Communication Skills in Practice

Muhammad Khaled Al-Alawneh, Mahir Shafeeq Hawamleh, Dina AbdlHameed Al-Jamal, Ghada Suleiman Sasa

Abstract


This study aimed at infusing top-notch communication skills, among students enrolled at Effective Communication Skills course. The course is elective for all Yarmouk University specialties (viz. medicine, art, science…etc.) for the academic year 2017/2018. A descriptive analytical research design was followed by the means of a survey questionnaire administered randomly on 546 students in order to assess their repository of effective communication skills. The study reported significant impact on participants' personal traits, social and presentation skills and on their relations with the others. This effectiveness was not affected by factors of gender or academic year.

https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.18.6.1


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Communication skills; Yarmouk University; Jordan

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