Role of Teacher for Effective

Classroom Communication
Prof. Jasvanti Maru

The following should be practiced to achieve

effective classroom communication:1. Two-way communication
. Two-way communication instead of one-way
communication is needed.
. One-way communication, i.e. lecturing or
telling or demonstrating by the teacher
denies the facility to the students to seek
clarification.
. The learners remain passive listeners.
. Two-way communication has a built in system
of feedback.
. It
ensures
that
further
information,
clarification etc., are provided whenever
possible.
. The
receivers
or
the
learners
get
opportunities to understand the message or
the content.

2. Competency
The sender and receiver should be
competent and efficient in terms of
communicating and receiving the
desired information (message).
He should have clarity of concepts,
unity of thoughts and mastery over
the language.

3. Suitability of content
Contents of communication should
be carefully selected.
Selection of teaching materials
should be based upon; instructional
objectives, teachers ability to
impart knowledge and the learners
capacity to digest the subject
matter.

4. Division of content
The technique of dividing the
subject matter into units and subunits facilitates the teachinglearning process.
Without proper division, teaching
may remain indifferent, incoherent,
confused and pose problems for the
learner as far as comprehensiveness
is concerned.

5. Focus
Communicator can communicate
well if; he keeps in mind the main
focus of his communication.
It keeps the teacher and his teaching
in main track.

6. Effective strategies
Successful teaching demands
effective strategies, media and
channel.
They vary with variance in goals
and purposes, pupils and
teaching-learning environment.

7. Feedback and
reinforcement
A pupil repeats responses that
are reinforced and discontinues
responses that are not reinforced.

8. Readiness and motivation

Motivation is the petrol that
drives mental engine.
The teachers as well as students
should be ready and remain
motivated
throughout
the
process of communication.

9. Sharing and interaction

Effective communication depends
upon sharing of thoughts, ideas,
feelings, experiences, and mutual
interaction between the source of
communication and receivers.
Greater the interaction more will be
the involvement and participation of
teaching-learning
communication
process.

10. Pupil-centeredness
This is the base of effective
communication.
Communication should be pupilcentered, i.e.; in accordance with
needs, interests, abilities, mental
levels and aspirations of the pupils.
Communication come down to the
level of receivers.

11. Sympathy and kindness

Effective
classroom
communication cannot take
place in a situation that lacks
sympathy and kindness to the
students.

12. Co-operation
Teacher
should
plan
his
teachings to give to the pupils,
abundant opportunities for cooperation,
in
organization,
management , participation in
discussion and other classroom
activities.

13. Mutual understanding

Communication
fruitful
if
understands
background and
indifferences
students.

will be more
the
student
the
social
other individual
among
the

14. Conducive environment and

proper control
Teaching-learning
communication
can proceed in an ideal social and
physical environment.
Room temperature, light, ventilation,
cleanliness, seating arrangement are
the factors that influence the physical
environment.

15. Facilitators and barriers

Facilitators are helpful in
effective
communication
whereas barriers adversely affect
communication.
Hence, learning situations and
environment should be so
organized as to eliminate the
barriers of communication as far
as possible.

Thank you