Alex in Wonderland: Problems with Classroom Communication

The communicative competences of students and teachers in different levels of education in North Cyprus

“…The teacher communicates with students, and students communicate with the teacher and others, and thus they obtain knowledge (Gillies 2004;Sakallı et al 2007). Communication, which makes the teachers and the learners share knowledge (Sage 1999), is used as a means of obtaining knowledge and transforming it (Puro and Bloome 1987;Ludlow 2006). In addition, many teachers, as a result of their classroom experiences, state that the reciprocal relationships between teachers and their students increase the efficiency of teaching (Murray and Pianta 2007;Pelz 2004) and consider the teacher-student relationship to be a complement of the teaching-learning process (Frymier 2005;Aultman et al 2009).…”

“…The best way to motivate the student in the transfer of knowledge process is for the teacher to use his/her body language in the right and effective way (Ö zbent 2007;Sage 1999). Throughout the teaching process, teachers' closeness to students and their cares about students' concerns and future goals (Ololube 2005) enable students to orient themselves in learning (Mottet et al 2005), increase students' ability to use the essential components of the nonverbal communication such as eye contact, gestures and the body language, and increase students' motivations and concentrations in the learning process (Zeki 2009).…”