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A. What is Verbal Communication?

Communication greatly contributes to helping human beings

in doing many kinds of activities. During everyday

communication, especially face-to-face interaction, vocal and
visible behaviours are typically coordinated in ways that provide

for their mutual performance. When people talk, they also locate

their bodies, assume various postures, direct their eyes, perhaps

move their hands, altogether behaving in ways that constitute an

interactive event.

Verbal Communication is the use of words to share
information with other people. It can therefore include both

spoken and written communication. However, many people use

the term to describe only spoken communication. Verbal

communication is an oral communication wherein the message is

transmitted through the spoken words. Here the sender gives
words to his feelings, thoughts, ideas, and opinions and expresses

them in the form of speeches, discussions, presentations, and

conversations.

Verbal communication involves the use of language. The

relationship between language and its meaning is not straight

forward. Verbal communication is any communication that uses

language to convey meaning. It can include oral communication,
such as speaking to another person over the telephone, face-to-face

discussions, interviews, debates, presentations and so on. It can

also include written communication, such as letters and emails.

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