Achieving Communication Competence

Three Steps to Effective Intervention - A complete communication assessment and intervention tool

Presents students with reasons and motivations for communication competency and effectiveness in various contexts and circumstances. Whether foundational communication theory, interpersonal skills, professional and group communication or making professional presentations, this book offers relevant, appropriate and meaningful content, and contexts.

Almost everything that matters to humans is derived from and through communication. Just because people communicate every day, however, does not mean that they are communicating competently. In fact, evidence indicates that there is a substantial need for better interpersonal skills among a significant proportion of the populace. Furthermore, "dark side" experiences in everyday life abound, and features of modern society pose new challenges that make the concept of communication competence increasingly complex. The Handbook of Communication Competence brings together scholars from across the globe to examine these various facets of communication competence, including its history, its essential components, and its applications in interpersonal, group, institutional, and societal contexts. The book provides a state-of-the-art review for scholars and graduate students, as well as practitioners in counseling, developmental, health care, educational, intercultural, and human resource management contexts, illustrating that communication competence is vital to health, relationships, and all collective human endeavors.

Bringing together current research, theories and methods from leading scholars in the field, this volume is a state-of-the-art study of intercultural communication competence and effectiveness. In the first part, contributors analyze the conceptual decisions made in intercultural communication competence research by examining decisions regarding conceptualization, operationalization, research design and sampling. The second part presents four different theoretical orientations while illustrating how each person's theoretical bias directs the focus of research. Lastly, both quantitative and qualitative research approaches used in studying intercultural communication competence are examined.

This book is the outcome of an English Language Teaching Project undertaken by the Department of English, University of Poona, as part of a collaborative programme between the governments of India and the UK. This textbook has been prepared specifically to develop the communicative competence of commerce students. Some of the guiding principles of this textbook have been the use of language for achieving communication tasks, emphasising student initiative and interaction, making students aware of variation in language use, and concentrating on appropriacy and fluency.

ACI is a complete assessment and intervention package for direct and consultative services with individuals who have severe communication challenges, including AAC users.The Communication Opportunity Inventory examines existing and potential communication opportunities and partners in 5 environments.The Communication Skill Inventory rates the individual's independent use of 11 skills and the Skill Component Analysis analyzes 61 subskills to pinpoint intervention targets.The Plan integrates information into a guide for parents to support communicative growth.Reproducible inventory and plan forms may be photocopied from the book, printed from the PDF files on the CD-ROM, or completed electronically before printing. Appendices (in the book and on the CD-ROM) include valuable reference materials for professionals and handouts to share with communication partners. The CD-ROM includes bonus scripts and case studies not printed in the book!

Almost everything that matters to humans is derived from and through communication. Just because people communicate every day, however, does not mean that they are communicating competently. In fact, evidence indicates that there is a substantial need for better interpersonal skills among a significant proportion of the populace. Furthermore, "dark side" experiences in everyday life abound, and features of modern society pose new challenges that make the concept of communication competence increasingly complex. The Handbook of Communication Competence brings together scholars from across the globe to examine these various facets of communication competence, including its history, its essential components, and its applications in interpersonal, group, institutional, and societal contexts. The book provides a state-of-the-art review for scholars and graduate students, as well as practitioners in counseling, developmental, health care, educational, intercultural, and human resource management contexts, illustrating that communication competence is vital to health, relationships, and all collective human endeavors.