Chintan A. Mahida

Communication Skills in English: a Beginner's Handbook Chintan A. Mahida

Communication is the self-portrait of an individual presented through words. It is a vital activity of human being. Only human beings are endowed with the ability to use language for expressing their own ideas,feeling, attitudes, opinions, facts etc. And thereby, being supreme to other animals on the earth. It is said that, ?Words are the cloths of thoughts, so one should never present words in clumsy manner?. We sit in school and listen to teachers. We read books and magazines. We talk to friends, watch television, and communicate over the Internet. The workplace is no different. Experts tell us that 70?80 percent of our working time is spent in some kind of communication. We are reading and writing memos, listening to our coworkers, or having one-to-one conversations with our supervisors. This Book is a road-map for basics of Communication Skills. The major thrust areas are: Concept of Communication, Methods of Communication, Types and Levels of Communication, Group Discussion, Interviews, Presentation Strategy, Reading Strategy, Listening Skills, Business Letter Writing, Report Writing, Application Writing.