Communication Skills

Description

The second edition of Communication Skills is an exhaustive textbook tailored to meet the syllabi requirements of undergraduate students of engineering. Written in a student friendly manner, the chapters are supplemented with summaries, annotations, and practice exercises.

The book is divided into 5 parts and the lab manual. Part I, Communication discusses importance and cycle of communication, media types, barriers to communication and ways of improving interpersonal communication. Part II, Grammar covers passive voice, indirect speech, modal verbs and conditional sentences. Part III, Composition deals with Curriculum Vitae and Job Application writing, Business Letter Writing, along with Paragraph and Report Writing. Parts IV and V on Short Stories and Poems respectively have been designed to enhance reading and comprehension skills of the students.

Lab Manual comprises brief discussions on Phonetics, Extempore, Group Discussion, Dialogue Writing, Listening Comprehension, Word Formation, Synonyms, Antonyms and Affixes.

Table of contents

PART ONE: COMMUNICATION

1. Communication: Its Meaning, Importance and Cycle
2. Media and Types of Communication
3. Verbal and Non-verbal Communication
4. Formal and Informal Channels of Communication (Corporate Communication)
5. Barriers to Communication
6. Divisions of Human Communication and Methods to Improve Interpersonal Communication
7. Qualities of Good Communication

8. Passive Voice
9. Reported Speech
10. Conditional Sentences
11. Modal Verbs
12. Linking Words (Conjunctions)

13. Job Application and Curriculum Vitae Writing
14. Business Letter Writing
15. Paragraph Writing
16. Report Writing

17. The Luncheon
    Somerset Maugham
18. How Much Land Does a Man Need?
    Count Leo Tolstoy
19. The Night Train at Deoli
    Ruskin Bond

20. No Men are Foreign
    James Kirkup
21. If
    Rudyard Kipling
22. Where the Mind is Without Fear
    Rabindranath Tagore

1. Phonetic Symbols and Transcriptions
2. Extempore
3. Group Discussion
4. Dialogue Writing
5. Listening Comprehension
6. Word Formation
7. Synonyms and Antonyms
8. Affixes