Communication is an act of transferring verbal messages, the written word or non-verbal signal. In the field of learning, communication is very important tool to the teachers and learners. Without communication there is no learning exist. One of the objectives of education is to develop the communication skills of the student and these are the speaking, listening, writing, reading.
It is a duty of the teacher to develop the communication skills of the students in the classroom. The teacher as a facilitator should possess a greater communicative skill. And at the same time teacher as a manager of the classroom setting set up a good communication climate among the students.
In any learning situation, learning can be more effective if communication does not take a one – way communication relationship between teacher and student in ascending order of their effectiveness. Teachers must be open to any type of communication relationship between him and among students so that learning will always takes place in the classroom situation.
Today, technology can help improve communication in education. Using technology incommunicationhas become a necessity; it’s now part of our lives. Teachers can communicate through emails, faxes, Mobile phones, texting services, video conferences, video chart-rooms and social media channels.
By: Roselyn R. Guanzon, Salian Elementary School