<p>MODULE 1: COMMUNICATIONS AND THE WORKING WORLD </p><p>Core Skills –Communication For Service GNVQs Collins Educational </p><p>World of Work LCVP Resource Materials </p><p>SWAY-(Skills Work And Youth) Irish Congress Of Trade Unions. This resource is out of print but each school got a copy.</p><p>Some web-resources http://ferl.becta.org.uk/ http://www.khake.com/page3.html www.bteducation.org/resources www.connexions-direct.com </p><p>MODULE 2: COMMUNICATIONS AND ENTERPRISE</p><p>Business Communications –Nickson and Siddons (Made Simple Books)</p><p>Communication Workshop- A Manual ( Heinmann Educational)</p><p>Communication Skills – Stephen Daunt</p><p>Communications – James Simms ( Oxford GNVQ Core Skills ) </p><p>Enterprise Encounter - Second Level Support Services</p><p>Galaxy 2 – Mentor</p><p>LCVP Programme Materials</p><p>Some web-resources www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise www.youngenterprise.org.uk www.cafod.org.uk/resources/primaryschools/aid_debt_and_trade www.co-opfairtrade.co.uk/schools_pack/download.asp www.kauffman.org www.disney.go.com/hotshot/hsb.html MODULE 3: THE COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA</p><p>Studying the Media (2nd Edition ) O’ Sullivan, Dutton, Raynor (Arnold)</p><p>How to Read a Film – James Monaco</p><p>Introduction to Film Studies Jill Mendes – Routledge</p><p>Media Studies: A Guide For Teachers Routledge </p><p>Some web resources www.irishfilm.ie www.yahoo.com/news-and-media www.cnn.com www.onlinenewspapers.com www.channel4.com/lerning/microsites/w/waywithwords www.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/&fms/tvsoaps/ www.medialit.org www.mediaed.org.uk www.filmeducation.org </p><p>MODULE 4: CRITICAL LITERACY AND COMPOSITION </p><p>English Gold 2 Hodder and Stoughton </p><p>Communicate! Angela Doyle Gill & Macmillan </p><p>Real Cool Poems to Grow Up With Martello </p><p>Reel 2 Reel Transition Year Film Studies Edco </p><p>The Write Stuff English and Media Studies for Transition Year Gill & Macmillan</p><p>The Open Door Series of adapted and original fiction from Irish authors:</p><p>Sad Song In High Germany Maggie’s Story Jesus and Billy are off to Barcelona Not Just For Christmas </p><p>Top Ten Shakespeare Stories Scholastic </p><p>Web Resources www.dapslyrics.com www.birchfield.co.uk www.campaignforlearning.org.uk www.coolreads.co.uk www.geocities.com/frankie-meehan www.learn.co.uk www.literacytrust.org.uk/campaign/index.html www.literacygoesmadd.co.uk www.meettheauthor.co.uk www.teachernet.co.uk www.teachingideas.co.uk </p><p> www.topmarks.co.uk </p><p>English and Communications: Suggestions and Resources for Week 1 and 2</p><p>Texts</p><p>World of Work – LCVP resource materials</p><p>SWAY (Skills, Work and Youth) – resource from ICTU</p><p>Communication Skills – Stephen Daunt, Gill & McMillan</p><p>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon, Definitions. (An extraordinary novel about a boy with Asperger’s Syndrome and his quest to communicate with and understand the world)</p><p>Websites www.bteducation.org www.connected-earth.com www.khake.com (go to communication skills) www.connexions-direct.com www.basic-skills.co.uk</p><p>Comedies/Films (These may be used to initiate a discussion on aspects of communication)</p><p>Mr Bean</p><p>Fawlty Towers</p><p>Friends</p><p>My Left Foot</p><p>Big Brother</p><p>Cars (An animated film – examine how the eyes communicate)</p><p>Active methodologies</p><p>Charades – plan and analyse the communication process Photocopies of faces and/or gestures from magazines/newspapers. Students should guess the emotion being expressed</p><p>Listening skills</p><p>Teacher tells a story/reads short article to the class while 3 - 5 students, (labelled A, B, C, D etc) are positioned or engaged so they cannot hear the story. Student A is recalled and the story is recounted by a member of the class. Then student B is recalled, the story is again re-told, this time student A. Then student C is recalled and the story is this time told by student B, and so on. When the final student recounts the story, a discussion of barriers and aids to listening skills should take place.</p><p>Visitor exercise (in school and/or out of school)</p><p>Member of toastmasters</p><p>Local employer</p><p>Past pupil</p><p>Library</p><p>FÁS Centre</p><p>Post-Leaving Cert College</p><p>Voluntary organisation</p>