COMMUNICATION SYNERGY

Communication is more than words. It is important for teachers and administrators to understand the nonverbal messages they are sending and receiving during the teaching learning processes. 

The most effective communication occurs when verbal and nonverbal messages are in coordination with each other which creates  COMMUNICATION SYNERGY. 

There are some important reasons why we use nonverbal messages: 

• Words have limitations. 
• Nonverbal signals are powerful and full of impact. 
• Nonverbal messages are likely to be more genuine [more authentic]. 
• Nonverbal signals can express feelings too disturbing to tell.
• A separate communication channel is necessary to help for sending complex messages.

In classroom, teachers and students - both consciously and unconsciously- send and receive nonverbal cues several hundred times a day. The teacher should be aware of this obvious mode of communication for two reasons:

1.               To become better receivers of students' messages. 

2.          To gain the ability to send positive signals that reinforce students' learning while simultaneously becoming more skilled at avoiding negative signals that resist their learning.

I hope that we have started learning nonverbal communication with the valid reasons to proceed further. 


All the best!