Importance of Communication Skill Development for Higher Education Students

Communication skill development is crucial for higher education students to improve their interpersonal relationships, career path, and academic success. Collaborating with peers can help in developing effective communication skills. This article discusses the importance of communication skill development and ways to improve it.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
How communication skill development is crucial to be an effective students in higher
education......................................................................................................................................3
Ways in which collaborating with peer help to develop effective communication skill.............5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

Main body
Communication skill is an ability of giving and receiving different kind of information and it
includes listening, speaking, observing. It enables the individual to understand the feeling and
meaning of the message in a better way. Communication skill is an ability to convey information
or idea to the other person in effective manner. This skill is very important in day to day life and
help to boosting confidence and trust in the life. There are various skill which is essential for the
individual.
Teamwork skill – With this capability person understand how to work in the team, how
to enable to motivate the individual to share their ideas and innovation think in the team. Which
reduce the stress and tension and achieving individual and company goal.
Critical thinking – It is most important skill which help the individual to understand
better about their passion and goals (Kassenboehmer 2018). Critical thinking is the valuable skill
for the all individual because it increases problem solving skill, team skill, creativity, innovation.
Planning and research skill - This skill require for searching new thing and planning
for same project. To accomplish certain work task, it helps individual to come up with suitable
strategy and plan of action . This could involve seeking information from various sources.
Interpersonal relationship skill- It helps the individual, to boosting their social and
mental being health. Interpersonal relationship skill help the person to engage with other
positively, increase the ability to make comfortable for individual presence, increase the ability
to manage conflict and manage issue.
Listening skill – This skill is important for individual, because it will give knowledge
and confidence to the individual .
How communication skill development is crucial to be an effective students in higher education
Effective Communication skill is a very important in the individual. It helps the student
to remove wall between the professor and their students to create better and effective relationship
(Farashahi, 2018). It helps the students to boosting their confidence, increase motivation, create
better relation and making positive image in the class. Communication skill are the ability of the
individual that give and receive different kind of information. It is a skill that enable the person
to understand other and to be understood themselves. Communication skill includes listening,
speaking, observing, empathizing, communicate new ideas, feeling, and updates the projects,

Good communication skill ensure that everyone around the person in life understand their
feeling, thought and emotion (Koponen, 2019) . This skill helps the individual to feel confident
and assertive in life. It helps to the students to reduce misunderstanding and decrease the number
of challenges face by the individual. This skill helps them to make and keep good friends, have
good relationship with other person such as family, member, friends. It also improve daily
function and reduce stress which is leads to lots of mental health.
Communication skill development is the crucial to be effective student of higher
education. This skill helps the student to understand better to the people and situation. It helps
them to overcome diversity, build trust, confidence, create respects and condition for sharing
creative ideas and loving problem. Communication skill development is important for enhancing
the writing, Reading, listening skill which is very important for students in higher education.
Improving oral and written communication skill are essential for success in the classroom ,
workplace and the personal lives.
It is one of the most important and generic skill that are essential for the higher education
students. Although generic skill encompasses several elements which is important especially
during the process of seeking job. Generally communication is a process of exchanging
information from one person to another, giving information through verbal and non-verbal
method. The process of communication generally involve four elements which are the speaker,
receiver, communication channels and feedback (Putri, 2021). Well development of
communication are vital for higher students and all level of education, they must be able to
communicate effectively. Without developed this skill, the students face the risk of falling
behind their peer or becoming overwhelmed or withdrawn at school.
Successful communication can increase deepen relation in personal and school life. In
personal life they can understand better to the people and situation that happen in the daily basis.
Developing this skill can help the students to avoid conflicts compromise and help them to take
better decision for the future. Developing this skill improve the student image, decision-making
skill, teamwork in the class. Good communication enable the higher education students to
receive and send negative or heavy message without any irritation and disruption of trust
(Roztocki, 2019).
This skill helps the students to keep motivating and engage in the class. Good
communication skill development help the students in various way.

Good communication skill help the students to develop their career path. It helps them to make
difference in the personality and improves the confidence of individual. Many students face
communication problems in the interview, that why studying and enhanced communication skill
help the students to develop a career in various field.
Good communication skill developments crucial for the higher education students
because it helps to increase positive attitude and gratitude from other. This skill help students, to
solve the issue with other person and improve good relation with other. Developing this skill
enhance the efficiency of students and boost the confidence of other students. That why
communication skill improving collaboration and long term benefits.
Communication is an expression and freedom of expression is our right. It should be on
right way, with right people for the right cause and on the right platform. Learning the
communication skill help the students to cope with the kind of professionals and social tension
in the future. Communication in group activities, debates and family function help the students to
analyse their communication skill level. In conversational listening to other person opinion is
very important to reach new conclusion about the subjects. Communication skill is very
important for higher student to learn because they are more creative, enthusiastic, passionate and
open-minded. Communication skill is important for healthier contact with parents, teacher,
collages, Peers and other person. It will build self-esteem and raise trust on students that will
affected to the education in positive way. – communication is an expression and freedom of
expression is our right. It should be on right way, with right people for the right cause and on the
right platform. Learning the communication skill help the students to cope with the kind of
professionals and social tension in the future.
Ways in which collaborating with peer help to develop effective communication skill
Face to face communication with peer helped me to improving my communication skill. I was
learned from them how to understand the meaning of message, that gave me ability to convey
information to other person in an effective an efficient manner. I was learned different
techniques which help to develop my confidence and reduced conflict or misinterpretation.
Collaboration with the peer was help me to choose right medium that set instant messaging or
recognition platform.
That was encouraged me to communicate and acknowledged one anther. Speaking with
peer was help me to speck, listen, articulate, understand what they talked about, with the help of

this I able to improve my presence of mine. It was improved my the brain capability and memory
(Ruswanto, 2018). I was able to improve attention and able to respond in the particular situation.
I was learned from focusing on non-verbal signals that was help to prevent miscommunication. I
was practised with my peer that was the best method for developing my communication skill.
That way helped me to clearly anticipate the person feeling, what they want to say to me . I was
continuously communicating with the peer and in the groups helped me to develop my
communication skill . I was debated with my peers that was increasing my vocabulary and
communication skill. That all this method help me to improving my communication skill .

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