Communication is a learned skill.
Most people are born with the physical ability to talk, but we learn to speak well and communicate effectively. Speaking, listening, and our ability to understand verbal and nonverbal messages are skills we develop as we grow and interact with our world. Communication as an academic field relates to all the ways humans communicate, so it embraces a large body of knowledge. The field of communication focuses on how people use messages to generate meanings within and across various contexts, cultures, channels and media. The field promotes the effective and ethical practice of human communication.