Communication

Conversation represents the archetypal language use through which people participate in social interactions. This article sets out the major characteristics of conversations. They are highly coordinated, collaborative events. They generally have no more than one person speaking at a time and they proceed without a predetermined cognitive map. They are…

The communication model known as The Communication Chain can helps us classify communication disabilities according to the level at which a disruption occurs: linguistic, physiological or acoustic.

Dynamic non-verbal communication uses components that change during the course of an encounter. These are the components typically thought of as body language, i.e. gestures, facial expression, eye movement, and similar.

Transmission models of communication stress the need to achieve an appropriate balance between messages with highly unpredictable information (entropy) and highly predictable information (redundancy). In this way, communication between speakers and hearers is improved.

Extended model Here we present an extended diagram of The Communication Chain that is introduced in the article entitled Communication Model.

The following diagram summarizes the various areas of study in relation to human communication. Click on the boxes to learn more. xxxx…

There are certain fundamentals for developing human communication. These pre-requisite skills can be broken down into those required for language development and those required for speech development.

There is no universal answer to the question, “How can I improve my communication skills?” It depends on your reason for communicating. Speech therapists attempt to prevent or alleviate communication problems (communication difficulties) in persons with language, speech, fluency or voice difficulties. But they also have suggestions for good communication…