Self Improvement Resources

Monday, February 25, 2008

Facilitation Plan

Facilitation Plan for Penney Project 2008

Major Training Goals:

Improvement of English Proficiency

Improvement of Daily Communication in English

Improvement of Business Communication in Daily Work

Focus on Conversation

Duration: One year, 12 months, Feb. 2008 – Feb. 2009

72 Sessions: 2* 2 hrs / week, 3 weeks / month Classroom Interactions + Web Assistance (http://scuola-lingua.blogspot.com)

Group size: small parallel groups or big group, depending on the nature of the session

Facilitation Plan with hyperlinks to corresponding web resources (Subject to change upon mutual agreement)

Interview, proficiency test, initial analysis (priority of needs), pre-meetings

February, 2008

Initiation ceremony / The Art of Wine Tasting

Penney Project 2008: Program Introduction / Web Assisted Teaching and Learning

March, 2008

The Key to excellent speaking

Intercultural Communication

Listening & Conversation Daily Life active listening greetings address VOA Special English This Is America This is America

Listening & Conversation introductions compliments describing people I? What do I say next?

Listening & Conversation home asking questions inviting confirming Taiwanese Food

Listening & Conversation health answering questions command|request Business e-mail writing

April, 2008

Listening & Conversation Dates meeting people satisfaction Intercultural Communication

Listening & Conversation receiving calls relationships|dating returning calls VOA Special English People In America People in America

Listening & Conversation describing people Accelerated Learning

Listening & Conversation people comparing|people Be a People Person

Listening & Conversation Relationships describing people university life Marketing Communication

Listening & Conversation relationships describing problems Different Business e-mail writing

May, 2008

Listening & Conversation Movies comparing contrasting Profitable People Skills – DVD (85 min) preview by Shawna Schuh

Listening & Conversation Entertainment starting conversations Networking Skills

Listening & Conversation Dining Dates describing

Listening & Conversation eating out discussing time Phone PowerHow to Make the Telephone Your Most Powerful Business Tool. DVD (80 min) preview by George Walther

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Listening & Conversation food|drink wants introduction Taiwanese Culinary Art

Listening & Conversation food|drinks introductions, ways

June, 2008

Listening & Conversation communication people persuading agreeing|disagreeing VOA Special English The Making of a Nation The Making of a Nation

Listening & Conversation planning Time time|schedules

Listening & Conversation clothes clothing|textiles shopping How to work a room?

Listening & Conversation money events Taiwanese Festivals

Listening & Conversation investing compromising

Listening & Conversation jobs|careers Power Talking: How to Say What You Mean and Get What You Want. – DVD (125 min) preview by George Walther

July, 2008

Listening & Conversation Idioms defining|clarifying Crucial Conversation

Listening & Conversation festivals|holidays travel Transportation Nonverbal Communication

Listening & Conversation appearance how giving feedback VOA Special English American Mosaic American Mosaic

Listening & Conversation English Café discussing obligation|necessity Super Sales Presentations – DVD (80 min) preview by Patricia Fripp

Listening & Conversation Health/Medicine answering schedules American Sports

Listening & Conversation Shopping asking

August, 2008

Listening & Conversation Transportation dealing with numbers Time time, Trust The Trust Factor: Business Psychology – DVD by Dr. Kerry Johnson (55 min) preview

Listening & Conversation accommodation giving directions Seeds of Innovation

Listening & Conversation Travel describing places describing events A Little Book of Listening

Listening & Conversation Business etiquette|manners telephoning Creativity

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Listening & Conversation advertising emphasizing exaggerating|misleading sales

Listening & Conversation banking making suggestions Unbreakable Laws of Self Confidence – DVD (98 min) preview by Brian Tracy

September, 2008

Listening & Conversation business slang|idioms paraphrasing slang|idioms communication

Listening & Conversation business travel places asking for information weather Leadership

Listening & Conversation airlines giving instructions

Listening & Conversation choices possibility strategy Memory Power: Supercharge Your Mind to Instantly Recall Names, Ideas, and Information. – DVD (115 min) preview by Blaine Athorn

Listening & Conversation corporate culture cause and effect How to think like Leonardo da Vinci

Listening & Conversation Culture modes of

October, 2008

Listening & Conversation customer service feelings expressing complaining

Listening & Conversation deadlines questions

Listening & Conversation economics predicting connecting Start with NO

Listening & Conversation ethics suggestion|advice

Listening & Conversation etiquette|manners The Etiquette Advantage in Business

Listening & Conversation etiquette|manners culture

November, 2008

Listening & Conversation factory setting deadlines

Listening & Conversation finance trends takeovers

Listening & Conversation giving feedback giving opinions

Listening & Conversation hiring|firing advantages|disadvantages The automatic Millionaire

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Listening & Conversation hotels Travel

Listening & Conversation hr (Human Resources) time management How to change the world

December, 2008

Listening & Conversation innovation comparing|contrasting Fear and Confidence

Listening & Conversation insurance making The Tipping Point Theory

Listening & Conversation interviews making plans

Listening & Conversation law|crime do saying Idioms The Science of Getting Rich – DVD (105 min) preview by Bob Proctor

Listening & Conversation management summarizing

Listening & Conversation managing people reprimanding

January, 2009

Listening & Conversation manufacturing scheduling

Listening & Conversation marketing plans|discussing

Listening & Conversation office signposting stating purpose When your customer wins

Listening & Conversation recruitment expressing ideas messages explaining decisions

Listening & Conversation presentations describing products|services clarifying|defining giving examples

Listening & Conversation meeting opening beginning meetings voting closing Conflict Resolution

February, 2009

Listening & Conversation meetings tech business etiquette presenting request and command The Idea Generator

Listening & Conversation negotiating being diplomatic request refusing|rejecting offers

Listening & Conversation media teleconference linking ideas interrupting summary|generalising

Listening & Conversation pr (Public Relations) existence|occurrance persuading|influencing Would You Do Business With You? How to Get, Keep, and Wow Customers in a Competitive Market. – DVD (80 min) preview by Jane Handly

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Closing Ceremony

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