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Communication Skills

Agriculture And Extension · Level 6  ·  5 Chapters

Compiled by: Sarah Chebet

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Chapters

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Apply communication channels
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Apply written communication skills
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Apply non-verbal communication skills
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Apply oral communication skills
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Apply group communication skills
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What Communication Skills covers: 30 main topics in 5 chapters

1. Apply communication channels

  1. 1.1 Communication Channels
  2. 1.3 Challenges of effective communication
  3. 1.4 Evaluation of Communication channels at workplace.
  4. 1.5 Draw communication process, discuss and present its elements of communication.

2. Apply written communication skills

  1. 2.1 Written communication.
  2. 2.2 Written communication needs.
  3. 2.3 Types of written communication.
  4. 2.4 Barriers of written communication
  5. 2.5 Analysis, evaluation, and revising of written communication.
  6. 2.6 Organisation requirements for written communication. Practise
  7. 2.7 Draft functional writings based on the checklist.

3. Apply non-verbal communication skills

  1. 3.1 Non-verbal communication.
  2. 3.2 Non-verbal communication techniques.

4. Apply oral communication skills

  1. 4.1 Oral communication.
  2. 4.2 Types of oral communication in an organization.
  3. 4.3 Communication pathways
  4. 4.4 Ways of reviewing communication Pathways of oral communication.
  5. 4.5 Maintenance of oral communication pathways.
  6. 4.6 Workplace etiquette.
  7. 4.7 Active listening.
  8. 4.8 In groups practice how etiquette is applied at the workplace.
  9. 4.9 In pairs initiate a conversation based on Question answer method.
  10. 4.10 Prepare a presentation on public speaking and present.

5. Apply group communication skills

  1. 5.1 Group communication strategies.
  2. 5.2 Effective questioning, listening and non-verbal communication techniques.
  3. 5.3 Turn-taking techniques.
  4. 5.4 Challenges of Group communication.
  5. 5.5 Team work.
  6. 5.6 In pairs practice turn –taking in a speech.
  7. 5.7 Delegate roles and responsibilities in a group.

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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