Communication skills of a teacher

October 10, 2008

Name of the observer: RVQ

Date and time of observation: October 2-7, 2008.

Length of observation: one hour and thirty minutes

Person and event observed: ________________

Level and subject: 1^st year AHSE

Characteristics to observe: Communication skills, Questioning techniques, Classroom management, Classroom discipline and strategies.

Communication skill of a teacher is one of the important factors to consider. A teacher must have good communication ability; s/he should therefore remember that speech is an essential part of daily life. Second, the teacher must remember that speech is the process of communicating meaning from one person to another. Third, a teacher must not fail to realize that anyone of the students can become an effective communicator; communication can be in a written or oral form. According to Mrs. Mariles Aquino, she prefers the oral form as she is a speech teacher, she believes in the importance of the above mentioned qualities, in regard she never fails to consider and apply the following on her real classroom teaching. She also admitted that it is her passion to talk; she believes that in this way she can better affect the lives of her students. The observer however, agrees in it since it was sinned during the observation period. She interacts with her students clearly, she gets nearer to her students whenever she can not hear what they are saying in the same way she do this whenever the students can not hear her or she mange to repeat it all over. With her questioning techniques, is awesome because patience in her teachings is visible whenever the students fail to give her the exact o concrete definition she tries to ask another student and she does not forget to give compliments to her students by simply saying “thank you”. Classroom management is as important as disciplining the students, in addition it also entails the over all management of the classroom before the class starts she usually ask the students to pick up pieces of papers, wrappers that has been scattered on the floor, she ask to arrange the chairs properly and she proceeds immediately with the daily routines of praying afterwards she go on with the lesson proper. The direct instruction strategy is mostly observed since it was the teacher who usually provides for her students. Independent type of study is also applied since the teacher manages to give each student their individual assignments and in the ending part of the semester she gave them group activity that will include each member to participate in a one-act play. They are also tasked to make an output to showcase the playa, a portfolio or a simple album.