Curated Video
Using Notes and Visual Aids
Using Notes and Visual Aids explores effective communication skills by reviewing how to effectively use notes and visual aids when giving a speech.
Curated Video
Using Voice and Body Language
Using Voice and Body Language explores effective communication skills by reviewing ways to use one’s voice and body language to communicate effectively when giving a speech.
PBS
Career Connections | Speech Therapist
A short video details the working life of a speech therapist. The host explains what kind of learning materials she uses, school requirements, and hours of experience. The video ends with an answer to, Is it is growing field?
PBS
Career Connections | Radio Host
Want to be a Daddy-O of the radio? A modern-day Edward R. Murrow? Cleveland radio host Tony Ganzer talks about the skills that enabled him to become an NPR radio host.
PBS
Career Connections | Chemical Engineer
Follow along with a chemical engineer at an oil refinery as he explains the many aspects of his work. Viewers learn about the processes and technologies these engineers use to turn crude oil into fuels and the other skill sets that are...
PBS
Career Connections | Automotive Sales Representative
Know what you're selling. That's the key piece of advice from a man who has been an automotive sales representative for over 30 years. Rather than a car salesman, the automotive rep's job is to provide auto manufacturers with the parts...
Thoughtful Learning
Analyzing the Medium of a Message
Medium connects the sender of a message to the receiver of the message. A short video focuses on the importance of choosing the appropriate medium to send different types of messages, a medium appropriate to all aspects of a situation.
TED-Ed
How Miscommunication Happens (And How to Avoid It)
The transactional model of communication is used in this short video to explain how miscommunication happens and to offer suggestions for how to improve listening and communication skills.
British Council
British Council: I'm Too Ill!
An animated short story about feeling ill. Watch, read, and listen as Siriwat tells his father about his sore throat, headache, earache, and tummy ache. A good site for introducing students to the English words used to communicate...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: High/low Context Communication
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that cultures vary in their use of directness in verbal communication.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Assertive Communication: Lesson 3
At the end of this tutorial, the learner be able to apply the skill of assertive communication appropriately. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Assertive Communication."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The History of Oralism: Becoming Helen Keller
In this resource from the AMERICAN MASTERS film Becoming Helen Keller, learn about the history of oralism and its impact on Deaf culture. Using video, discussion questions, and short activities, students examine primary source materials...
Other
Adventures in English: Language Registers Lesson
This video teaches students about the different language registers they should use depending on the topic, audience, location, and purpose. [3:56]