Perfecting Communication Skills of the Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Dr. Neeta Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Major Elements ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Listening And Speaking

Abstract Communication is a process of sharing information through speech, writing, gestures or symbols between two or more people. The focus of the present paper is oral communication and the language under consideration is English. The teacher should adopt a student centered approach. The learners should be encouraged to do things in the class which result in developing their communication skills. The trainer has to focus on both the linguistic and paralinguistic features of the communication process while enhancing learners’ communication skills. These features involve the effective use of words, forming grammatically intelligible sentences and an appropriate use of voice and intonation. The teacher should encourage and train his students to use positive body language while listening and speaking. In order to hone the communication skills of the learners, it is very important to make the learners comfortable with the language they have to communicate in. Shedding their inhibitions is also one of the pivotal areas of concerns. This paper explores different techniques that could be useful while training students in communication skills. Communication is a process of sharing information through speech, writing, gestures or symbols between two or more people. The focus of the present paper is oral communication and the language under consideration is English. The major elements of a communication process are sender, receiver, message and feedback. Effective communication is a two way process. It involves both expressive (speaking) skills and receptive (listening) skills. It entails receiver’s understanding of the message sent by the sender and his feedback to the sender. Listening plays a very important role in the language learning process. It is the most primary of the four basic skills of any language i.e. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. Listening paves way for speaking. One can never be a good speaker if one is not a good listener. An effective communicator is first a good listener and then a good speaker. According to Tickoo ( 2003 ), ‘Good listening skills not only lay the foundations of good speech, but they grow best through effective communication’.

Utilization of Facebook as a Supplemental Tool in Developing English Communication Skills: Basis for a Proposed Syllabus in Purposive Communication

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randymax M. Bulaquit ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
English Language ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Usage Level ◽  
The University ◽  
Listening And Speaking

Most studies show that students use Facebook as a powerful tool for social interaction, and English language learning purposes. The study aimed to assess and present empirical data on the students’ perceptions on the acceptability and usage level of Facebook as a communication tool in developing English communication skills and to identify possible variables that could initiate programs on how students maximize study time in connection with Facebook’s usage. The majority of the respondents used Facebook daily in learning English reading, writing, listening and speaking. Respondents have moderately agreed that Facebook can be used as a supplemental tool in developing communication skills in reading, writing, and listening but slightly agreed on speaking. There was no significant difference in the extent of usage and the results of the communication skills test in reading, writing, listening and speaking. The correlation between perception and performance for listening skills was positively very weak while performance in writing and reading skills was positively weak. However, the correlation between perception and performance for speaking skills was negatively weak. Lastly, the majority of the respondents have encountered problems in using Facebook, such as in inappropriateness of comments, pictures, or videos posted on Facebook, slow Internet connection outside and within the university, and lack of security and validity of information.

scholarly journals Importance and Problems of Oral Teaching in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
LI SHUTING
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Primary Stage ◽  
English Classes ◽  
Teaching Chinese ◽  
Oral Teaching

This study reviews the importance of oral teaching in teaching Chinese as a foreign language. The oral teaching of the primary stage of Chinese as a foreign language has different characteristics and properties from other languages and other stages of learning in terms of the nature of the subject and the stage of learning. The main goal of oral teaching is to improve students’ oral communication skills. The training of second language teaching skills is generally divided into listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation. The purpose of language teaching is to cultivate students’ ability to communicate in the language they have learned. This study introduces the problems that should be paid attention to in the primary stage of oral teaching, which is helpful in teaching oral Chinese as a foreign language. Teaching Chinese as a foreign language should take the cultivation of learners’ language communication skills as the main goal, which has become a consensus among people. Among the many courses of Chinese as a foreign language, oral course can be regarded as the most flexible and directly related to the actual communicative ability of the training language. Speaking class provides students with speaking opportunities, such that students can master spoken words, spoken grammar and spoken expression patterns; fully mobilise the language information accumulated in the brain memory bank for communication; and move up from language learning as soon as possible The ‘plateau area’ in China is a problem that teachers of oral English classes need to explore. This study aims to improve the effect of oral Chinese teaching in the primary stage of teaching as a foreign language and achieve the expected teaching goals. This study also discusses this issue from the principles of specific teaching implementation.

scholarly journals استراتيجيات تعليم مهارة الاتصال الشفوي باللغة العربية لغير الناطقين بها: تجارب شخصية / The teaching strategies of oral communication skills in Arabic for non-native Arabic speakers: Personal experience

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismail Hasanein Ahmed Mohammad
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Arabic Speakers ◽  
The Individual

ملخص البحث: يعتبر الاتصال الشفوي (الكلام) الوسيلة الفاعلة في بلورة الفكرة الكامنة لدى الفرد، وإخراجها بصورة صوتية تمثل تلك الفكرة تمثيلاً واضحاً، وإيصالها إلى الطرف الآخر –المستمع-دون لبس أو غموض، ويرى الباحث أن الطلبة غير العرب عند التّحدث باللغة العربية يتعثرون على الرغم من تخصصهم في تعلُّمِها بوصفها لغة ثانية. تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى معرفة أسباب إحجام الطلبة عن التحدث باللغة العربية، ومن ثَمَّ إبراز بعض الاستراتيجيات التي استخدمها الباحث في تعليم مهارة الاتصال الشفوي لطلبة بكالوريوس التربية، تخصص تعليم لغة عربية بوصفها لغة ثانية على مدى الخمس السنوات الماضية بالجامعة الإسلامية العالمية بماليزيا. توصلت الدراسة إلى أن تعليم وتعلم اللغة العربية خارج موطنها يعتريه كثير من العقبات تتمثل في البيئة المحيطة بالدارس، والمناهج والمقررات، والوسائل المعينة اللازمة، وينبغي أن يخصص وقت لممارسة الكلام باللغة العربية داخل الصفوف الدراسية، وإتاحة الفرصة لكل طالب أو طالبة في التعبير الشفوي، مع التشجيع الكامل من المعلم، ويتم تصحيح الخطأ بطريقة محفزة، وترصد لهم مكافآت ولو رمزية، تعزيزاً لدفعهم للكلام، وكسر حاجز الخوف والخجل، وإكسابهم الجسارة والجرأة والثقة. على أن يكون الوقت المخصص للكلام إلزاميا لجميع الطلبة دارسي اللغة العربية، ولكل المقررات المتعلقة باللغة. الكلمات المفتاحية: إحجام الطلبة - التخصص – اللغة الثانية- الاتصال الشفوي - الاستراتيجيات. Abstract: The oral communication (speech) is the effective method in developing the idea of the individual and to present it in clear representation and delivery to the other party — the listener-unambiguously. Since the oral communication is one of major concern of the target language, the teaching and learning requires using a variety of strategies to achieve the goal of language learning. The focus of this paper is the oral communication difficulties faced by non-Arab speaking students despite their specialization in learning Arabic as a second language. Therefore this paper aims to find out reasons why students con not communicate well in Arabic Language, and highlight some of the strategies used by the researcher in the teaching of oral communication skills for the Bachelor of education students, specializing in teaching Arabic as a second Language over the past five years in the International Islamic University-Malaysia, where the strategies used  had great impact in breaking the barrier of shyness of speaking in Arabic, and improved their performance in oral expression in multiple areas. From these strategies; the use of multimedia presentation, questions and answers, the excitement by viewing the strange or fantastic scenes that evoke the students to express them orally, and movements, representation, simulation and other strategies that draw the attention of students and encourages them to speak. As well as the cooperation and interaction between teacher and students and among the students themselves. The descriptive methodology will be applied in this paper to explore the teaching strategies implemented by the researcher in teaching oral communication skill, which shown great impact on students achievements.    Key Words: Motivating student – Major – Second language – Oral communication – strategies.   Abstrak: Pertuturan lisan ialah satu cara berkesan dalam mengembang idea seseorang itu untuk menjelaskan maksud kepada pihak kedua tanpa kesamaran. Memandangkan pertuturan lisan adalah satu aspek fokus bahasa yang dipelajari, pembeljaran dan pengajarannya memerlukan beberapa strategi untuk mencapai tujuan pembelajaran bahasa. Tumpuan kertas ini ialah terhadap permasalahan komunikasi yang dialami oleh pelajar bukan Arab walaupun mereka adalah pelajar pengkhususan Bahasa Arab sebagai bahasa kedua. Perbincangan tertumpuuntuk mencari sebab kelemahan pertuturan komunikasi lisan para pelajar dalam bahasa Arab dan beberapa strategi yang digunakan oleh penulis dalam mengajar kemahiran pertuturan lisan bahasa Arab untuk pelajar Sarjana Muda Bahasa Arab Pendidikan daripada lebih lima tahun pengalaman beliau di Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia. Startegi tersebut dilihat dapat memberi kesan dalam memecah kebuntuan sikap malu para pelajar bertutur dalam bahasa Arab dan meningkatkan penguasaan mereka dalam pelbagai bidang. Di antara strategi ini ialah: penggunaan multi-media, soal jawab, rasa kagum apabila diperlihatkan gambar yang pelik dan menarik menjadikanpelajar ingin menyatakan pendapat mereka secara lisan. Strategi lain juga termasuk: pergerakan, penampilan, simulasi dan pelbagai strategi yang menggalakkan pelajar bertutur serta sikap saling membantu dan interaksi di antara pensyarah dan pelajar. Kertas ini menggunakan metod deskriptif.   Kata kunci: Menggalakkan pelajar – pengkhususan – bahasa kedua – petuturan lisan – strategi.

scholarly journals J. V. Vilanilam. More Effective Communication: A Manual for Professionals. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2000. 238 pages. Paperback. Indian Rs 175.00.

2000 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-81
Author(s):  
Atiq-ur- Rehman
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Modern Literature ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Good Effort ◽  
Correct Usage ◽  
Insight Into

The book under review—“More Effective Communication: A Manual for Professionals”, is a good effort by J. V. Vilanilam and is a useful addition to the modern literature on communication skills. J. V. Vilanilam’s book is for professionals who need to make their communication more effective, and is written in a simple and easily understandable style. The reader finds some very useful ways to improve his/her English for written/oral communication. The reader can gain an insight into communication skills step by step with the help of examples, diagrams, photographs, in-boxes exercises, etc. The appendices also contain useful material about some words commonly confused and identify their correct usage. The book is divided into seven chapters and four appendices. Chapter One highlights the importance of communication in the present era and explains the role of communication and the importance of languages in the management of organisations.

scholarly journals The Effect of Nursing Communication Skills Training on Satisfaction of Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Zahra Salmani ◽  
Hossein Shiri ◽  
Malahat Nikravan Mofrad ◽  
Malihe Nasiri
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Hemodialysis Patients ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Communication Skills Training ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Randomized Sampling ◽  
Nursing Communication ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Age Range

Background: Communication skills of nurses include two important verbal and non-verbal communication dimensions and have of great importance in hemodialysis patients. This study aimed to investigate the effect of nursing communication skills training on satisfaction of patients undergoing hemodialysis. Methods: This quasi-experimental (pretest and posttest design) was carried out on 64 nurses working in the dialysis ward and 90 hemodialysis patients in the hospitals affiliated with Alborz University of Medical Sciences. In this study, nurses and patients were selected by convenience and randomized sampling methods, respectively. In this regard, subjects were selected from the hemodialysis wards of Bahonar, Rajaei and Shariati hospitals in Karaj. Results: Most nurses were female (76.7%) and the age range of the participants was 23-54 years. Nurses achieved a high score in all dimensions of communication skills and a high total score of communication skills after the intervention, and none of them obtained a low score. There was a significant increase in nurses' communication skills after the intervention, compared to before the intervention (106.98±4.18 and 117.97±3.35) (P<0.001). Moreover, the results showed a significant change in nurses’ perception after the intervention in various dimensions of communication skills, such as ability to receive and send messages, emotional control, listening skills, nurses' insight into the communication process and assertive communication skills, compared to before the intervention (66.90±5.15 and 95.62±5.34) (P<0.001). Conclusion: Studying communication skills in the form of educational workshops could increase these skills in nurses and clinical personnel in general. More importantly, improved communication skills in nurses could increase patient satisfaction, which is the ultimate goal of healthcare centers.

scholarly journals PELATIHAN KOMUNIKASI EFEKTIF BAGI GURU-GURU BK SMA DI WILAYAH KOTA DEPOK, DENGAN TEMA “ MEMBANGUN KOMUNIKASI EFEKTIF DENGAN SISWA / REMAJA KEKINIAN”

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-99
Author(s):  
Wulan Furrie
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
School Students ◽  
Environmental Conditioning ◽  
Wide Range

The strength of a teacher in teaching is heavily influenced by the effective communication practiced by Dikelas-kelas. Learners are so cool with every word and story that the teacher developed. They are as stunted in the strains of beautiful melodies that splash. While this is the teaching of the teacher, the learners have the convenience of capturing it. Effective communication is very important for the learning process, because as a process where the existence of students with diverse cultures, family background and differences of viewpoints and self-stability are still vulnerable will determine The success of communication itself. The success of communication in the teaching and learning process is not only determined by the teachers but also the mental readiness condition in the teaching-learning process, as well as will be supported by environmental conditioning and Management of the school itself. There is a wide range of breakthroughs in improving communication skills for BK teachers, because BK teachers have the duties, responsibilities, and authority in the implementation of tutoring and counseling services for learners. Related to the student's self-development that suits the needs, potential, talents, interests, and personality of students at school/Madrasah.To improve students ' learning performance, BK teachers are required to create a conducive situation and encourage students to learn more optimally both in independent learning and in class learning with enthusiasm. In order to learn to teach more communicative, there is also necessary proximity between master BK and students as an effort to establish a trust between the two. As a manifestation and concern for the communication process that occurred in the school between the BK teachers and high school students in Depok, then the STIAMI Institute conducts effective communication training for the teachers of BK SMA. With the aim of building and improving the communication skills of master BK to support the process of teaching more effectively through communication. The target audience of this dedication is the teachers of BK SMA in Depok. The cost of devotion is obtained from the Department of Communication in the STIAMI Institute in 2015. The event was held on 20 December 2016 at the STIAMI II campus on JL. Arif Rahman Hakim No. 3 Beji Depok, followed by 50 teachers of BK SMA. From the results of the evaluation of the results and benefits of this dedication activities include improving the communication skills of the BK SMA teachers in understanding students in the face of the learning process according to their age and "kinship". The participants were enthusiastic and actively participated in this training activity. This training is to be done on a wider target and the material can be developed on teachers other than BK teachers. Thus, it is hoped that someday help BK teachers and other teachers to develop and improve the quality of Communication to the students, so that the quality of learning is increased because it has awakened trust between teachers and students in the area of Depok.

scholarly journals Enhancing Cross Cultural Communication In The Marketing Classroom: A Case Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
Michael C. Budden ◽  
Connie B. Budden ◽  
Tará Burnthorne Lopez
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Perceived Impact

The importance of effective communication skills in the workplace is widely documented and recognized as a success factor in many fields of endeavor.  As the workplace becomes more diverse and more global in nature, the ability to communicate across cultures is gaining in importance.  A class exercise in which Panamanian educators and US students cross-interviewed each other is discussed with regard to its perceived impact on the communication process and on its ability to enlighten students on shopping behaviors of persons from another culture.

scholarly journals Digital Audio-visuals Aids and Listening in English as a Foreign Language Classrooms

2020 ◽  
pp. 253-269
Author(s):  
Mahamadou Sawadogo ◽  
Moses Kwadwo Kambou ◽  
Inoussa Malgoubri
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Digital Audio ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Visual Aids ◽  
Listening And Speaking ◽  
Speaking Skills

Many scholars and language practitioners have stressed the importance of listening and speaking in language learning and teaching particularly in formal contexts. However, learners of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Burkina Faso appear to perform very poorly in those basic language skills. This experimental study investigates the potential of digital audio-visuals to improve the listening skills of EFL learners in secondary schools in Burkina Faso. Assuming that learners born around the year 2000 are digital natives, we have tried to integrate smartphone-friendly audio-visuals in their EFL classrooms in a four-week experiment involving one Experimental Group and one Control Group. The experiment aimed at gauging the effectiveness of those aids operated via students‘ smartphones in improving learners‘ listening and speaking skills. Independent T-tests were used to compare the groups and Sample Paired T-Tests to make comparisons within groups. Furthermore, Cohen‘s d, an effect size formula, was used to measure the effect size. The findings show that the listening skills of the students exposed to the digital audio-visual aids improved on average from 10.2 to 18.5. It was noticed incidentally that their speaking skills improved as well. The study suggests that, if appropriately used, smartphones are excellent devices for language teachers and learners in this digitizing world.

Principles of selection of educational material for developing English listening skills of high school students

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 113-126
Author(s):  
Nataliia Diachuk
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
School Students ◽  
Medical Issues ◽  
Methodological Principles

The article deals with an interesting issue of learning English – it describes the process of teaching the language and shows different ways of understanding skills which are required in this process. The Author indicates the importance of language learning for the communication process, emphasizing the role of social competences. The article increases the reader’s awareness of the importance of language learning in modern world and raises medical issues related to learning. It is worth mentioning that the study was conducted in the form of an experiment, which is much more labor-intensive than single quantitative studies. The development of international collaboration in the various spheres of human life requires from modern specialists not only to be professionals in the sphere they work at, but also to be able to communicate with residences of other countries with the aim of exchanging information, sharing experience and doing important scientific research that will bring positive results and benefits both for them personally and for people in their country in general. Communication in the foreign language cannot be possible without the ability to understand foreign speech and respond to it properly. The research demonstrates that students mastering a foreign language regularly report difficulties in understanding other people’s speech. This paper addresses the important but often neglected issue of the proper organization of the process of teaching a foreign language listening skills to secondary schools students. It focuses on the importance of taking into consideration didactic and methodological principles of teaching a foreign language and possible ways of incorporating them into the organization of the process of a foreign language acquisition.

scholarly journals Oral Communication Apprehension among International Doctoral Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Amiri ◽  
Marlia Puteh
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Communication Apprehension ◽  
Oral Communication ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
International Doctoral Students

Communication apprehension has been identified as a major factor which inhibits an individual’s willingness to communicate and his/her ability to develop effective communication skills. While many prior studies have investigated oral communication apprehension among undergraduate students, there has been little research exploring this phenomenon among doctoral students. This study applied qualitative methodology via observation and interviews. The research subjects were international doctoral students from several Malaysian universities. The experiences of the students in communicating with examination panel during academic presentations (e.g. proposal and viva) are analysed and the factors contributing to their oral CA are explored.

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