a presentation on effective communication skills for classroom including language skills, body language, teaching skills, interaction skills.

1. Effective
Communication
Skills
for Classroom
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Effective Classroom Communication

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Effective
English Language
Skills
Effective Classroom Communication

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Language Skills
Primary Skills
Receptive
1. Listening
2. Reading
Productive
3. Speaking
4. Writing
Sub Skills
5. Grammar
6. Vocabulary
7. Pronunciation
8. Non-verbal
9. Collocation
10.Usage

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Know Your Trouble Spots
 Do I speak / write good English?
 How good is my grammar?
 How rich is my vocabulary?
 Do I use right collocations?
 How fluent is my language?
 Is my pronunciation accurate?
 Do I use interesting variety?

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Effective
Body Language
Effective Classroom Communication

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Body Language
Posture (e.g., head up and alert, leaning forward)
Gestures (e.g., keeping arms uncrossed)
Facial expression (e.g., smiling warmly)
Eye contact (e.g., making appropriate eye contact)
Active movement (e.g., moving around)
Physical distance (e.g., not very far, not very close)

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Body Language
Volume of Voice (e.g., pleasant, audible volume)
Tone of Voice (e.g., confident, assuring tone)
Modulate Voice (e.g., avoid high pitch)
There are four ways, and only four ways, in
which we have contact with the world:
what we do, how we look, what we say, and
how we say it. - Dale Carnegie

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Know Your Trouble Spots
 Do I have trouble maintaining eye contact?
 Do I cross / wring my hands / arms / legs?
 Do I smile too much or too little?
 Do I droop / stoop / slouch?
 Is my tone /voice timid / rude / inaudible?
 Do I move about energetically?

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Effective
Teaching
Skills
Effective Classroom Communication

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Effective Teaching
 Know your students
 Check students’ listening skills
 Draw & hold attention
 Express ideas clearly & lucidly
 Prepare, plan, present well
 Use verbal + visual + vocal tools

12. Visual Aids
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 Relevance to lesson
 Ease of use
 Reusability
 Legibility, clarity
 Not distracting
 2f/2c & 6l/6w Rules

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Know Your Trouble Spots
 Do I draw & hold students’ attention?
 Do I motivate / remove inhibitions?
 Do I speak slowly and clearly?
 Do I listen / acknowledge / appreciate?
 Do I make things simple for my students?
 Do I have a clean sense of humour?

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Effective
Interactive Teaching
Skills
Effective Classroom Communication

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Interactive Classes
1. Physical setting
2. Pair work & Group work
3. Good instructions
4. Questioning & Eliciting
5. Handling responses
6. Activities & Games

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Know Your Trouble Spots
 Do in involve students?
 Do I employ collaborative learning tools?
 Do I organize activities and games?
 Do I give short, simple, precise instructions?
 Do I ask questions and do I elicit?
 Do I accept individual differences?

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 Do I ask a variety of questions?
 Do I let students think & formulate?
 Do I show interest in their answers?
 Do I involve other students?
 Do I appreciate good answers?
 Do I ask follow-up questions (instead
of ridiculing bad answers)?
Questions & Responses

18. Reflect – Where can you Improve?
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