Communication and Its Forms – English Vocabulary, Phrases & Examples

Communication and Its Forms – English Vocabulary, Phrases & Examples

– communication is a process of exchanging information, ideas, thoughts, feelings, emotions through speech, signals, writing, or behavior

Discuss the number of different ways people can communicate.

People communicate with each other in a number of ways. There are variety of types of communication -speech, face mimics, gesture, posture, sounds, Brails script (world wide known, for blind people), Morse code (changing of

dots and dashes), gesture language, pantomime, sing language Communication can be:

1. VERBAL: spoken language, spontaneous, repeat and explain on request, ask questions, tone, fluency, pauses influence different meanings, people can ask questions, talk about the past, the present, and the future. Spoken language include laughter, sights, said can not be taken back. It is spoken language, there exist about 6000 languages in the world, the spoken word is usually face to face. We can: make promises, explain, persuade, tell lies, tell truth. VC is further divided into:

a) Oral Communication: In OC, spoken words are used. It includes face-to-face conversations, speech, telephonic conversation, video, radio, television, voice over internet

b) Written communication: is most common form of C. Vocabulary of written text can be more complicated. In WC, written signs or symbols are used to C. In WC message can be transmitted via e-mail, letter, report...

2. NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION: is the sending or receiving of wordless messages

That communication is: gesture, body language, posture, tone of voice or facial expressions, is called nonverbal communication. Often, nonverbal signals reflects the situation more accurately than verbal messages

Gestures: hugging and kissing on the cheek: when friends say hello, good bye, parents kiss children, on the mouth: when people have romantic relationship, pass the hand –to congratulate sombody –for birthday, when people meet Mimics: We can express our feelings such as anger and happiness, we can smile, frown, gestures

What is a difference between formal and informal form of communication. Give some examples.

People communicate in different ways. Communication can be:

a)FORMAL: people who don’t know each other and are not friends communicate formally –it is for example the communication between a teacher and a student, a shop assistant and a customer, a policeman and a driver ...

b)INFORMAL: among friends –friends and family communicate informally –it is communication between colleagues, schoolmates, between a brother and a sister, a parent and a child, a grandparent and a grandchild ...

Describe the means of modern communication (mobile phones, fax, e-mail, internet). What is good and bad about them?

We have lot of possibilities how we can communicate, for example: radio, film and television, modern media: phone, mobile phone, fax, internet (e-mail), social networking (Skype, MySpace, Fb), paintings, drawings, photos

Phone: we can call friends, send written messages and photos. It is good when people have their mobile phone always with them because they can talk to friends or family when they need or they can call an ambulance or police when they have problems and need help. Some people use their mobile phone too much – they talk about their private matters, on the bus, train or in the street and it can disturb other people. The mobile has become ubiquitous device, replacing your telephone, watch, calendar, address book, camera, radio and gradually even your wallet

E-mail: we can look for information and send letters on the Internet; we can talk to one man or several people using ICQ or the Skype and it is possible to see them, if they have a camera by the computer

Social networks: The most recent from of communication that has evolved, for example: MySpace or Facebook , which let users join networks, such as workplace or school networks, to interact with other people -interact with them by sending short messages, sharing photos or videos

Situation: You have a friend who wants to start learning English language. Tell him/her what makes English difficult for you. What is easy? Why should she learn English?

People who can speak English, or other foreign language can find a job more easily. To learn and understand new information. For travelling: many people travel abroad for holiday and others for a job –we need a foreign language we want to buy a ticket, buy food in a shop, go to the cinema or talk with foreign people. What's more, it is used within each of the five continents and it's also the most dominating language of the Internet. Studying languages is extremely important for communication with other people