Communication Skills

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding (13)
  2. 5. To make sense of a language (10)
  3. 6. Aggressively self-assured (9)
  4. 7. Being other than verbal communication (9)
  5. 9. To pay close attention to one thing (5)
  6. 10. Characterized by ___ (10)
  7. 13. To make clear and comprehensible (7)
  8. 14. To perceive via the auditory sense (4)
  9. 15. A pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages (4)

Down

  1. 1. The distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech (5)
  2. 2. The activity of ___ (13)
  3. 3. Occurring among or involving several people (13)
  4. 4. Giving care or ___ (9)
  5. 8. Communicated in the form of words (6)
  6. 11. A facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth (5)
  7. 12. To hear with intention (6)