al communication, written communication, and non-verbal communication. Oral communication is one way for people to communicate face to face. Over 3,000 languages and major dialects are spoken in the world today. The development of languages reflects class, gender, profession, age group, and other social factors. The huge variety of languages usually creates difficulties between different languages, but even within a single language there can be many problems in understanding. "Through speaking we try to eliminate this misunderstanding, but sometimes this is a very hard thing to do. Just as we assume that our messages are clearly received, so we assume that because something is important to us, and not to others". (Boone and Kurtz 1996) As time has proven this is not at all true. Many problems can arise with speaking and the only way to solve these problems is through experience.
Oral communication is considered a verbal mode of communication which another one would be written communication. Being an effective communicator requires knowing how to write well let it be by the way of business letters, memos, or newsletters. The main reason for writing good letters is that your writing reflects on you. A sloppy letter represents a sloppy person or organization. On the contrary, clearly stated views and good written communication skills represent a strong organization. To be an effective communicator, you must know when to send a letter as opposed to a memo. Letters generally go to people outside an organization, while memos go to people inside an organization. However, sometimes in large organizations, people will send letters to different departments instead of memos. The only other major distinctions are the audience and format.
The final mode of communication is nonverbal communication. There are many different channels of nonverbal communication; touching, body language, and time are all nonverbal types, just to list a f...