2. COMMUNICATION SKILLS

3. Introduction
o Language is one of the basic characteristics which
differentiate human beings from animals
o Imp of English being a universal language cannot
be over emphasized, that’s why it is taught as a
compulsory subject
o Objective of language teaching is
“COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE”, which
requires expertise in fol :-
Speaking
Listening
Reading
Writing

4. Important Aspects
Expressing thoughts, ideas, concepts
Languag
e Exchanging knowledge, information
Verbal (Listening, Speaking)
Communication
Written (Reading, Writing)

5. Aspects of Language Study
Language
Sound Word Meaning
Phonetic Meaning Morphology Syntax Semantics

6. Communication Process
Source
Msg
Encoding
Msg
Feedback
Channel
Msg
Decoding
Msg
Receiver

7. Communication Skills
Speaking Active
& or
Writing Productive
Listening Passive
& or
Reading Receptive

8. Listening Skills
“The process of receiving, attending to
and assigning meaning to oral stimuli”
Activities
Cloze Exercise
A picture identification exercise
Graded practice exercise
Information search exercise
Dictation

9. Speaking Skills
“Speaking is an interactive process of
constructing meanings”
Oracy Factors for oral fluency
Stress
Talking & Listening
Intonation
Literacy
Sound Link
Reading & Writing Speech flow

10. Speaking Skills
Activities
Get acquainted activities
Matching game
Oral guessing game
Simple repetition drill
Substitution drill
Question answer drill
Situation drill

11. Communication Practice
Activities
Role play exercise
Dialogue
Discussion
Chain stories
Telling jokes
conversations

12. Reading Skills
“The process we use to receive the
message transmitted by the writer”
Activities
Find out the prepositions
Underline the topic sentence
Question answer reading a passage
Guess the particular object through
picture

13. Writing Skills
“it is a written expression, through which we
communicate our thoughts and feelings”
Activities
Transcription
Substitution table
Completion items
Writing answer to given questions
Dictation
Use of picture in developing writing skills

14. Writing Skills
Mechanics of Writing
Capitalization
Punctuation
Grammar
spelling