Aspects of Didactic Communication in Primary School

Communication - definition. Functions of communication: cognitive, expressive, conative, poetic, referential, metalinguistic, phatic. Didactic communication - a form of educational communication meant to transfer specific contents in order to generate an act of learning. Didactic communication – a complex and complete process, integrating verbal, nonverbal and paraverbal communication. Focused upon correctness of verbal communication (oral and written), present r primary school curriculum shows little concern for nonverbal and paraverbal communication. Downwards and upwards communication, lateral or horizontal communication.Teaching methods analyzed from this perspective. Teaching as a process or enculturation enhanced by didactic communication. Barriers to communication – inappropriate educational environment versus flexible environment