The Effect of Effective Communication Courses with Written and Spoken Expression on Communication Skills of Pre-service Teachers

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effects of Turkish I: Written Expression and
Turkish II: Spoken Expression and Effective Communication courses taken by pre-service teachers from the
Department of Classroom Teacher Education on their communication skills. The universe of the study consists
of the first-year and fourth-year students from the Department of Classroom Teacher Education at the Education
Faculty of a university from Anatolia in 2012-2013 academic year. The data of the study were collected through
the Communication Skills Inventory developed by Ersanlı and Balcı (1998). At the end of the study, it was found
that while the total score of the participants' communication skills did not change depending on gender and grade
level as a result of the current application, statistical significant change based on family attitude was observed.
Moreover, as a result of the current application, significant increase was found in communication skill levels of
the participants.