Communication aptitude and academic success

This research is a fundamental study that aims to gain an insight into the correlations of oral communication proficiency of students with their overall academic performance by scrutinizing the different aspects on how oral communication influences the academic performance of a group of transfer students at the tertiary stage in the American Degree Transfer Program in Sunway University. An analysis of the direct correlations between the two variables will provide an overview relationship between communication and academic behavior; whether student's oral communication influences their academic achievements or otherwise, incongruent. The proficiency in oral communication was measured via the students' perceived oral communication rather than the actual oral communication proficiency since the students participated in answering perception-type survey questions. Subsequently, analysis of data in the signified confirmatory retorts were gathered from the students concerning the study and the results indicate that accomplishing competency in oral communications is imperative in ensuring that students perform well academically. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license.