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For example,
• A student writing a leave application to the principal.
• A teacher giving written notes on a specific topic in the class.
• An email written to send birthday invites to all friends.
Small Group Communication
It is an interactive communication amongst a group of people like in Press conferences, Board meetings, Staff
Meetings, Interactive sessions between teacher and students in a class, etc. For example,
• On the spot quiz based on the topic covered in a class.
• An interview of a candidate with a panel of people.
• Meeting of the principal with the teaching staff.
Public Communication
In this communication, an individual addresses a big crowd.
For example,
• Students campaigning for annual student representative
selection.
• Annual day celebration in a school.
• Interschool Debate competition.
Advantages of Verbal Communication
Some of the advantages of verbal communication are:
• Clear and precise message is delivered to the receiver, so
there are less chances of discrepancy in the delivered message.
• The information conveyed can be saved for future use by recording the verbal or written communication.
• The exchange of ideas and thoughts are straightforward, quick and saves a lot of time.
• It gives instant feedback when the sender’s intended message is received properly by the receiver.
• It is quite interactive and the scope of seeking clarification is greater in a less formal atmosphere.
Disadvantages of Verbal Communication
Some of the disadvantages of verbal communication are:
• Language has different dialects or speech tone that lead to difficulty for the receiver to understand the message
conveyed by the sender.
• Lengthy messages (written or oral) are difficult to comprehend, is unsuitable and boring especially in a crowd.
• As messages are delivered instantly, there is no scope for rectification of wrong words used in oral or written
messages.
• Great difficulty in communicating with people living in different time zones.
• The emotions of the sender have a strong impact in the delivery of the message to the receiver. If a teacher is
upset or angry or tired, then despite all good efforts of hiding her emotions, she will not be able to deliver her
lectures effectively.
• It works effectively only with the help of non-verbal communication like gestures, visuals, body language,
otherwise alone it is incomplete form of communication.
• Verbal communication can be really expensive if you need to communicate in a language that you are not
familiar with. Either you have to hire a person who works as a translator or install a software for your digital
communication.
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