Lesson 1:  Interact successfully in oral/signed communication.

• Contributions to group work are appropriate to the task and nature of the group, and promote effective communication and teamwork.

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• Contributions include: maintaining good group dynamics, identifying purposes, agendas, procedures and schedules, monitoring developments and retaining focus, drawing conclusions, preparing and delivering feedback and ensuring group ownership of conclusions.

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• Interviews successfully establish a relationship appropriate to the context, and provide a non-threatening opportunity for participants to share information.

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• Participation in formal meetings is appropriate to the purpose and context of the meeting. Participation is consistent with meeting procedures and contributes to the achievement of meeting objectives. 

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• Participation in discussions, debates or negotiations is appropriate to the purpose and topic. Participation is consistent with the formality of procedures and contributes to meaningful interaction between participants. 

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• Responses to the ways others express themselves are sensitive to differing socio-cultural contexts. 

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Lesson 2:  Use strategies that capture and retain the interest of an audience.

• Key words/signs, pace and pause, stress, volume and intonation or sign size, pace, rhythm and non-manual features (NMFs) are used in appropriate ways to reinforce the message

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• Body language is appropriate to context and topic, and reinforces main ideas and points of view.

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• Formal communications are planned in writing/signing, and plans are detailed, complete, and realistic with respect to time allocation and content.

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• Visual aids are appropriate to topic and context, and enhance the presentation and the transfer of information and understanding

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• Techniques are used to maintain continuity and interaction.

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Lesson 3: Identify and respond to manipulative use of language.

• Facts and opinions are identified is noted and addressed.

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• Omission of necessary information is noted and addressed.

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• The implications of how the choice of language structures and features, specifically tone, register, style and point of view affect audience interpretations of spoken/signed texts are explained. 

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• Distortion of a contributor's position on a given issue is explored with specific reference to what has been selected and omitted

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