Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine pre-service classroom teachers’ levels of communication skills with respect to certain variables. To this aim, the research was designed in the descriptive pattern using relational screening model. The universe of the research consisted of third- and fourthgrade pre-service classroom teachers attending a state university in central Anatolia in 2012-2013. 213 female and 67 male pre-service teachers participated in the research. In collecting data, the Communication Skill Inventory, developed by Ersanlı and Balcı (1998), was employed. It was found, in the study, that pre-service classroom teachers’ levels of communication skills do not differ with respect to gender and type of education, whereas they statistically differ with respect to the variables of the type of high school graduated, family attitude, daily attitude, and taking notes.