Abstract:

Rapid developments in technology have spread and varied the tools used for communication. Today, people using these tools can communicate more easily with their acquaintances as well as with other people they do not know. The fact that the concept of place and environment in communication is no longer on the agenda has varied the language used within the society and increased the importance of language used in communication. The purpose of this study trying to examine communication skills regarded as an important building block in sharing information was to determine foreign language preservice teachers’ views about communication skills. The research sample included 369 foreign language preservice teachers attending an education faculty. The scale used in the study was made up of two parts. The first part aimed at gathering data regarding the participants’ gender, their departments and class grades. In the second part, the Communication Skills Evaluation Scale (CSES) consisting of 25 five-point Likert-type items was used. Analysis of the research data revealed that the male preservice teachers’ views about communication skills were slightly higher than those of the female preservice teachers. In terms of the participants’ department (German Language Teaching, English Language Teaching and French Language Teaching), a significant difference was found between their communication skills. In addition, no significant difference was found between the participants’ views about communication skills with respect to their class grades. Also, in relation to their class grades, the highest attitude mean score was, though with a slight difference, in favor of the freshman students participating in the study.

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