2. 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.
4. Baseline survey of English
Language Teacher
Research project Bulgaria
5 case studies .
English language pre-service teacher .
5. 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
6. 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.
7. 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.