Effective communication is a vital part of your role as a teaching assistant. Children and young people learn to communicate through the responses of others, if they do not feel that their contribution is valued, they are less likely to initiate communication themselves. Effective communication is a vital part of your role as a teaching assistant. Children learn to communicate through the responses of others: if they do not feel what they are saying is valued by others because they have not be listened to or misunderstood, they are less likely to initiate communication or contribute to class discussion. Children of all ages need to feel that they have a voice and an opinion and that they are valued. When others respond appropriately to them it reinforces their self-esteem …show more content…
As a teaching assistant you will need to do the following Create opportunities for children to speak- Some children have very little opportunities to put their own personal views forward and express themselves with adults. They may lack conﬕdence in their ability to communicate and need to be given a chance to prepare their responses By giving them eye contact and actively listening to them- You need to show them you are interested what they have to say. If you say that you are listening but not giving them your full attention because you are busy doing something else or looking away from them, the child is given the impression that you are not really interested in what they have to say. Make sure that if a pupil is talking, you are giving them your attention. It is very frustrating to talk to someone and discover they are not listening to you and you have to repeat yourself. Listening is not the same as waiting for your turn to talk. You canâ€TMt concentrate on what someoneâ€TMs saying if youâ€TMre forming what youâ to say