The book in your hand is the result of diligence, perseverance and pragmatic strategy. The book is organized into six modules and a practical assessment. The book also includes suggestions for practical work and assessment that can be drawn on in the academic writing classroom. The objective of beginning the English Communication Skills course is to develop in students fundamental communication skills being integral to personal, social and professional interactions. The book is written keeping this objective in view. We hope that the book will successfully help students learn to use general, social, professional and specialized language. The book will optimistically enable students to share thoughts, emotions and ideas through various means of communication: both verbal and non-verbal.  It is for the ability enhancement of students under the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) Programme wherever required exercises are deliberately given for practice so that students may understand the topic properly.
Charles William Eliot, an American academician once quoted saying ‘books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.’ We find our book near this concept.
A book should be like an ideal teacher. An ideal book must have eyes to see your problems, ears to listen to you and a mouth to speak. We hope our books have all these three.