2.2.3. In-order to become a well rounded communicator one needs to be proficient in
each of the four language skills viz., listening , speaking, reading and writing, but the
ability to speak skillfully, provides the speaker with several distinct advantages. The
capacity to express one’s thoughts, opinions and feelings, in the form of words put
together in a meaningful way, provides the speaker with these advantages. The joy of
sharing one’s ideas with others is immense. When we speak to others we come to have a
better understanding of our own selves, as Robert Frost once said: ‘‘I am a writer of
books in retrospect, I talk in order to understand, I teach in order to learn.’’ Undoubtedly,
the clarity in speech reflects clear thinking.