100% OFF- Effective Communication and Listening Skills

This course is designed to develop students’ comprehensive understanding of effective communication and its significance in personal, academic, and professional environments. It introduces learners to the fundamental communication process, explaining key components such as the sender, message, encoding, channel, receiver, decoding, feedback, and noise. The course examines how meaning is created, transmitted, and interpreted, and how communication can succeed or fail at different stages of the process.

The course further explores various barriers to communication, including physical, cultural, language, emotional, organizational, perceptual, and psychological barriers. Students analyze the causes and effects of these barriers and their impact on communication effectiveness in interpersonal and organizational contexts. Emphasis is placed on developing practical strategies and techniques to overcome these barriers, improve clarity, reduce misunderstandings, and promote mutual understanding.

Special emphasis is placed on the development of listening skills as a core element of effective communication. The course highlights the distinction between hearing and listening, the importance and purpose of listening, and the listening process. Students are introduced to different types of listening, such as empathetic, critical, appreciative, informational, and rapport listening, and learn how to apply these skills in real-life situations. Through discussions, examples, and skill-based activities, the course aims to enhance interpersonal competence, active listening abilities, and effective interaction in both everyday life and workplace settings.