This document outlines a presentation on the importance of language in communication skills. It discusses four students who will present on topics like the importance of language as a medium for communication and the four basic language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. It provides definitions of language and communication and explores the relationship between language and communication. It describes how language is important for the communication process and effective communication skills. It also discusses the four basic language skills in detail and their importance and relationship to each other.

1. INTRO.
NAME AND ROLL NO.
HASSAN HABIB (016)
KHURRAM ABBASS (018)
AHSAN HAROON BUTT (137)
DANIAL AMJAD (008)
SECTION:
SP15-BSE-3A

2. PRESENTATION TOPIC:
• Importance of language in communication
skills
• Language As a medium of Communication
• Four Basic skills of Language and their
relationship
• Importance of Four Basic skills of Language

3. OUTLINE:
 IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE IN COMMUNICATION SKILLS
1- Edward Sapir
2-Definition
3-Communication.
a- Definition
b-Phases
 Language as medium of communication
 Language And Communication relation
 Language And Communication relation
 Why Language is Important???
1- Communication Process.
 Importance of Language in Communication Skills

4. 1-Communications Skills
2-Communications Skills and Problems
3-How to overcome
 FOUR BASIC SKILLS OF LANGUAGE
 RELATIONSHIP
 IMPORTANCE OF FOUR BASIC SKILLS OF LANGUAGE
1-Listening
2-Speaking
3-Reading
4-Writing

5. Importance of Language in
Communication
• Edward Sapir:
“Language is not only a vehicle for the expression of
thoughts, perceptions, sentiments, and values characteristic of a
community; it also represents a fundamental expression of social
identity.”
Definition:
Language is an abstract system of symbols and meanings.
This system includes the rules (grammar) that relate symbols and
meanings so that we can communicate with each other.
*symbol - anything that stands for anything else.

6. Communication
DEFINITION:
Communication is the passing of information from one
organism to another using signals.
PHASES:
There are four important elements in the process of
communication.
• Transmitter, or source
• signal, or message
• Channel – the medium
• receiver
Not Dependent
on language

7. Language As a medium of Communication
• Language is a source or medium for communication.
• Language reflects both the personality of the individual and
the culture.
• Language is the vehicle that our thoughts are conveyed in. if
our thoughts are conveyed in language then our culture in
conveyed too through it.

8. Language And Communication relation
• Language is dependent of communication…..
• Communication can be occur through different channels…
• Communication survive without Greek language.
Communication
Greek
language
Gesture Different
language still
alive
Symbols

9. Why Language is Important???

10. Why Language is Important???
• SENDER:
language required to express his idea and thoughts.
• MESSAGE:
At that point language is also required as idea and
thoughts are converted into receiver understand able form.
• CHANNEL:
user appropriate channel to send message.
• RECIEVER:
In this point receiver will read the message send by sender
again language needed.

11. Why Language is Important???
• FEEDBACK:
feedback is the statement ensure that receiver receive the
message. So for reply to sender again language required.
NOTE:
Basic needs communication needs proper language to
communicate.

12. Importance of Language in Communication
Skills
• COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
Having good communication skills in the workplace is all
about being able to convey information to people clearly and simply, in a way
that means things are understood and get done. It's about transmitting and
receiving messages clearly, and being able to read your audience.
• Effective communication skills are a critical element in your career and
personal lives.
• For effective communication it is necessary to have command on
language.
• In workplace or business life English language is important. Because
English is professional language.

13. Importance of Language in Communication
Skills
Communications Skills and Problems:
• Lack of skill in writing & in speaking prevents a persons from
framing the message properly.
• Lack of understanding .
• Because of nervousness(poor skills in communication) the
person cannot communication orally with audience
• Lack of listening, poor reading habits.
• lack of concentration
• Use acronyms and jargons.
• Poor vocabulary.

14. CONT’D
• How to overcome??
Semantic and language barriers can be overcome only by being
careful with the use of language & by using words which have clear meaning,
by using short and simple sentence, and also by using visual aid whenever
possible.

15. FOUR BASIC SKILLS OF LANGUAGE
• Listening
• Speaking
• Reading
• Writing
RELATIONSHIP:

16. Listening Skill:
• Listening means to understand what we hear.
TYPES:
Two types of listening
1) Interactive ( we chance to speak)
EXAMPLE:
Calls, discussion and face to face conversation
2) Non-interactive ( we don’t have a chance to speak)
EXAMPLE:
Watching TV and sermons.

17. Aims of Listening Skills:
Real listening is process that has three basic steps.
• Hearing.
• Understanding.
• Judging.
What is Active Listening:
Hear what people are really saying
• We listen to obtain information.
• We listen to understand.
• We listen for enjoyment.
• We listen to learn.

18. Reading Skills:
Reading skills are specific abilities which enable a reader
• To read the written form as meaningful language
• To read anything written with independence, comprehension
and fluency, and
• To mentally interact with the message
IMPORTANCE:
Reading can help build vocabulary that helps listening
comprehension.

19. Recommendations:
• Choose interesting topics
• Use illustrations
• Move around the class providing support if pupils need it.
• Use reading strategies prediction, Guessing from the context,
skimming and scanning.
• Silent Reading vs. Reading Aloud
(Reading aloud improve pronunciation and silent reading focus
comprehension.)

20. Writing Skills:
• Writing is the productive skill in the written mode.
• It, too, is more complicated , seems to be the hardest of the skills.
• It involves not just a graphic representation of speech, but the
development and presentation of thoughts in a structured way.
IMPORTANCE
• Good writing conveys a meaningful message .
TYPES:
• Free writing V/s process writing
• Free for collecting ideas and process for polishing writing piece.

21. SPEAKING SKILLS:
• Effective communication is the basic purpose of speaking
skills.
• Allow the speaker, to convey his message in a thoughtful, and
convincing manner.
• help us to assure that the listener is not misunderstanding us.
(To speak’ and ‘To speak well’ are two things. A fool may talk but, a wise
man SPEAKS )

22. Speaking consist of 3 parts

23. Problem in Speaking Skills
• We have a fear of being laughed at.
• Time pressure.
• Lack of vocabulary.
• Pronunciation.
• Grammar mistakes

24. How To Improve Speaking Skills:
• Speed
• Clarity
• Punctuation
• Pronunciation
• Familiarity
• Fluency
• Expressions