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Digvijay Pandya, Lovely Professional University Unit 1: Speaking Skills

unit 1: speaking skills notes

contents

Objectives
Introduction
1.1 Principles of Effective Speaking
1.2 Barriers to Effective Oral Communication
1.3 Two Sides of Effective Oral Communication
1.3.1 Listening

1.3.2 Presenting
1.4 Learning the Art of Non-verbal Communication
1.4.1 Characteristics of Non-verbal Communication
1.4.2 Classification of Non-verbal Communication

1.5 Public Speaking Skills
1.5.1 Tips for Good Public Speaking
1.5.2 Importance of Public Speaking
1.6 Summary
1.7 Keywords

1.8 Review Questions
1.9 Further Readings

objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

l Know the principles of effective speaking
l Identify the barriers to effective oral communication and measures of overcome them
l Describe the two sides of effective oral communication: listening and presenting

l Discuss the role of non-verbal communication in speaking
l Explain the concept of public speaking
introduction

Speaking is something that we all do most often. In all spheres of life, a good speaker is always
distinguished from ordinary speakers. To become a good speaker, you must know and practice the
guidelines of effective oral communication. Oral communication means spoken communication
or communication through speech. A person learns to speak much before writing. It is difficult to
decide which one is a more important form of communication: written or oral. But it is perfectly safe
to assume that oral communication is the most popular. While everyone speaks before learning to
write, it is perfectly possible to think of someone who can use language to speak but not to write.

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