Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC) Communication - English B.A First Year- Semester 1 Unit 1 Theory Of Communication And Introduction NOTES


What is communication

Communication is the process to share our feelings,ideas, information with other people. Communication Is A Feature , Which Makes Human Beings Different From Other Animal. As We Use Language To Communicate Which Other Animal Do Not. To Understand Human Culture As Well As Civilization It Is Essential.

Therefore To Study Human Communication Moreover It Is Also True That Success People In This World Are Always Better Communication And Therefore It Is Essential .That We Learn To Be Effective Communication So As To Achieve Our Goals In Life. 

Communication Is English Language Has Been One Of The Prime Focus Of English Language Teaching.As English Is Not Only A Global Language , But Also A Link Language Which Makes One Marketable Almost Throughout The World


Meaning Of Communication

The Word Communication Is Used To Mean Any Activity In Which Information , Emotions And Feelings Are Conveyed From One To Another. Communication The Word Communication Is Derived From Latin Word COMMUNICARE Communication Communicare and communis Which Means – To Share Information , Ideas , Emotions , Knowledge Amongst People To Share MeaningCommunication Has A Significant Role In Our Everyday Life.

As We Spend A Lot Of Time Communicating .We Communicate With Our Friends, Family ,Relatives ,Colleagues, Employees And With Many People ,We May Not Known Very Well And Even With Perfect Strangers It Is Only Through Communication That We Fulfill Our Different Needs.Whether They Are Personal, Emotional, Psychological ,Educational, Social Financial ,Professional Or Cultural.


Definition of communication

According to Kelly

communication is a field of knowledge dealing with the systematic application of symbols to acquire common information regarding an object or event

According to A. Kumar 

communication is the process of making a message understood by satisfying the need sets and ego sets of a receiver

According To Luther 

it is the transmission of commonly meaningful information it is a process that involves the exchange of behaviours

According To Fortune 

it is the procedure whereby one mind affects another In The View Of Sanborn communication is the process of sending and receiving messages


Functions Of Communication

Functions of communication In the individual context

  • It provides knowledge
  • It gives way to commercial success
  • It enforces and adjust behaviour patterns
  • It helps in socialization and building relationship
  • It creates legends


Social Context

  • It educates people and make them capable on various fronts
  • It persuades the targeted subjects to buy products or services.
  • It generates enthusiasm in the minds of the targeted subjects to develop or modify veiw on particular issues.
  • It provides in revolution and transformation
  • It performs incidental neutral functions.


In The Organisational Context

  • It serves as an essential tool
  • It assets in decision making
  • It keeps the employees enlightened
  • It builds good employer employee relations
  • It facilitates the basic management process
  • It interacts with the member of external environment
  • It co-ordinate employees action
  • It gives feedback and evaluate performance for control
  • It promote leadership effectiveness


Effective communication

To be an effective communication certain significant things should be kept in mind -We must know what is the aims and objective of communication then the next step is present our thoughts emotions feelings etc with clarity and integrity Then medium choose for communication should be both parties are convenient An appropriate environment is also necessary for proper delivery of message The features Such as tone, speech, voice ,pronunciation, appropriate gestures and postures expressions ,eye contact affect the oral communication process No communication is complete without a feedback


Human communication v/s animal communication by Charles Hockett

Charles F. Hockett has talked about 13 design features to talk about the the distinctive quality of the human languageThe vocal auditory channel Broadcast transmission and directional reception.The significance of interchangeability and total feedback for language becoming clear upon comparison with other system

  • Specialization 
  • Semantically 
  • Discreteness 
  • Displacement 
  • Productivity 
  • Traditional transmission 
  • The meaningful elements in any language




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