How to improve my communication? Can you have good communication?

India
January 19, 2010 5:02am CST
Hi friends.. Im prabhu from bangalore (india).I have completed my bachelor of engineering in computer science..I don't have much more communication skills. Today corporate world need the good communication people.I have attended lot of interviews and i cleared the technical round.But coming to the group discussion my performance was very low. How can i improve my communication? What are the necessary steps i need to take? If u have a good communication, how you got it? Im waiting for your reply friends. Thank you.
9 responses
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
19 Jan 10
Hi prabhu, welcome to mylot.It is not at all difficult to develop communication skills. No amount of puring over books and searching the web is going to help you unless you put it into practice. Start by being more communicative with your parents,sister,brother and friends. May be even your neighbor and others that you get to meet every day. this builds confidence in you and you will open up to strangers and take part a more active role in group discussions.Dont be negative with anyone, always be positive, this sure helps in being liked by people and helps you in having more friends - all the best and happy mylotting
• India
19 Jan 10
Hi kiran, Thank for your thoughts. Ya practice is most important for communication.While i communicate with others i know the answer but speak with them its wont come are it will come after sometimes.So im struggle on tat situation.How can i avoid that one kiran?
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
19 Jan 10
That is because you are not fluent and confident of speaking. For that you need to read some books and try to increase your vocabulary and get your grammar right. Reading helps you build both those and also gain knowledge which in turn makes you more confident.Dont worry, you will be able to do it if you have the commitment and are focused. Best of all keep on interacting here with all of us and try to make your discussion responses interesting and grammatically correct , it is bound to help you...all the best prabhu
• India
19 Jan 10
Hi kiran, im very lucky to receive your thoughts. Thank you soo much.I will follow your ideas.
• India
19 Jan 10
Communication is a skill that has to be developed on a daily basis. Try talking to people in English all day and mingle with people with better communication skills to discuss on topic of your interest. It's just mere practice and nothing big you need to do to achieve better communication skills.
• India
19 Jan 10
Hi rajitharamesh, THANK you for your thoughts.I will try to improve myself.
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
this is a field that i am not an expert. i work as a bassist in a band and my wife used to sing with us. my wife is more of the good communicator. a good communicator does not mean that you need to be fluent with english but it needs for you to be confident when you speak. i guess you need to try talking to people you dont know as a practise before going to work interviews. you can go to the mall and ask a few people pretending like you are doing a researched. practising talking with people you dont know might booze your confident. goodluck and hope you achieve your goal and hope this helps you
• India
19 Jan 10
Oh fine se7enthbird.Ya i went more than thousand time in big malls.But i shy to communicate the people in mall.Hear after surely i will speak with those people.Thanks a lot dear.
• India
19 Jan 10
hey buddy.. iam a visual communication student in chennai. the one and only way you can improve your communication is observe your surroundings and talk more about anything with your friends in English..read a lot to improve your pronunciation..never loose your hope...
• India
19 Jan 10
OK karthick, Thank you for your comments.While speaking about anything in english also to increase our communication. Can you tell me some sites to help my communication karthick?
• India
19 Jan 10
i also improve my communication skill and i am weak in fluent english i can't talk fluently and sometimes its feel me guilt.
• India
19 Jan 10
Ya that is true sweetbai4you. I have face lot of problem while communicating with people.In further days we will make good communication skills. I don't have rights to advice to you. Because im also don't have good communication.Try to improve our self.Thanks for your reply dear.
@shalome (178)
• India
19 Jan 10
Hi powekaps, Developing your communication skills and abilities is a life long process. Throughout our lives we are faced with challenges in communicating effectively. You can learn to be a more effective communicator by: 1.Observing and imitating excellent communicators. 2.Learning from your own and others' mistakes. 3.Developing a conscious awareness of communication habits, patterns, styles, strengths,weaknesses. 4.Applying principles of effective communication.
• India
19 Jan 10
Hi shalome. I accept your valuable points. I will try to improve my self through your answer.Thank you so much..
• China
20 Jan 10
i was quiet, to improve my communication skills i put in my headphones with my music on and tried to talk to everyone in my family and it forced me to talk loud so that was one improvement. but the best way to improve communication skills is to practice them.i found that simple words ensure understanding and clarity. big words make communication harder.
• India
19 Jan 10
hi powerkaps, i saw the discussion that u have been facing problem to communicate.you just do one thing u try to speak in english every day.And make a habit of taking a topic, any topic it may be analyze for 5 minutes and go infront of mirror and speak whatever u want to speak.then after few days in a month u will get some fluency and get rid of fear.At this time only, u have to improve your body language also.Inorder to speak about something you should have knowledge. so try to read as many books as possible. good luck
• India
19 Jan 10
Hi prabhu I am too a student of computer science and engg. Effective communication is very important in our profession. Effective communication requires practice, you can gather your friends and start a discussion group and start discussing on any topic, this will not only improve your communication skills but also will increase your selfconfidence.