Communication skills · lesson 20 of 24 · free

Phone and video calls — Communication skills for students

On a phone call the other person cannot see your face, so your words and tone do all the work. A good call goes: greet the person, say who you are, say why you called, listen and answer, then thank them and say bye. On video calls, find a quiet place, keep the camera at eye level and mute when you are not talking. Never share your address or details with a stranger on the phone, and remember 112 — India’s emergency number for police, fire and ambulance.

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Greet, name, reason — “the caller can’t see you — your words must be clear”

  1. Order: greet the person → say who you are → say why you called → listen and answer → thank them, say bye.
  2. Good call manners: saying your name first, speaking clearly, muting when not talking, a quiet place for calls, “Is this a good time?”, camera at eye level.
  3. Poor call manners: eating while on a call, shouting into the phone, hanging up without bye, loud TV behind you. Safety: never give a stranger your address — tell a parent; in an emergency dial 112.

Use it for: Calling grandparents and friends, answering the home phone, taking messages and online classes.

Worked example: 📞 Good or poor call manners: muting when not talking? → good call manners

  1. Muting stops background noise from disturbing the others on the call.
  2. “muting when not talking” shows good call manners.

Check: Try it: call a relative and follow all five steps — greet, say who you are, say why, listen, thank and bye ✓

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