Literacy Focus: Understanding how I

communicate with others

Consider the following images – your tutor will choose one person at a time to share what they can see and understand

Listen well! Avoid interrupting Look at the speaker Show positive body language

Watch the video on the next slide to understand

more about how communication has developed over time

The history of communication dates back to the earliest signs of life. 

Every day we communicate with one another through various means.  Our increasing knowledge of technology has forced how we

communicate to evolve. With new methods fast approaching,

the question is what’s next?

3000 B.C. - the Egyptians created hieroglyphics 776 BC - homing pigeons used to send message

105 A.D. - paper and ink 1665 A.D. - the first English newspaper

1828 A.D. – the dictionary 1844 A.D. – the Morse code

1876 A.D. - Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone

1919 A.D. - first radio broadcast 1936 A.D. – first television broadcast made in

London, England

1959 A.D. - rockets sent information back to earth from distances beyond the moon

1962 A.D. - television programs transmitted between the U.S. and Europe

1971 A.D. - computer 1976 A.D. – Video player/ recorder 1984 - Apple Macintosh released

1994 - WWW is born - making communication at light-speed

1994 A.D. - High Definition TV 1999 A.D. - Intel introduces the Pentium III processor, taking personal computing to new

highs

Texting Instant messaging Social networking

Where do you think we will be in the year 2050?

I can speak on the phone I can speak in a chat room I can write on paper I can write on the internet I can text and use online messaging I can mix and talk with others in

school and at home face to face I can mix and talk with people using

social media

Has technology affected my ability to communicate with

others? Or has technology improved

my communication? Should I change the way I

currently communicate?

Good speaking and listening skills are a key aspect of employability: getting a job, maintaining employment and progressing at work

Good oral communication skills are important in other aspects of our wider lives, such as in family and peer relationships

We need to use and develop our speaking and listening skills to maximise our learning goals

We need well-developed speaking and listening skills to progress in our subjects