By He Zhuandi

At 9:35 a.m., on July 15, a lecture entitled Communication Skills was given by Mr. Will Kassner, a member of a visiting American delegation, in Gongcheng 1105. The delegation was invited by the School of Foreign Languages and the School of Engineering Technology.

Mr. Will Kassner first of all raised a question why we build bridges as a lead-in to the topic of his lecture, communication skills. He deemed that communication is to human what water is to fish. He focused on how to do well in relational communication and how to be a good listener. He pointed out that nowadays people lead such a fast-paced life that they almost forgot the importance of communication and the widespread use of high-tech products, such as cell phones and I-PAD, further impedes communication. He said, his impression of Zhuhai was that it was a big city and people here were rushing or just looking at their cell phones, which reflected a lack of communication in Modern society. He then gave a number of suggestions as to how to be a good communicator, a good listener in particular.

In the Q & A sections, the students present were enthusiastic and asked a number of questions related to communication.