Conceptualized by: Raymond D.

Garcia, MA Math
Assistant Professor 1 – Apayao State College
Preliminaries: Content Knowledge and Pedagogy Classroom Communication Strategies

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Field Study 1
(Learning Episode 0.7)
by:
RAYMOND D. GARCIA, MA Math
Assistant Professor I

BACHELOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION .

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Conceptualized by: Raymond D. Garcia, MA Math
Assistant Professor 1 – Apayao State College
Preliminaries: Content Knowledge and Pedagogy Classroom Communication Strategies
Learning Episode 0.7: Classroom Communication Strategies

Communication plays a fundamental role in our daily lives, most especially in teaching and
learning. This lesson distinguishes numerous verbal and non – verbal classroom communication
strategies that support learner understanding, participation, engagement, and achievements.

Objectives:

1. Differentiate verbal from non – verbal communication.

2. Observe how communication strategies are used in the classroom.
3. Determine how communication strategies support the learners’ understanding of the
lesson.
4. Discover how communication strategies improve the learners’ academic performance.

Education Theory
Communication skill is one of the 21st century competencies that every student needs. It is
essential in exchanging information between people. Communication makes teaching and learning
easier.

Communication may occur between individuals, groups, organizations, and social classes
regardless of their complexities, distance, space, and time (Rosengren, 2000). In a classroom setting
where the teacher usually plays the role as conveyor of message or information, his or her ability to
communicate with the learners is very essential in order to engage them in class discussion.

According to Rocci and de Saussure (2016), verbal communication is arguably the most
pervasive form of communication especially in the huge gamut of communication phenomena where
spoken and written language combines with other modalities such as gestures and pictures. There are
two known forms of verbal communication:
1. Oral Communication – a communication through spoken words done face – to – face, in
video chat, or on a telephone call.

2. Written Communication – a communication through the use of written or printed documents,

emails, fax messages, SMS/text messages, or online messaging/chat.

Non – verbal communication, on the other hand, is the process of communication that does
not use any oral or written words. Communication in this form takes place with the use of signals,
behaviors, expressions, or movements. Hall and Knapp (2013) identify the modalities of non – verbal
communications in the following forms:
1. Facial behaviour

2. Vocal behaviour

3. Gesture and body movement

4. Eye behaviour

5. Face and body physiognomy (nonverbal cues for trait impressions)

6. Proxemics and haptic interaction (the closeness continuum)

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Assistant Professor 1 – Apayao State College
Preliminaries: Content Knowledge and Pedagogy Classroom Communication Strategies
LEARNING ACTIVITY TASK 0.7A
Classroom Communication Strategies

Name: Date:
Course/Year/Section: Score:
Direction: Use any of the online class you observed in the previous Episodes (Indicate which class
you use) to answer this activity. Identify the verbal and nonverbal forms of communication used by
teachers and students in the classroom. Summarize your answer in the table below. Compile your
answer in a portfolio.

Verbal Nonverbal Remarks

Students

Teachers

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Assistant Professor 1 – Apayao State College
Preliminaries: Content Knowledge and Pedagogy Classroom Communication Strategies
LEARNING ACTIVITY TASK 0.7B
Medium of Instruction in the K to 12 Curriculum

Name: Date:
Course/Year/Section: Score:
Direction: Check the box that corresponds to what you have observed in the class. Summarize your
answer by filling in the table below. Compile your answer in a portfolio.

Communication Strategies for Teachers Observed Not Remarks

Observed
Communicates with a friendly tone

Thinks before speaking to avoid utterance of

irrelevant words

Speaks clearly and articulately delivers the

message he or she is trying to convey

Speaks with confidence

Demonstrates ability to produce intelligent

and fluent discourse

Demonstrates skills in written

communications

Demonstrates proficiency in oral

communication

Manifests positive attitude towards students

Other comments and observations:

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Assistant Professor 1 – Apayao State College
Preliminaries: Content Knowledge and Pedagogy Classroom Communication Strategies
LEARNING ACTIVITY TASK 0.7C
Classroom Communication Strategies

Name: Date:
Course/Year/Section: Score:
Direction: Answer the following questions based on what you have observed in the class. Compile
your answer in a portfolio.

1. How important are the verbal and non – verbal forms of communication to the teachers?

2. How do verbal and non – verbal forms of communication affect the students’ learning?

3. What forms of communication do the teachers and the students need to improve on?

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Assistant Professor 1 – Apayao State College
Preliminaries: Content Knowledge and Pedagogy Classroom Communication Strategies
LEARNING ACTIVITY TASK 0.7D
Classroom Communication Strategies

Name: Date:
Course/Year/Section: Score:
Direction: Write your reflection of what you have learned in this lesson by completing the
statements below. Compile your answer in a portfolio.

1. I realized that

2. I believe that

3. I feel that

4. When I become a teacher, I will

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