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Introducation to Communication Skills ArticleIntroducation to Communication Skills Article
Publisher
Mind Tools
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Articles
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For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
1300L
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Introducation to Communication Skills

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This article reveals the purpose of communication: to get your message across to others. This may seem elementary, but the process that involves both the sender of the message and the receiver is complex and can lead to confusion and counter-productivity in human interactions.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

communication, data, listening

Additional Tags

baggage, becoming an effective listener, communication at the person to person level, communication process, decode, decoder, effective feedback, effective public speaker, encode, encoder, encodes, environment, feedback, feedback parts, interpersonal communication process, interpersonal process, interpersonal skills, listening response, message, miscommunications, noise, nonverbal, oral medium, participants in communication process, process, receiver, response, sender, written medium, communication process and public speaking, function, peripherals to interpersonal communication, verbal

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

SL.11-12.3 CCRA.SL.1 SL.11-12.1.b SL.11-12.1.c SL.9-10.1.b SL.9-10.1.c SL.11-12.1.d

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