Across
- 2. Vocabulary Games Crossword puzzles
- 3. More Nothing develops vocabulary and language skills like reading.
- 4. Respectful Listen and voice your opinion in a nice way
- 8. Open your mind to new reading
- 10. Feedback Summarizing what the speaker is saying and asking questions
- 13. Eye Contact Makes you seem believable
- 14. Away from Jargon This includes not only social media blurbs like "LOL" or "OMG" but also business-speak such as "bottom line" and "think outside the box."
- 15. Your Body Language Facial expressions, gestures, stance
Down
- 1. Interaction Ask questions, get feedback
- 3. Learned best by doing
- 5. About Your Audience Are the words ones that your audience will understand?
- 6. Attention Look at the speaker
- 7. Then Revise Write your first draft quickly to get your ideas out, then edit and revise for clarity.
- 9. Like You Talk Always write in first person and try to find the same tone and voice
- 11. Interrupt Let the speaker finish before offering a countering point of view
- 12. to the Point Before you write, understand your objectives, who you are writing to.
- 14. You Are Listening Nod, smile, and use your own body language