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TEACHERS' COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND THEIR ROLE IN STUDENTS' ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT
Normatova Solikhabonu Nodirjon kizi
2nd year student of the third English language faculty, UzSWLU normatovasolixa02@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
This paper aims to give detailed information about the importance of teacher's speech while teaching their students. The role and value of accurate and fluent speech and their communication skills are highlighted and several peculiarities and categories of teachers' verbal expressions are explained in this article.
Keywords: speech, accuracy, fluency, give a talk, teacher, clear speech, communication skills, academic performance.
КОММУНИКАТИВНЫЕ НАВЫКИ УЧИТЕЛЕЙ И ИХ РОЛЬ В АКАДЕМИЧЕСКОМ РАЗВИТИИ СТУДЕНТОВ
АННОТАЦИЯ
Целью данной статьи является предоставление подробной информации о важности речи учителя при обучении учеников. В статье выделены роль и значение точной и беглой речи, их коммуникативных навыков, а также объяснены некоторые особенности и категории речевых высказываний учителей.
Ключевые слова: речь, точность, беглость, выступление, преподаватель, четкая речь, коммуникативные навыки, успеваемость.
INTRODUCTION
Nowadays, it is undeniable that the education system is becoming the most prominent domain among all other fields. People attach English lessons more than other subjects thanks to the demand for foreign languages. The present steps of modernization of education put forward higher requirements for teachers and their teaching methods. Obviously, a teacher is not only a person who conducts lessons, but teacher is someone who is also an orator, psychologist, leader, motivator, and even speaker in front of an insane number of people. Furthermore, it is required that educators should be creative persons, supportive companions, good leaders, effective speakers, and others who can influence the whole auditory in an efficient way. The main factor in attracting students to the lesson is the way of teachers' speaking methods. Especially, throughout English classes, it is needed to have accurate and fluent speaking abilities to hook pupils' attention easily. Therefore, instructors'
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speech includes a number of peculiarities and categories that must be used while speaking or presenting the lesson to the students. It is believed that students often reflect their teachers in many ways owing to the teachers' speaking matters in terms of conveying their messages to the students. It is admitted that speaking is not an easy process to learn, but it is a skill that you need a lot of practice to develop this capacity. Since teachers can shape our personality and character, they should develop their skills, including giving a talk in public, namely expressing their views more effectively and easily compared to other professions. The particular reason is that teachers have a special role in our life and they always guide us and we also try according to what they say and do. The most important factor of a well-prepared speech is that teachers can make complicated thoughts easy to learn and form our minds more brilliantly. In addition, teachers ought to develop good communication with their students by interacting with them which can improve the learning process and students' speaking abilities too. Effective conversation between student and teacher can enable students to understand the lesson more easily and feel more comfortable while learning.
DISCUSSION AND RESULTS
As it has been mentioned above, in English lessons teachers need to give a speech that is understandable, accurate, fluent and others. In order to make their students to understand the lesson without effort. As everyone knows, during lessons teachers have to do several projects, including making presentations, conducting different games, and others that they need clear speech. There are a number of techniques and tips for a teacher that they can be able to deliver their speech without any hesitation and with confidence:
Effective Communication Skills
Eye contact & visible mouth
Some questions
Body language
Encouragement to continue
Silence
Summarising
Checking for understanding
what has been said
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• Teacher should analyze their students carefully. Before preparing speech teachers have to determine their students very carefully. In other words, they ought to prepare a speech that can be suitable for their students and audience. Identifying your students' skills, interests, and even their age can help teachers to know about what kind of presentations they should use or what kind of tone they should speak. For example, if teachers have to give a speech in front of primary school student it will be better if they use different interesting stories, relating to the theme or other features that can make children feel enjoyed the lesson. If they speak in an educational way the children cannot understand what they hear.
• It is important to articulate clearly and confidently, while giving a talk to others. When teachers speak accurately and with confident their students follow them and understand what they are talking about. Teachers can articulate more clearly when they use wide range of vocabulary and present their ideas in a clear way. These tips help you to appear more comfortable in any situations and you look more understanding and competent. Students often prefer teachers who can impress them by their impressive speech and make them be interested in the lesson.
• Identify the aim of your talk and the main aspects of your speech.
Educators ought to determine primary goals of their speech and the main speaking points that they have to cover. It is essential to give speech with purpose in any conditions. For example, if you want to give detailed information about the history of Uzbekistan to your students you should organize your objectives. In other words, you have to prepare what you want to speak about. Ask yourself "Should I give detailed information about the history of Uzbekistan or our ancestors?" By this method you can manage your time more effectively and your lessons will also be more effective.
• To give a talk use only reliable resources. Many people fail in different situation owing to the usage of fake information or unreliable data. Teachers should use several resources from reliable web-sites or scholar magazines in order to explain the topic or the lesson more effectively. If they use any kind of information from Internet when they give information about the lesson students will struggle academically because of wrong information that they receive in their lessons from their teachers.
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• Teachers should write down their speech if they are going to present something special to their students. It is important to prepare for your speech when you want to talk something very important. Therefore, writing it and analyzing it carefully play a crucial role while speaking. Because if you practice your speech wholeheartedly you can make students get information easily.
• Avoiding filler words while speaking attracts more listeners. Reducing the number of words like "um", "uh", "well" and so on can hook your students' attention easily. It also helps you to speak accurately and more direct if you do not use them. It is admitted that these words often causes divided attention among listeners and make them awkward. In addition, applying filler words in your speech a lot of times can reduce the teachers' credibility and have a negative effect on their students. When teachers try not to use them they can enhance their condition in front of their listeners.
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• At the end of the speech teachers should ask some questions related to the topic that they speak about. Teachers should inspire their students to interact during lessons. To determine whether they understand the lesson or not teachers should give some question to their students. This will help both of them -students and the teacher to better understand the lesson and remember it for a long time.
• At the end of the speech teachers should allow students to ask questions. There are some situations that teachers may forget about certain information and students have to know about it. In some cases, students may not understand some of information that the teacher highlight. If teachers let their students ask something that they do not catch during the speech it will help students to get full information about the topic that they are talking about.
As it has been mentioned above, speaking is not only using words, but it is needed to use your other skills to produce a clear speech. It is a complicated skill that you need a lot of practice. Despite these challenges, this skill helps not only teachers, but also students in many situations. As teachers play role model in their students' life, they definitely affect students. Making a wonderful speech to your students helps you make a sense of community that can help your students to fell connected you. Excellent communication skills and giving an impressive speech to the public are necessary for students and teachers to succeed in various stages of their academic point. Furthermore, teachers' communication skills can help students to develop their speaking abilities, boosting their confidence and even reducing stress. The reason is that, students feel more comfortable and free when there is good atmosphere in the class. We can count a number of benefits of good communication skills:
1. Boosting students' knowledge. When teachers conduct the lesson by interacting with their students with using the new words that they learned in their English lesson, namely, making creative environment with good communication skills enhance the knowledge of students effectively.
2. Friendly environment. Effective communication enables teachers to build positive relationship with their students. When a healthy interaction emerges among the teacher and students learners can share their opinions about the lesson and the topic without fear or hesitation that enables them to be active during lessons.
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3. Time management. Effective communication helps teachers to save their precious time in many cases. When they avoid using filler words, hesitation while giving speech or mumbling they can save and manage their time.
4. Dealing with parents. It is required from teachers to communicate parents of their students frequently. The main reason is that teachers should inform parents about students' strength and weak-points, their achievements and others. While communicating with them effective communication skills help teacher to establish healthy relationships with parents.
5. Enhanced feedback. Effective communication skills can allow teacher to provide their students with constructive feedback which is actionable and clear. With the help of feedback students can improve their skills and their academic performance. Providing students with feedback is the key point of English lessons.
6. Upgraded instruction. Having good communication skills help teachers to convey their messages, ideas, expectations, and instructions easily. They can lead students to achieve better comprehension and they can improve better academic outcomes.
We can continue this list, but we mentioned the most important effects of good communication skills. Teachers speaking methods can motivate their students, better understand them, and establish positive parent-teacher relationships and even giving feedback every deed of their children.
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Clear speech and effective communication is essential for teachers to create positive learning environment and give a helping hand to their students in academic stages. As it was mentioned, it is required from teachers that breaking down the complex information, delivering the information the student in an easy way. Obviously, in these cases teachers should use their communication skills. Many scientists consider that it is enough for teachers only 50% of knowledge, but they should have 50% of communication skills as well. Although teachers have enough knowledge, many of them fail to convey it to their students. Therefore, having good communication skills and ability of giving an impressive speech about the lesson is appreciated by many people.
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The Communication Process
Transmission phase
Feedback phase
Having these skills is not only for establishing healthy relationships with students, but also with their parents, colleagues of teachers and others. Teachers are responsible for communicating with their students' parents regularly to inform the condition of them. In such situations effective communication skills help teachers. Teachers who are skillful communicators don not face any difficulties while interacting with their colleagues and administrators. According to some researchers, communication skills are important not only for teachers, but students also need to have good communication skills. Because, communication plays dominant role in attaining academic achievements in their life. Because as Anna Maria.P.C said teaching and learning are just like two sides of a single coin or two sides of any classes. It is true that teaching and being taught is the main objective of any lesson and as we mentioned it is not only teachers' responsibility, but students should also develop their communication skills. How can they improve their speaking? Obviously, during the lessons teachers should be role module and educate to speak clearly and help their students to enhance their communication skill.
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Communication Expectations
Taking everything into account, we can say that communication skills of a teacher is the most significant factor of conducting effective lessons and it also helps students to achieve impressive accomplishments, academic success and others. Therefore, it is necessary for teachers to have these skills and develop them. There are several ways and tips for teacher to improve their communication skills and preparing a good speech.
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