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 Ersanl� and Balc� (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

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