Welcome to my Communication and Employabilty in IT Blog!
Communication is about passing messages between people or organisations. Messages between a sender and receiver take place using a medium such as email or phone.
One-way communication is when the receiver cannot respond to a message.
Two-way communication is when the receiver can respond to a message. This allows confirmation the message has been both received and understood.
Definition
of learning styles: A learning style is a unique
approach to how someone deals with their learning. Everyone has their own
learning style and it is important that you play to these strengths when
studying for a topic.
Learning Style
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What does this mean?
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Common phrases
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Learning and Techniques
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Visual
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You
prefer using pictures and images to show how to learn what you are doing. You
need to be shown what to do.
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Let's look at it differently.
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See how this works for you.
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I can't quite picture it.
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Use
mind maps. Use color and pictures in place of text, wherever possible. If you
don't use the computer, make sure you have at least four different color
pens.
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Aural
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You
prefer using sound and music. For example listening to music while revising.
Once told what to do you can follow the instructions.
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That sounds about right.
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That rings a bell.
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It's coming through loud and
clear.
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If
you are an aural learner, use sound, rhyme, and music in your learning. Focus
on using aural content in your association and visualization
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Verbal
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You
prefer to use words both in speech and writing. You need to read your
instructions to know what you are doing rather than looking at pictures.
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Tell me word for word
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Let's talk later.
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The word you're looking for
is
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Make
the most of the word-based techniques such
as assertions and scripting. Use rhyme and rhythm in your assertions where
you can, and be sure to read important ones aloud.
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Physical
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You
prefer to use your hands and body to learn. You would rather working with
your hands instead of reading books.
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That feels right to me.
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I can't get a grip on this'
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Stay in touch.
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If
you use a physical style, use touch, action, movement and hands-on work in
your learning activities. For visualization, focus on the sensations you
would expect in each scenario.
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Logical
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You
prefer to think things through before doing them. You also like to use logic
to work through problems step by step.
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That's logical.
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Follow the process,
procedure, or rules.
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There's no pattern to this
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If
you are a logical learner, aim to understand the reasons behind your content
and skills. Don't just rote learn. Understanding more detail behind your
compulsory content helps you memorize and learn the material that you need to
know.
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Social
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You
prefer to work with other people and work in groups. You find it easier to
talk things through with other people.
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Let's work together on this.
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We can work it out.
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Tell me what you are
thinking.
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If
you are a social learner, aim to work with others as much as possible. Try to
study with a class. If this is not available then consider forming your own
study group with others at a similar level. They don't have to be from the
same school or class.
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Solitary
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You
prefer to work alone and get on with your own work. You rather concentrate on
your own work instead of working in a group.
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I'd like some time to think
it over.
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This is what I think or feel
about that.
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I'd like to get away from
everyone for a while.
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You
prefer to learn alone using self-study. When you spend time with an
instructor or a teacher, you often only clarify information you haven't be
able to clarify yourself. You may dislike learning in groups.
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These are the results of my learning style quiz that i took!
These are my top 3 learning styles
After doing a learning styles test my top
three results were Aural, Social and Solitary. I was quite happy with my
results as I know that these are the way I like to work. Although I didn’t know
too much about these learning styles I researched what they meant and related
them to the way I work.
When I was researching Aural it has many
different learning techniques. This was the highest out of my top 3. Aural is
when you prefer to use music and sound when learning. I think this is true as I
can’t work in a class or when there is people around me unless I am listening
to music through my head phones where I can concentrate properly.
My second highest was social, this is when
you prefer to learn in groups or with other people. This is true as I love
being able to work with others as I can take my ideas and share with them and
all the others in the group can share there’s with me to. I find it a lot
easier to work with a group if there is someone in it that you know although it
is also good to get to know others as well.
My last learning style was solitary this is
when you prefer to work on your own this is the opposite of the second learning
style I got which was working with others. Although I like to work in a group
that’s only to get notes sorted and get an idea of what others think. As soon
as the group work is done I like to get stuck straight into the assignment by
myself and get my music on and get it done.
Attributes&Attitudes valued by employers
There are many different websites where you can find out alot more information about these different attributes&attitudes. These are some of the example websites i found:
The links I have given above are very informative and should give you the correct informatuion you are looking for.
