Article review by: sadia khalid

Introduction The art of communication involves listening and

speaking as well as reading and writing.

Teachers need to be highly skilled in all these areas to excel in their profession.

How do they do it?

Skillful communicators receive information, understand and synthesize it and express themselves at a high level.

Cont….

Richard Cullen give

list for

Outside the

classroom

In side the classroom

Baseline survey of English Language Teacher

Research project Bulgaria

5 case studies .

English language pre-service teacher .

Tentative conclusions of case study

Use of eye contact

Use of body language

Use of voice

Use of techniques to gain, keep & spread attention

Ability to adapt materials & activities to suit the context

Flexibility & sensitivity to changing demands of the lesson

Conclusion It seems that only a more extensive enquiry

building on these beginning findings will begin to solve the ‘mystery’ of successful classroom communication between teachers and their students.

The baseline survey of pre-service teacher training may provide both an opportunity and a meaningful context for this.

Cont….. A good teacher communicates concern and caring by

their tone of voice and use of body language.

In the meantime, the idea of the ‘born teacher’ and ‘born communicator’ remains neither proven nor unproven.