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About The BookDeveloping Communication Skills is primarily designed as a text for advanced level courses in communication skills. However, it would prove equally useful as an effective aid to professionals in performing their day-to-day communicative tasks.Keeping in view the ever-increasing demand for functional communicative competence in the corporate world, the scope of the book has been widended to include almost all commonly used major forms of verbal and written communication. The step-by-step explanation of the processes and procedures of these forms, the practical tips couched on plain English and its attractive presentation style make the book eminently suitable for institutions of higher education, for training programmes in communication organized by the corporate sector and goverment establishment, and for individual self-study. Its uniqueness emanates from the fact that the material included is both research-based and time-tested in a variety of academic settings.Salient Features Comprehensively covers all major forms of verbal and written communication Concepts and ideas explained in simple english Practical hints on using technology for communication Numerous specimens, examples, and illustrations Helpful practical guidelines for various forms of communication Useful information on usage, fundamentals of speech and basics of grammar Designed for classroom study as well as individual self-studyPART ONE : ASPECTS OF COMMUNICATIONPART TWO : ORAL COMMUNICATIONPART THREE : WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONPART FOUR : MECHANICS OF MANUSCRIPT PREPARATIONAbout The AuthorKrishna Mohan : Krishna Mohan was formerly Professor of English, and Group Leader, Languages and Humanistic Studies disciplines. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pillani. He has almost forty seven years of experience of teaching English at the university level. Besides guiding research, and publishing papers in journals of repute, he has co-edited and co-authored ten books. As a British Council Bursar, he specialised in teaching English at the University of London and later served the British Council as Assistant Education Officer in the ELT Unit. He also written several poems and has also published anthology of poems entitled Frozen Ripples (2007). In 1995, he was nominated as the International Poet of Merit by the International Society of Poets, Owings Mills, USA.Meera Banerji : Meera Banerji was Associate Professor of English, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Apart from English literature and language, she had taught Professional English communication, and Impact of Science and Technology for almost five decades. She had also produced teaching material for several of these courses and had guided research, and published papers in reputed journals. She specialised in Syllabus Design for English Language Teaching at the university level.