IMPROVING CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION IN ELEMENTARY

STUDENTS.

An Action Research Presented to

The Faculty of College of Education

PHINMA-Cagayan de Oro College

In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements for the Course

EDU 541 - Teaching Internship

BY

SALIENTES, JEMAROSE L.

College of Education

PHINMA-Cagayan de Oro College

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page

I. Abstract ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 1

II. Acknowledgement ……………………………………………………………………………………2

III. Context and rationale ………………………………………………………………………………...3

a. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………3

IV. Innovation, Intervention, and Strategy……………………………………………………………….4

a Survey questionnaire …………………………………………………………………………………..4

V. Action Research Questions……………………………………………………………………………6

VI. Action Research Methods…………………………………………………………………………….6

a. Participants and/or other sources of data and information……………………………………………..6

b. Data gathering methods………………………………………………………………………………..7

VII. Discussion of Results……………………………………………………………………………….7

X. Reflection……………………………………………………………………………………………. 8

XII. References…………………………………………………………………………………………..9
 ABSTRACT

The aim of this research is to reveal how communication and interaction in classrooms can be enhanced with

the communicative approach education provided for teachers. Communication is supreme in education.

Whether it is teacher to student, student to teacher, teacher to teacher, teacher to parent or admin to parent, or

vice versa, communication is a must to make sure our students are successful So, in this action research we will

be able to know the effects of having a good communication and interaction to the education of the students and

also, we will be able to enhance some strategy when it comes to connecting to the students. Successful teaching

is considered to require only 50% knowledge to 50% communication skills. As a result, a teacher should be

capable in all four type of communication, which are listening, speaking, reading, and writing and should know

how to make use of this expertise functionally in a school environment. Being able to achieve this has been

proven to impact the success of the students achieve in their academic lives, as well as the teacher’s own career

success. Effective communication between teachers and students is very important. It allows you to perform the

job well, with good results for your students. What makes it more important is that being able to have a good

communication as a teacher to a student will also help them not just in school but also in their social life In this

action research we will have 2 videos of a teacher who are teaching, each teacher will have different way of

teaching that will be seen in the video. After that we will conduct a survey or a questionnaire to some students

and ask them which teacher is their favorite, or which teacher they will prefer. It was also observed that the

teacher’s impression of the lessons carried out by using the communicative approach type was positive. As a

result of the research, it was concluded that the communicative approach type is applicable in the teaching. It

can be said that the strategies given to the teachers will create awareness about the use of the communicative

approach in classroom communication and interaction and it provided benefits to the education of the students

and also to the relationship of the teachers to students.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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This research was not supported by any company or organization. But still I’m thankful to my friends that are

already educators who provided insight and expertise that greatly assisted the research, although they may not

agree with all of the interpretations/conclusions of this paper.

I thank Ms. Leah Katrina Landar for assistance in creating the abstract and also Mrs. Jovel Labadan for

comments that greatly improved the manuscript. I would also like to show my gratitude to some of my close

friends online for sharing their pearls of wisdom with us during the course of this research.

Nobody has been more important to me in the pursuit of this project than the members of my family. I would

like to thank my parents; whose love and guidance are with me in whatever I pursue. They are the ultimate role

models.

Finally, I thank my God, my good Father, for letting me through all the difficulties. I have experienced Your

guidance day by day. You are the one who will let me finish my degree.

I will keep on trusting You for my future. Thank you, Lord

[Link] AND RATIONALE

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a. Introduction

“Being able to communicate is vital to being an effective educator. Communication not only conveys

information, but it encourages effort, modifies attitudes, and stimulates thinking. Without it, stereotypes

develop, messages become distorted, and learning is stifled.” this was stated by Leah Davies, M. Ed. It

somehow shows us how important communication is, especially for the education of the students. We

communicate with others, not only verbally, but by how we act. Since we are persistently sending messages, we

need to be aware of our appearance, posture, eye contact, use of space, body movement, what we carry with us,

and our facial expressions. When what we say contradicts our nonverbal behavior, mistrust and confusion

results because listeners believe what they see. According to Saunders and Mills (1999), there are four main

skills involved in communication engagements by individuals, listening, speaking, reading and writing, and that

the effectiveness of the process of communication is heavily dependent on the extent of shared understanding of

the contexts in which the communication takes place. In practice, however, although the formality of the

communication between teachers and students is meant for enhancing the success prospects of the teaching-

learning process, there are numerous incidents in which the process fails to achieve desired results (Khan, 2011)

). Effective communication between teachers and students is meant for creating a positive classroom

environment, an element that is usually inhibited by the failure of teachers to engage their students. The result

of such is a situation in which students are forced to unduly struggle to maintain focus on the subject matter

(Khan, et al., 2018a) A teacher communication skills are important for a teacher in the delivery of education to

students. To address this issue, my study was guided by an article made by Leah Davies M. Ed. About an

effective communication. Since there are some studies regarding the effect of not having a good communication

and interaction in a classroom, this study will also be about how to improve classroom communication and

interaction and the importance of enhancing it. teacher communication skills are important for a teacher in the

delivery of education to students.

IV. INNOVATION, INTERVENTION, AND STRATEGY

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The researcher’s issue of concern is in improving classroom communication and interaction in elementary

students. With this, the researchers propose to do some survey to the chosen respondents after letting them

watch the two types of teaching in a video. A study conducted by Ehindero & Ajibade, (2000) indicates that for

effective teaching, teacher requires good communication skills such as good communication, good classroom

management, updating knowledge and maintaining personality. If teachers adopt positive professional attitude

towards the students in their academic and as well as their social achievements, then students can easily

promote their academic level. Teacher has the responsibility to teach and practically prepare students for the

purpose that they can cope with all type of situations. It also comes under the responsibilities of teacher to

behave as role model to the students (Honby, 2006)

The strategy that would be use in this study shall be done in these steps:

Step 1: Showing a video of two teachers teaching using only knowledge of the lesson and the other one’s using

not just knowledge of the lesson but also having an interaction with the students.

Step 2: With the chosen respondents/students, they will be given a chance to watch those videos and compare

them.

Step 3: Prepare a questionnaire for the respondents.

Step 4: Conduct a survey about which teaching is more effective.

Step 5: Analyze the results.

a. SURVEY QUISTIONNAIRES:

[Link] activities in the classroom do you enjoy the most?

a. writing b. roleplaying c. reading

2. What motivates you to learn more?

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a. sports and entertaining activities b. difficult lessons from teacher c. a lot of homework

3. How much time do you spend every day on homework?

a. 1-hour b. 2-3 hours c. 3-4 hours

4. What type of student are you?

a. shy type b. talkative type c. average type

5. Are you afraid of asking questions to your teachers?

a. yes b. no c. maybe

6. Does your teacher encourage you to perform better?

a. Yes, all the time b. Sometimes c. No, not at all

7. Please share your agreement with this statement: “My teachers ask each one of us whether we have

understood what she taught and helps us in case we have doubts.”

a. Strongly agree b. Neutral c. Disagree

8. In your classes, how eager are you to participate?

a. not much b. so eager c. I don’t know

9. When you are in school, how often do you talk about ideas from your classes?

a. Always b. sometimes c. never

10. after watching the 2 videos, which of the teachers would you prefer?

TEACHER A OR TEACHER B

V. ACTION RESEARCH QUESTIONS

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This study on Improving Classroom Communication and Interaction in Elementary Students aims to reveal how

communication and interaction in classrooms can be enhanced with the communicative approach education

provided for teachers. Specifically, this study seeks to answer the following questions:

1.) What forms of communication strategies can help in improving classroom communication?

2.) Is there any effects for having and not having a good communication between teachers and students?

3.) What are the effects and impact on having a good interaction and classroom communication in elementary

students?

VI. ACTION RESEARCH METHODS

To achieve the research aims and objectives of this study, a qualitative design was utilized. In particular, this

choice of the qualitative research design here was informed by the fact that compared to quantitative research

design, a qualitative design is hailed for offering detailed, in-depth descriptions of the opinions, ideas, and

experiences, while accounting for the influence of contextual factors (Rahman, 2016) )

The researcher will gather information and data through survey, the gather will be tabulated and subject to

statistical treat of for proper analysis and interpretations.

a. Participants and/or other sources of data and information.

The respondents of this study will be some Grade 5-6 students from any elementary school. There will be a total

of 10 respondents in my study. I will use the Random Sampling Method in choosing my respondents, when we

say random sampling method it is part of sampling technique in which each sample has an equal probability of

being chosen. In using this type of method, it is much less complicated because the respondents are selected

randomly.

b. Data gathering methods

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A survey was used as the study tool in our investigation. It is an Adaptive-Modified type of survey. Adaptive

because we got some of the questions from Google, and Modified because we also made questions ourselves.

By quick gathering I spread the survey using Messenger and Facebook instead of using google forms since most

of the respondents are still from elementary.

VII. DISCUSSION OF RESULTS

a. Finding

After the researcher finish the survey questionnaire. She already chooses her respondents/subjects directly. The

plan was to choose 10 students from elementary schools and give them a survey about teacher’s strategy of

teaching. Out of the 10 students, 8 of them chooses the teacher that teaches in a creative way but 2 students also

preferred the serious type of teaching. The students have their reasons. The details are following:

SURVEY RESULTS

STUDENT NO. TYPE OF TEACHING REASONS

SUBJECT NO 1 A Its not boring and its fun.
SUBJECT NO 2 A Its fun and colorful.
SUBJECT NO 3 B Annoying and for kids.
SUBJECT NO 4 A I don’t fall asleep listening to it.
SUBJECT NO 5 A Its fun.
SUBJECT NO 6 A Entertaining
SUBJECT NO 7 B Its so slow and it always repeat
asking.
SUBJECT NO 8 A I want to learn from her more.
SUBJECT NO 9 A I love going to school if she is the
teacher.
SUBJECT NO 10 A Its so fun

TEACHER A: [Link]

TEACHER B: [Link]

b. Observation

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The questionnaire in this research consisted of 10 questions and each questionnaire used to find the students’

interest, difficulty, understanding, and motivation in learning. Observation was done while the students did the

survey. From the observation, the researcher knew the problems and also the answer of this particular action

research. Based on the observation, the children prefer the friendly type of teaching although not all teachers

can appear friendly, most of the students want to feel safe with their advisers. Creating a safety environment

would be the first step to enhance a good communication inside the classroom. Being a good listener is also a

way of helping the students boost their confidence. As the teacher shows more interest of what they do and what

they say, the more they want to communicate and connect with them as well.

VIII. REFLECTION

Becoming an educator someday, this action research will be a guide not just to me but to other teachers as well.

If we look on the results, it shows the importance of having a good classroom communication and interaction in

elementary students. In this action research we can conclude that the communicative approach model is

applicable to any type of lesson as long as it contains a communicative approach to students. Teacher training

raises awareness of the use of communicative approach models in classroom communication and interaction

and benefits a variety of discourse styles. Overall, this study contributes to the establishment of research in

education by providing evidence of the effectiveness of communicative approaches in classroom

communication and interaction. This will improve student involvement and quality of education. We argue that

our education system can greatly benefit from incorporating communicative approaches into teacher education.

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