GROUP DISCUSSION | What You Should Avoid in Group Discussion

GROUP DISCUSSION – WHAT YOU SHOULD AVOID

What you should avoid doing in  G.D:   

·    Being shy or nervous because all others in the group are your equals, not seniors.

·       Interrupting a participant before his arguments are over.

·       Being frivolous, for group discussion Is a purposeful activity.

·       Getting emotional and criticizing others without first offering valid arguments in favour of your viewpoint.

·       Making fun of any participant even if his arguments are wrong or illogical.

·       Changing your stand until fully convinced of its incorrectness, and changing it ultimately only unwillingly and peevishly.

·       Trying to monopolize the discussion.

·       Engaging yourself in side or sub-group conversations.

·       Repeating and using irrelevant material.

·       Weeping looking at the GTO/examiner or addressing yourself to him.

·       Worrying about making some grammatical mistakes for your interest and the matter you put across are important, not grammatically correct language.

·       Even, monotonous tone.

·       Correcting a mistake or an inaccurate statistics used by others if it is not relevant to the discussion.

·       Using humour unless demanded by the occasion.

·       Taking vote on a topic.

Do not express your stand initially. Instead, give the justification first and the stand later.