This course is designed to facilitate learners with acquisition of essential communicative competencies, pedagogical and practical skills required for effective teaching and professional interaction in educational settings. It emphasizes on learner-centered teaching strategies, integration of modern techniques, and fostering critical thinking and creativity to prepare competent, ethical, and adaptive communication skills educators.

CLO 1: Discuss the principles of effective verbal, nonverbal and written communication in educational settings. 

CLO 2: Analyze the role of clear and inclusive verbal, nonverbal and written communication strategies in instructional materials.

CLO 3: Apply inclusive language and demonstrate cultural sensitivity in teaching to support and enhance classroom interaction. 

CLO 4: Adapt inclusive learning materials and activities in promoting equitable learning environments.

Introduction to Communication Skills; Definition of communication and communication skills within educational contexts, the communication process, types of communication used in classroom settings,  barriers to effective communication in educational environments and appropriate strategies for language use in teaching: Principles of Effective Communication; clarity in communication, coherence and organization, use of appropriate medium, feedback and response and editing and proofreading for written communication: Verbal and Nonverbal Communication in Educational Settings; Meanig of verbal and non-verbal communication, clarity and language use in teaching, feedback and assessment communication, nonverbal communication and classroom management and Congruence Between Verbal and Nonverbal Communication: Elements of Effective Written Communication in Educational Settings; organization and structure, audience awareness, use of visual and textual features, tone and formality, editing and proofreading: Role of Nonverbal Communication in Teaching; importance of nonverbal communication in teaching, use of visual aids and symbols, nonverbal communication and inclusive education, reinforcement of learning and paralanguage (vocal elements): Use of Nonverbal Cues to Support Classroom Interaction; use of visual aids as nonverbal support, use of silence, turn-taking signals, use of proximity (space) and nonverbal feedback: Inclusive Language and Cultural Sensitivity in Teaching; meaning of inclusive language, importance of inclusive communication in teaching, types of diversity in the classroom, culturally responsive teaching and inclusive instructional materials: Inclusive Written Communication Strategies; principles of inclusive writing, etiquette in writing, accessibility in written communication, multilingual considerations and challenges in inclusive written communication: Structuring Instructional Materials in Communication; importance of structuring instructional materials,  principles of organizing instructional content, coherence and flow of materials, language use in instructional materials and integration of technology in instructional materials: Activities for Communicative Competence; technology-enhanced communication activities, contextual communication tasks, group and pair activities, nonverbal communication activities and Feedback and Reflection Activities.