reading Writing With our Bodies (includes appearance, facial expressions, and hand gestures)
- 8. Review A hammer is a tool used to build things. Language is a tool used to communicate. Communication requires an exchange between two parties. The sender transmits the message. The receiver receives the message. Five ways humans communicate are: Listening, speaking, reading, writing, and body language So What!
- 9. What Happens if Your Tools are Broken?
- 11. When Language Isn’t Used Correctly, the Receiver Doesn’t get It! It is Not Communication!
- 13. Punctuation, Tone, Grammar, and Voice are all Tools of Language. What is the job of an exclamation point? What does a verb do? What is the purpose of an adjective? What is the difference between saying someone is pretty and saying someone is cute?
- 14. Look at these sentences written to the principal about the quality of education on B-track. Which sentence, do you think, transmits the clearest message for the purpose at hand? Yo! Valloni B-track sucks big time change it man. Mr. Vallone, the quality of education on B-tack is truly suffering for lack of AP and honors’ classes. Mr. Vallone I no that they don’t belive will do it but they all ways should lisen. You should give us better food we’ll do better.
- 15. Ultimately, the tools of communication, if wisely used, can help us communicate things that are important to us.
- 16. The tools of language can help us get the things we want! Like a good job!
- 17. A Home
- 18. A Part in a Play or Movie
- 19. A Promotion or Raise
- 20. A Good Deal
- 21. The Tools of Language can Ultimately help you live a Better Life
- 22. This is Communication Class Plain and Simple!
- 23. In this class you will learn to use the tools of language to communicate clearly and effectively in a variety of different real-world situations through writing, speaking, reading, and listening.
- 24. Good Luck!