Classification / Kinds of Communication (Unit three)
Human Communication and Its Forms Classification of Communication 1. Verbal Communication 2. Nonverbal Communication 1. Verbal Communication Verbal Communication is the speech sounds that we produce to communicate with others. It involves an informative language. It has words / sentences as its components and mostly a well-developed language. Verbal Communication too has two forms. 1. Oral Communication 2. Written Communication 1. Oral Communication Face to face, communication is termed as Oral Communication. Most of our communication takes place in the oral form only. It involves conversation, public speech, lecturing, interview, debate, group discussion and oral presentation. 2. Written Communication Written communication is the form of language that represents the oral language using written linguistic symbols. Thus written form provides another method of communication through writing also. The written form can be converted into oral