Communication skills are what you use while giving or receiving information, these skills involve writing, speaking, listening and reading. Apart from these skills which make use of language, there are other non-verbal or non-linguistic communication abilities that we possess. Those include use of body language, observation and emphasising. Communication skills are required to share new ideas, feelings or even updates. With the advent of communication technology beyond writing and speaking, these skills also include the ability to have phone conversations and digital communications like social media, texting and chatting.

The best free communication skills courses available on Alison include:

• Communication Skills - Perception and Non-Verbal Communication - Revised
• Diploma in Business Communication Skills - Revised
• Effective Communication Skills for Managers - Revised
• Winning With Communication - Master Your Communication Skills
• Communication Skills - Persuasion and Motivation - Revised
• Communication Skills - Group Work and Networking - Revised
• Supervision - Effective Communication Skills
• Diploma in Communication Skills - Revised
• Business Communication - Developing Effective Business Presentation Skills - Revised

Each of the online communication skills courses on Alison are free, as are all of Alison's online courses. Alison's learners do not have to pay anything to take these courses unless they want a digital or physical copy of the course certificate.