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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
- The coronavirus pandemic has forced millions of people worldwide to get used to meeting others only through a computer screen. But how can we make these meetings feel more natural? That's what Neil and Sam discuss, as they teach you related vocabulary.
This week's question
Erica Dhawan may be a communications expert now, but growing up in Pennsylvania she was a shy and quiet schoolgirl. So how did Erica beat her shyness and become the confident communicator she is today? Did she...
a) attend public speaking classes?
b) copy the body language of the cool kids at school?
c) raised her hand to answer the teacher’s questions, even if she didn’t know the answer?
Listen to the programme to find out the answer.
Vocabulary
body language
communication though the movements and gestures of your body, rather than with words
eye contact
two people look at each other’s eyes at the same time
brainstorming
discussing suggestions with a group of people to come up new ideas or solve problems
to process
to understand information by thinking about it and reflecting on it carefully
in unison
happening together and at the same time
water cooler effect
informal conversations and chats between people in their office or workplace (US)
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“ Water cooler effect” is the new word that I just learned from you both. Thank you for this interesting podcast!
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Thank you for sharing this podcast :) I’d say I agree that it is almost impossible to make eye contact with people when participating in online meetings because I experienced what you described a couple of years ago. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, almost everything has moved to an online format, including my studies. I remember the day when I had to present my work to my classmates (online), and all I could focus on while presenting was my face because I didn't know what to do or what should I focus on. Partly because I wasn't sure if my classmates were looking at me, whether they were paying close attention to what I was saying, or whether they were simply fading. But a few weeks ago I got the opportunity to present my work again, but this time in the classroom (on-site), it made me understand that the feeling was different. I looked my friends in the eyes when I had to speak in front of the class because I could tell from their facial expressions that they were truly interested in what I said. On the other hand, I find it quite challenging to look my classmates in the eye while we are in the online classroom.
Thank you for the interesting video. I strongly agree that talking or meeting online allows us more distance. For me, when I'm speaking or giving presentations online, I tend to look at the screen more than the camera or make eye contact with my roommates. I don't know where to focus or where to look when I study online causing my communication to go wrong sometimes. Body language is very important in communication because it can be used instead of words or spoken to make others understand what we want to communicate. I have learned about the 5-second rule of slowing down so that we can prepare ourselves or brainstorm carefully.
This video is interesting! Thank you so much for sharing. I totally agree that it is impossible to make body language like eye contact via web camera when we have online meetings. I am a student who used to suffer with this problem when the university required online learning because of COVID-19 pandemic. It was really hard for me to do online presentations in each course. In the presentation, we all need to use eye contact with the audience to see their feelings and reactions and also show our confidence. But in this situation, I could just stare at the camera and keep talking. I could not make eye contact with anyone. Although others can see as if I was looking at them but they saw me from the screen. We could not look at each other's eyes for real. This made me so awkward. Apart from that, the interesting thing that I have learned from you is about the water cooler effect. I think that every workplace should have the water cooler effect to create a good atmosphere and make impressive relationships between employees. This helps employees to work greatly on a team. I can also apply the water cooler effect to my college life to create a sense of trust before doing group work.
Thank you so much for sharing this video. Your video is very useful . I also have the same problem with online conferences. When I was meeting with Indonesian friends I had a problem with internet delay and what I said to my friend was a voice that overlapped. It made me couldn't understand what my friend said . The new thing I learned from your video is Michael Rosen's advice on “the five second rule”. We have to slow down,wait, and give them time before they speak, especially if they have problems with the Internet. It is very useful. I can actually apply and adapt to when I have an online meeting. 😀
I have learned about the five-second rule from Erica Dhawan. It's a five second wait to be sure that our interlocutors have time to think about the topic we're talking about. I will apply this when I communicate with others online. I will try to slow down and to be clear. I will give the interlocutors time to think and will not expect or accelerate them to respond immediately. This is because online interaction is not like face-to-face interaction which is faster to get feedbacks and has no problem of technological delay.
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Thanks for sharing the useful story. This video reminds me of the situation 2 years ago. I was struggling with online studying because of COVID19 pandemic. Moreover, now, I am struggling with online classes and meetings again. This video made me realize that meeting online is not a 100% face to face situation, so there are some things wrong that make it difficult for people to understand each other such as the access to the internet. Thus, l agree that when we say something please slow down to help others think or wait for 5 seconds to give their time to process new information. So, it is not only body language that is important when we are meeting online, but also pauses for waiting for their process of thinking and process of the internet.
I agree with Neil's statement during the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced meetings and even learning to be conducted online. This change made it difficult for us to use body language such as eye contact because it was better to make eye contact face-to-face with the speaker. And I used this in real life in presentations when I was in my second year. I had to do body language through online learning in presentation class. There was one lesson that I had to present online and had to do hand gestures while presenting, which I think is very difficult because I might have forgotten to do hand gestures while presenting. This ruined my concentration because I had to memorize the script. And finally, what I got from this podcast are new words like "in unison" and "water cooler effect". Thank you for sharing such a great video.
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Thank you Neil and Sam, for the great video. The topic you have discussed is interesting. I like the statement "Unfortunately, using a web camera to make eye contact is almost impossible in online meetings and this often creates a kind of 'distancing' effect". I agree with you. A few years ago, the disease spread and I had to use Zoom or Google meet to study and work with friends. We often open the camera to conversation. While we are talking, we observe eye contact with the interlocutor, it is not like offline even though we intend eye contact with them, it is still like we are looking at something that is not our interlocutor. In contrast, in the classroom, we can immediately talk and make eye contact with our friends, and friends know that we are really making eye contact with them.
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I discovered something new in this video, online body language. As we know, we do not have this term before. But now that everything seems able to be done digitally, I agree that communication is less effective than if we meet in real life. It is impossible to make an eye contact with others in online meetings, and because of that, the communication is not that intense. We also cannot feel the emotion and watch their body language or make physical touches to understand each other. I also relate to Erica when she said that it was normal to have a pause when we talk to each other because we know that we were brainstorming, but in online meetings, I would think that they do not listen to me. I guess it will be nice if we try to slow down and give pause like what Erica suggested--to let our partner take their time to understand. It is also helpful to have an informal chat, because yes, I think it works.
Thank you for sharing the useful information. The new thing I have learned from this video is vocabulary. For instance, the water cooler effect, it refers to informal conversations among office workers. Using this in the workplace such as in the lift, the office kitchen. I really like the five-second rule from Erika Dhawan because it is very useful to interlocutors to have time to think in that conversation, and I hope people will apply this for their conversation.
Thank you so much for sharing this video for me. I agree that it is impossible to make body language like eye contact via webcam when we have online meetings. During the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak study online for 2 years, I tried to make eye contact with every person on Zoom when I presented. I could not use eye contact to focus on the audience. It’s like I am looking at the camera to talk and not focusing on my friends to make them interested in my presentation and make me look confident. I try to improve my eye contact by focusing on the camera and smiling. It’s quite good but not perfect like when I speak in class. I think it’s very hard to control everyone's attention when we are present in an online meeting.
The minutes that I personally got after seeing this video absolutely spent really well. Nowadays communication become something that such a big deal since every relation comes from communication, so to gain a great goal, the littlest thing you could do is has a capability of a great communicator. By the way I watched this video has been taking me into a moment that I realize where talking is not only about saying a words but it also how you can deliver it clear enough to understand. Knowing the facts that online communication is something that in another level so beside the words and the reaction your face, body language has occupy the reasons to get a great online communication. I really like the way of the speakers on this video helps to boost my confidence so I could do better and know how to make a movement. Last but not least is thank you for convincing me to know how to make a better action for especially online communication, it is so helpful.
Thanks for the interesting video. In fact, I'm a shy person and don't have a lot of confidence. As I listened to Erica's way of defeating shyness, it made me want to try her way of overcoming shyness. Erica's method is to copy her friend's body language in class. I think it is easy to try, so I will try to observe the body language of everyone who dares to speak up and ask. In the end, I will mimic their body language. Thanks to Erica for the great trick.
Body language is the best way to communicate with people, even though we do not know the language well, we can use body language or gestures to describe what we are feeling or what we want to convey to others. Based on my experience, I talked with a teacher who is a foreigner, he did not know any Thai language, and I also can not speak English. He asked me for a sensor, but I do not know what he wants, so I need body language to communicate at that time. In learning in class, I’m very shy to speak English or answer the question, I try to observe the gesture of other people and how I will confident like my friends in the class. This is the way that I am trying to use to improve my English.
Thank you, it is really nice podcast and from the podcast, it certainly gave me new knowledge that when we talk to anyone we have to use body language, we have to look at each other with the other person, we also have to smile, use hand gestures, and facial expressions. According to sources on podcasts, since the pandemic, online communication has become the usual way to communicate with family or friends, and whatever happens to covid later, they are here to stay.
From this podcast I can learn that in face-to-face meetings we can immediately see someone's reaction to what we are doing through eye contact, where two people look at each other's eyes while talking. In an online meeting, a problem was found that the activity of expressing each other's eyes when talking may be very rarely done and what we have to do is take it slow. Remember when it was totally normal to have a minute's pause in the room with each other because we know when to think and brainstorm. If we don't hear someone talking in the video we ask if they are in mute mode. we should practice the five-second rule - wait five seconds before speaking to ensure that each individual has time to process ideas, especially if there may be technology or accessibility issues. Because something we do when we are not thinking or exchanging ideas, namely suggestions from a group of people to generate new ideas or to solve problems. Slowing down also allows us to process new information, to think carefully and understand the timing. Another thing I can learn is that we are less likely to laugh and smile in front of the camera for some reason, laughter is often done together where we can quickly pick up the energy of smiling and laughing and laughing ourselves. when it comes to screen delays, the fact that it is unnatural to see our own camera distracted by it, we tend not to smile and laugh. One of the ways we can work around this is by creating something that creates in our gatherings for a water cooler effect.
I agree with Neil that talking to people on a web camera by making eye contact can be a distancing effect. When people talk to each other face to face, they can make real eye contact. But when people talk online, they do not make real eye contact because they look at the camera. However, making eye contact on an online platform benefits me because I am the one who is afraid to make eye contact with people. After listening to this video, I get the word "water cooler effect" which is a new vocabulary for me. Thank you for sharing the useful information.
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Thank you for sharing an interesting topic. I strongly agree that using a web camera in online meetings often creates a distancing effect. I have experience studying online that created some distance between me and my friend or even the teacher. I couldn't see any expressions or reactions from my friends. Being in front of the camera can sometimes be stressful and nervous. And when the internet connection is unstable I will certainly miss something. In addition, I’ve learned that the water cooler effect is an American expression to describe informal conversations between people at work.
Thank you for bringing up such an interesting topic; I truly enjoy how the speaker brings it up. I discovered something new concerning the term water-cooler effect in the workplace. So, based on this video, I can conclude that discussing a wide range of topics that aren't necessarily related to their work can also help to develop a business culture and encourage employees to get to know one another in informal settings. This could be useful, especially in college with a workplace friend. as well as when socializing at work in the future. Aside from that, there are some points on which I agree. That is extremely true; internet meetings frequently have a 'distancing' effect. Apart from it, I sometimes feel strange while laughing in front of the screen; it makes me feel awkward. However, Body language is the most effective approach to communicating with others; we may use body language or gestures to express how we feel or what we want to communicate to others. Online - body language can be a component of the new language. Furthermore, after viewing the message on how to utilize online body language - nonverbal methods of communicating can be well received. Extremely useful! Thank you very much.
"How Erica conquered her shyness at school"
Very intersting the use of the verb CONQUER in the sense of eliminating, minimizing.
"Unlike Erica, I still haven't conquered my shyness, as I think people has been getting worse and more and more judgmental, especially after pandemy came about"
Thank you Neil and Sam! See you soon!.
Hey there! Thanks for sharing! We all have things we need to conquer, so let's follow Erica's example! :)
Thank you for sharing an interesting topic and some new vocabulary. I totally agree that in face-to-face meetings, we immediately see someone's reaction to what we have said through their eye contact. But in an online context, it is hard to maintain eye contact with others in an online meeting. However, I think there is another way to see someone's reaction through the screen besides eye contact: their body gestures while we are talking, such as smiling or nodding. And I think body language is a very useful way to communicate with other people, both in person and online. It can help make the conversation feel more natural, even if we are in an online meeting.
Your videos are fascinating and helpful. Thanks for sharing good topics and new words with me. In this video, I've learned a new expression. I've never heard of "water cooler effect" an American expression meaning informal conversation that people in the office or at work use to discuss topics other than work. For example, TV shows last night or plans for the weekend I also wholeheartedly agree with you about smiling and laughing in online meetings. It is very unlikely that people will immediately see an opponent's reaction in an online meeting, such as laughing or smiling, because sometimes in an online meeting a video can be delayed by 4-5 seconds. However, there is another body language used besides smiling or laughing, which is nodding. I nod a lot when I study online because it is very difficult for me to smile and laugh alone in front of a computer screen.
Thank you for sharing a good video. I strongly agree with Neil that when we talk to other people through a web camera creates a distancing effect.
I am a person who, when talking to other people, I like to eye contact interlocutor. But it's hard to eye contact when talking to each other online. It makes me feel a little uncomfortable when talking to other people because I can't find the focal point, and in online communications, we can't immediately see the interlocutor's response. I've got two new words there are the water cooler and unison. Finally, thank you for sharing your knowledge and new vocabulary for everyone.
Thank you for sharing this video. I quite agree that people at work should have the water cooler effect or the informal conversation of people at work. I am now a student. Even though I have not experienced working, when I and my friends need to discuss or brainstorm about some difficult assignments, we need to take time for chat about something unrelated to the assignment to gain more creativity and ideas to finish the assignments. Also, I think that it is better to communicate people by face to face than communicating on the online channels because sometime there are some technical challenges form the internet, or our own devices that distract the communication between people. However, I think online communication is still important in the Covid-19 era which people need to protect themselves. So, in some situation, I think online communication is still required.
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This video is really interesting! I definitely agree that body language is important when it comes to communicating with other people. I agree with the statement that unfortunately using a web camera to gain conversation whilst making eye contact seems impossible. On online meetings for example, it often creates a kind of distancing effect and it does not give the same feeling as when you are conversing face to face because the lack of eye contact. From this video I have learned about the 5 second rule of slowing down so that we can prepare ourselves or brainstorm slowly and carefully.
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I really appreciate your wonderful topic to share with us. However I noticed “Unfortunately, using a web camera to make eye contact is almost impossible in online meetings and this often creates a kind of distancing effect”. There's no doubt that I strongly agree. The learning classes online and on-site are quite different. On-site class, students can make eye contact with friends in the same class. Sometimes eye contact can show the confidence feelings to share something with friends in the class. It also created friendships between students. On the other hand, online classes make eye contact impossible. Although online classes show many faces of friends in class, you can’t make eye contact with them directly. It’s also the internet connection that made you miss the important scene. So online classes might take your friendship away and increase the distancing effect between you and your classmates.
I think this 5 seconds waiting tip really useful, since in the videocoferences it is common people open their microphones and speak at the same time, which give others a hard time to place themselves in the conversation and understand what is being discussed.
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I agree with the podcast that Covid-19 pandemic affects our life and we have to change our workplace to our home. It is similar to me as a college student, I also changed from on-site to online study. It is not easy to study online because I struggle with the unstable internet sometimes. And that made me miss some points and reactions with the teacher while studying. I also agree that using web camera to talk is created a distancing effect. For example, I did online meeting via Discord with Indonesian friends, I had to wait just for second for them to think about their answers because some friends they might have a problem with their internet. That’s even made them struggle to open camera while discussing with me. Moreover, I think using the Zoom or Meet website to study made me hardly to focus on the lesson because I will get distracted by other friend’s cameras that show up on the screen. And sometimes I cannot help myself to smile or laugh with them.😂
Yes! I like body language so much. I like to express my feelings and emotions activly. So I can laugh and cry everywhere. Some of my relatives think that I overact but I can’t do it in another way. I really like express everything actively. If I listen to someone - I’m all ears, if there’re jokes - I lough very loud, if there’s a sad story then I cry. I’m so happy that most of my relatives and friends understand me, love my jokes and love the way I express my feelings.
Some time ago I’ve started watching sitcom Friends and I was so happy to find the film where actors express their self in the similar way I do.😅😍
Hi Irina. Thank you for sharing your experience. And for using a very interesting English phrase: I'm all ears. It means that you are keen to hear what others have to say. In this case, jokes.
Do you like idioms and phrases? We have plenty. You'll find them here: www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak
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The most challenging work for me is raising my hand when I want to know 😂.
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It can make us feel a little awkward :).
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Calm down, cute one. There is a transcript on our website. Use it to follow the dialogue. Try to understand what they are talking about. Use a dictionary to find out the meaning of some key words. Then, listen to the programme again - this time, no transcript. Pay attention to what they are saying. You'll have a better experience and feel more confident.
www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-211209
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Dislike here. A video about body language, without bodies. WOT?