Communication, either verbal or non-verbal, is nothing but sharing information, ideas, feelings, emotions and what not, everything that is required for leading a comfortable life. It is undeniably the part and parcel of life. The role of communication, irrespective of its mode, language and region, has been remarkable in flourishing the societies, for the ages. English, being a universal language, takes the due significance for communication across the world. However, English communication remains a matter of concern, particularly, in non-native countries like India. Albeit acquiring efficacy over the communication skills, it is found to be inadequate to meet the globalized competitive challenges potently. In spite of being updated and upgraded, time to time, with innovations as well as the challenging implementations, it is discerned to be un-flourishing to the levels of higher expectations. However, there would be various reasons for this limitation. Hence, this paper discusses the major elements which are inhibiting the prospects of the learners, either directly or indirectly, with respect to the English communication.

Affecting factors, inferiority complex, lack of confidence, lack of vocabulary, grammatical competence, lack of practice