Communication Skills for Effective Higher Education Students

This report discusses the importance of communication skills for higher education students and the different types of communication skills such as verbal, non-verbal, listening, writing, and visual communication. It emphasizes the need for students to develop these skills to become effective learners and professionals in the future.

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Personal Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................3
Communication skill that are very crucial to an an effective student in the higher education......3
CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Communication skill is is an ability to use the language and express information. It is a
skill's set that make able an individual to convey an information and message so that it is received
and understood. To be an effective students in higher eduction, the communication skill is very
crucial for individuals. It remove wall between the students and professors and create relationship.
With an effective communication skill, students can explain their thoughts, ideas without any
troubles and discrimination based on gender, race, religion etc (Bhagra and Sharma, 2018). the
communication skill inculcate a professionalism in ways of self expression, speaking style and
attitude towards the others and these traits hold the students in a good stead in their professional
life. This report is based on the different communication skill which are very essential in order to
be an effective student during higher education.
Communication skill that are very crucial to an an effective student in the higher education
The communication skill is vital for student's academic success and their future career
prospects. With this new challenging environment, it become very crucial for the students to
enhance their learning skill and employability prospects in future. For the students of higher
education, communication skill is one of the factor of generic skill which is essential. These skills
are very important specially in the process of seeking a job (Brinkley-Etzkorn, 2018). New
graduate would be selected on the basis of their communication skill during job interview. Hence
faculties and universities must ensure that the students are equipped with ability to communicate
effectively and clearly. Thee are different types of the communication which are essential pert of
the student's education. These skill make enable them to work effectively by using their learning
skills. Some of the communication skill are discussed below:
Verbal communication skill- In this mode of the communication, people speak with others. They
have free rein over word that they choose under this methods. Verbal communication is used to
define reality, think, organise and shape attitudes. It define everything from emotions, thoughts,
ideas, experience object and peoples (Chanpet, Chomsuwan and Murphy, 2020). This way of
communication can be casual conversation with families and friends. Quality of the
communication in student's life will also define their professional communication later in life. It

make enable the students to assimilate some more from learning process. An effective verbal
communication skill nurtures the socializations process by facilitating student's new friendship
and these turn help in learning process. Self awareness is a starting point of the good
communication. During higher education, I had developed my this skill by continue practising as
I try to speak clearly and concisely. For a best result it is important to try practising of speaking in
front of the mirror and I had record myself fro playback. In order to make the oral communication
more effective it is essential to recognise most common barriers in it. An individual or students
who is aware about their strength and weakness, they can put in required efforts in order to
improve the communication skill. Awareness of audience is another significant tool in student's
hand to be effective communicator. Tone voice of students carries a lot weight during delivery of
any message. Their confident tone keep the all audience and other person engaged, while
monotonous and low tone can be off putting. This skill can be developed through activities
including open discussion in class, presentation and many more. The oral communication is not
only ability to speak, by it is also a capacity to listen. To improve this skill, it require to speak with
confidence and in a strong voice. During communicating with other be clear and concise. An
effective oral communicator student is able to attuned to audience and calibrate their message
accordingly. In order to become an effective students, they must have an intellectual curiosity
(Ciolacu and et. al., 2018).
Non verbal communication- It is a process of conveying a message without use of any word
either spoken or written. In this method, the communication is made between two or more
individual by using facial expression, body language, postures, hand movements and gesture. This
method also help to establish and maintain interpersonal relationship (Orsini-Jones and Lee,
2018). In higher education, if the students want to become en effective or better communication,
then it is essential for them to become more sensitive with their body language. Their face should
be extremely expressive and able to convey a countless emotions to other without saying a word.
In higher education I had developed this skill by paying attention on the non verbal signals such s
eye contact, facial expression and other etc. By paying a closer attention towards people's
unspoken behaviour, all the students can improve their own ability for communicating verbally.
This skill can be more effective by focusing on the tone of voice. I had start to notice that how
tone of other peoples affect and how others respond to me. For example, if an individual want to

show a genuine interest in anything, then they express their enthusiasm, by using the animated
voice tone. The eye contact is another methods of non verbal communication. When individuals
fail to look in to other's eye, then it can seen as they are trying to hide something. The non verbal
communication play major role in learning process. To make the non verbal communication more
effective, it require to feel emotions. For instance, an individual may find that when they fell
confuses, they begin picking at their fingernails and they are not aware about it. If once they are
aware about how their body react to their emotions, they can then take steps to modify their
behaviours. It influence the student's understanding that ultimately resulting in better
understanding and learning of concept. It help the students to understand symbol, and other sign
language (Jabbarova, 2020). (Jackson, 2019).
Listening skill- It is an ability to of receiving and interpreting message accurately in
communication process. This skill is key to all the effective communication. In a good listening
skill, it is essential to pay attention on other person carefully (Page, Trudgett and Bodkin-
Andrews, 2019). In higher education, the students must have a god listening skill as it promote a
mindful thinking that can reduce depression and anxiety in students. It also improve the students'
relationship as they engage themselves in conversation. By listening talk shows and lectures
introduced the students to new vocabulary. It prepare them for any conversation. During listening
involve the understanding and interpretation with related content. It is important for the students
as it make enable them to understand that what they are bing taught. It help them to grab right
information and understanding about the content. A good listening skill also help them in their
future career as if they listen other person carefully, then they can get new ideas and it will be
beneficial for them a workplace. During higher education, I had work a lot to make my listening
skill more effective, for this it is essential to pay attention on other person who is speaking and
conveying a messages. During any conversation, it is need to shown an interest by listening others.
I used to take participate in college activities and and other assignment in which I tried to improve
my listening skill. Another main advantage of the listening skill is that it also enhance their
productive capacity s when they listen other's instruction carefully, they are able to carry out
orders in more efficient manner. This skill assist them in promoting their socialising skill better.
Writing communication skill- It is an essential part of the communication. A good writing skill
make enable an individual to communicate their message with ease and more clarity to a far large
audience than trough telephone and face to face conversations (Staley, 2019). In higher education,

the students must develop their ability to communicate with written words effectively. They must
have the knowledge that how to clearly write an arguments, hypotheses, summaries and able to
synthesize complex concept and ideas. During higher education, I had learn to that how to
improve my written communciati0on skill. I had mad several project reports on different topics.
To write any message and other things firstly, it need to think what is the matter, its purpose,
objective. This skill can be developed through completing reports and written assignment through
academic program with in universities. By practising of this skill there is reduction in confusion
and it is very time saving. The written communication should be very simple and understand able.
A meaningful writing begin with the development of logical and clear structure to sentences so
that they flow efficiently.
Visual communication skill- In this, there is uses of graphs, photographs, maps, charts and logo
for sharing the informations. This methods is used in combination wit the verbal ad written
communication to simplify any information (Tomchek and et. al., 2018). For example using flow
charts, slides during presentation make it more easy for audience to grasp complex data. During
higher education, I had improve my this skill as I get feedbacks on my visual plans. This skill help
individuals to retain information and also create strong connection as opposed to the verbal
communication. In this, images are remembered by part of our brain which is responsible for a
long term memory. It help students to understand a complex data in easy way. This skill is
beneficial in higher education s it save time with providing a clear picture related to the relevant
information and data. By using graphs and other formate it become easy to find the information
more relatable. By learning this skill, an individual become able to catch attention of peerless
faster than the plain typed text. Well designed of this communication may help people to relate it
with part of their information. Therefore, this skill is mostly use din the higher education during
study that help the students to understand any complicated information.

CONCLUSION
From the above report it is concluded that the in higher education students must have some
essential communication skill that equip themselves with before they venture in operate world.
There are various types of the communication skill such as listening skill, oral communication,
non verbal communication, written communication skill and visual communication skill. All these
skills are very essential in higher education. As it help the students to become an effective
communicator which help them in their future career also. Student need s to improve their all
these skill as it will be very beneficial for their personal and professional life. They need to
practise these skill regularly. By this they will become able to communicate with other in
effectively. They must have the knowledge of oral and sign language so that they can become able
to understand al types of signals and emotions. It will make them more creative and they also
become able to communicate with other in effective and efficient manner.

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