Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2000
ABSTRACT
Communication is an integral part ofteaching-learning process and its effectiveness is one
of the factors which determines the degree to which the intended learning outcomes will be
achieved. The process of communication is not always free from hindrances. There are a
number of factors related to teacher, message, methods and media, students and learning
environment that act as barriers in the process of classroom communication and reduce its
effectiveness. These barrieres need to be eliminated to increase effectiveness of classroom
communication.
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