The Degree of Al-Baath University Class Teacher Students ‎Proficiency of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication ‎Skills Required for Teaching the Developed Textbooks ‎

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify the degree of Al-Baath University class teacher students proficiency of verbal and nonverbal communication skills required for teaching the Developed Textbooks and to determine whether their degree of proficiency varies according to gender and cumulative average. To achieve the aims of the study, it used a scale of verbal and nonverbal communication skills. The sample of the study consisted of (70) male and female of class teacher students at Al-Baath University. The results of the study indicated that the degree of the students proficiency to both verbal and nonverbal communication skills was average. Communicative listening ranked first with a mastery degree of (53.47%); then came oral speech with an average score of (50.88%), followed by nonverbal indications on good listening, body movements and gestures with a medium score of (47.2%) and finally, proxemics and paralanguage came with a medium proficiency degree of (43.45%). The results revealed no statistically significant differences in proficiency degree of these skills according to gender and cumulative average.