Course: Communication and Soft Skills

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Course title Communication and Soft Skills
Course code KPG/YCOSK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English, German
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Peng Danping, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Šmelová Eva, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Chmelařová Tereza, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Basic of Speech, Gestures, Pedagogical communication, Social communication, Presentation in front of audience, Definition and characteristics of the term assertiveness

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students should be able to name the most important principles and rules that contribute to effective communication and the quality of interpersonal relations, characterize, identify and analyze the mistakes, shortcomings and barriers encountered in social communication and assessing people to design appropriate procedures for removing these errors, deficiencies and barriers to specify the most important principles for successful communication in the workplace, improve your style of dealing with people, lay out your own way to his self-improvement, functionally able to use the basic assertive techniques.
Participation in classes, self-study, student activity, fulfillment of study obligations
Prerequisites
Participation in classes, self-study, student activity, fulfillment of study obligations

Assessment methods and criteria
Seminar Work

Seminar work, PPT presentation, activity
Recommended literature
  • ARONSON, Elliot, WILSON, Timothy D., AKERT, Robin M. Social psychology. Harlow. 2018.
  • BERNE, Eric. Games people play : the psychology of human relationships. London. 1964.
  • FRANTZ, Rebecca & HANSEN, Sarah & ERTURK, Buket. A Systematic Review of Social Communication Interventions: A Focus on Generalization. 2016.
  • NYKL, Ladislav, MOTSCHNIG, Renate. Personzentrierter Ansatz nach Carl Rogers : Erfahrungen und Sichtweisen der Studierenden in Brünn und Wien. Wien. 2006.
  • TUBBS, Stewart L., MOSS, Sylvia. Human communication. New York. 1991.


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