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SectionAMini-Lecture

TeachingMethodsforEffectiveCommunication

Goodevening,everyone.Afewmonthslater,youwillstarttoteachinternationalstudents.Today,wewilltalkabouttheteachingmethodsforeffectivecommunication,whicharegenerallyhelpfulforyourfutureteachingcareer.

Teachingmethodscanhelpincreasecommunicationeffectiveness.(1)Clearlyorganizingideasandwritinganoutlineonthechalkboardthatliststhemainpointstobecoveredduringtheclasshelpsstudentsfollowalongwiththeorganizationofideas.(2)Itisalsoveryhelpfulforstudentswhenteacherswritetechnicaltermsortheoreticalconceptsontheboardastheyarementioned.Studentsneedandappreciatethiseffort.

Whenateacherisunsureaboutthepronunciationofcertainwords,thosewordsshouldalsobewrittenontheboard.Theimportanceofwritingwordsontheboardisillustratedinthefollowingexperienceofanundergraduatestudent.

“IhadabiologyprofessorfromLatinAmerica.Hegavealectureonhungtrees.Ihadneverheardaboutthatkindoftreebefore…Afterclassabunchofusstudentsweretalkingaboutthehungtrees.TheAmericanteacherheardusandaskeduswhatweweretalkingabout.Itwasreallyfunny.Hesaidthelecturewasaboutyoungtrees,nothungtrees!”

(3)Thisexampleofmiscommunicationpointsoutthenecessityforstudentparticipationintheinternationalteacher’sclassroom.(4)Bysettingasideclasstimeforstudentstoexplainanddiscusstheirunderstandingofthecoursematerialandtheteacher’slectureorexplanations,manycommunicationerrorscanbecorrectedbeforetheyinterferewithstudentlearning.

Ofcourse,somedifficultiesmaybeassumedtoresultfromlanguageproblemswheninfacttheproblemlieselsewhere.

“Fortheforeignteacher,wehaveaproblemwiththelanguage.(5)Whenstudentsdon’tunderstand,itcouldbealanguageproblem,butitalsocouldbethattheteacherdoesn’thavego