Summary

English Communication is an integral part of todays life. Engineering students come from
different backgrounds with different mother tongues. It is imperative for them to overcome
their native accentual patterns and gain proficiency in speaking English. They also need to
acquire optimum writing skills. The course of Technical Communication helped in the
development and improvement of the communication skills and linguistic competence of us as
the engineering students and budding technocrats. This course helped us to develop skills that
enabled us to write and present effective scientific and technical documents.
Various things that we learned from this course are-
1. Communication Definition of the process of communication.
2. Types of communicationVerbal and Non-Verbal communication.
3. Barriers to Communication
Physical barriers,
Psychological barriers,
Interpersonal barriers and
Organizational barriers.
4. Importance of communication with reference to students.
5. Importance of good listening skills.
6. Non-verbal communication- Importance and various styles.
7. Group Discussion skills - Features and Importance.
8. Features of technical writing.
9. Paper presentation skills.