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Essay On Effective Communication

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"Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know." - (Jim Rohn, American Writer)

What is communication? communication is a process involving 2 or more people where the sender encode a message to the receiver to decode through a medium and possible noise and the receiver then response back in form of a feedback and encode the message back to the sender and the sender will then decode the message. communication can take place using verbal or non-verbal communication through a medium which can be face-to-face/phone/notes/email/communication apps etc

To have a effective communication, one needs to take into account of not just what is actually being said - the language that you are using - but how you are saying it and also the non-verbal cues send from the …show more content…

As a teacher I must not only just focus when students are talking but also showing actively listening to the verbal speech and non-verbal cues of the students by responding appropriately verbally or non-verbally to what the students are saying. I should also defer any judgement till conclusion is reached as well as provides feedback when needed.

Characteristics of active listening for teacher (Slyke & Van Slyke, 1999)
• Engage students intellectually and also with emotions
• Listen actively to content, emotions as well as conclusion
• Asking questions and checking back with the students to clarify understanding
• Reflect interpretations of students' answers by paraphrasing what they say back to them
• Correct any misunderstanding or misconception by the students

Benefits of Active Listening in enhancing students' learning? (SDALT: Effective Communication for Teaching and Learning Lesson 6: Applying Effective Listening and Questioning Skills in Teaching, n.d., pg.3 - 8)
• To gain students' rapport
• To build/gain students' trust in the

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