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🟢 Session 1: Methods of Communication

💬 What is Communication?

• The word communication comes from Latin word commūnicāre, meaning “to share.”
• Communication means sharing information effectively between people.

⚙️ Parts of Communication

1. Transmitting: Sender conveys message through one medium or another.
2. Listening: Receiver understands message.
3. Feedback: Receiver responds back their understanding to sender.

🔄 Elements of Communication

📡 Common Methods of Communication

🟣 Session 2: Verbal Communication

💬 What is Verbal Communication?

• It includes sound, words, language and speech.
• Helps in expressing our ideas and emotions effectively.

🗣️ Types of Verbal Communication

✅ Advantages of verbal communication

• Easy and quick mode of communication
• Allows immediate feedback
• Flexible — can adjust interaction as per response.

⚠️ Disadvantages

• It can sometimes be confusing and hard to understand if the appropriate words are not used.

🏆 Mastering Verbal Skills

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🟡 Session 3: Non-Verbal Communication

📝 Non-Verbal Communication

• Communication without spoken or written words using expressions, gestures, posture, eye contact, touch, and para language etc.

📊 Importance of Non-Verbal Communication

In our day-to-day communication

• 55% communication is done using body movements, face, arms, etc.
• 38% communication is done using voice, tone, pauses, etc.
• Only 7% communication is done using words.

Around 93% of communication is non-verbal.

🌈 Types of Non-Verbal Communication

🖼️ Visual Communication

• Use of images, symbols, signs to share message without language.
• Examples: Traffic signs, safety symbols, CCTV warning, “No Entry” board.
• Effective because it does not require any language.

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🔵 Session 4: Communication Cycle & Importance of Feedback

🔁 Communication Cycle

📋 Feedback

• Feedback is the receiver’s response showing they understood the message.
• It helps the sender know how effectively the message was received.
• Feedback improves performance and can be positive or negative.

A good feedback is always

• Specific
• Helpful
• Kind

🌈 Types of Feedback

🎗 Features of Good Feedback

• Specific: Clear and supported with examples
• Timely: Given promptly after the performance
• Polite: Respond in respectful manner
• Supportive: Continuous help offered

🌟 Importance of Feedback

• It ensures effective listening
• Builds motivation and trust
• Encourages learning
• Improve performance

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🟠 Session 5: Barriers to Effective Communication

✅ Effective Communication

• Must follow the 7 Cs:

🥅 Barriers to Communication

🎿 Overcoming Barriers

• Use simple language
• Respect other cultures
• Prefer to communication in person
• Use visuals
• Get help from translators if needed
• Be respectful of other’s opinion

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🔴 Session 6: Writing Skills – Parts of Speech

🔠 Sentences & Phrases

• Sentence: Group of words that make complete meaning.
  • Example → Raju goes to school
• Phrase: Group of words that does not make complete meaning.
  • Example →Raju goes to school

🅰️ Capitalisation – “TINS” Rule

❗️Punctuation

• There are 15 punctuation marks or signs used.
• These are: full stop, comma, question mark, exclamation mark, apostrophe, colon, semi-colon, dash, hyphen, parenthesis, quotation marks, bracket, brace, ellipsis, bullet point.

✂️ Basic Parts of Speech

🔩 Supporting parts of speech

Along with main parts of speech, some words are used to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.

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🔴 Session 7: Writing Skills — Sentences

🆎 Parts of a Sentence

• A sentence generally has a subject, verb, and sometimes an object.
• Subject – person/thing performing the action.
• Verb – action in the sentence.
• Object – person/thing receives action.

🗃 Types of Objects

• Direct Object – directly receives the action of the verb.
• Indirect Object – answers “to/for whom” the action is done.

📝 Active and Passive Voice

• Active Voice – the subject does the action.
  • Example: Radha is reading a book.
• Passive Voice – the subject receives the action.
  • Example: A book is being read by Radha.

🔤 Types of Sentences (Based on Purpose)

• Declarative/Statement – gives information; ends with a full stop.
• Interrogative/Question – asks a question; ends with a question mark.
• Exclamatory – expresses strong emotion; ends with an exclamation mark.
• Imperative/Order – shows command, request, or advice; ends with a full stop or exclamation mark.

📜 Paragraph

• A paragraph is a group of related sentences focused on one common idea or theme.
• Different paragraphs cover different aspects of the same topic.

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