Studentų pedagoginio bendravimo gebėjimų ir studijų veiksnių ryšiai
Relations of pedagogical communication skills of students and studies factors

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to reveal gaps of the communication skills emerge during the teaching practice. The study clarified that 25 percent of the respondents lack public speaking skills. Moreover the skills differed greatly among different groups of students depending on whether it is state-funded or not, whether student entered the desired profession or only passed the threshold score. Lack of confidence in abilities more often was mentioned by the students who have not entered the desired profession and pay tuition. The results of the study show that these students more often demonstrate weakness in communicating with teachers ( p < 0.01), academics ( p < 0.05), less confidence in their abilities (χ2 = 5.045, p < 0.05) and disputing skills (χ2 = 8.476, p < 0.01). Self-assessment of state-funded students differed significantly from the self financing students. The latter lack skills in communication with schoolchildren (p<0.05) and schoolchildren with special needs ( p < 0.05) and were deficient in disputes (χ2 = 6.046, p < 0.05). The development of communication skills was being discouraged by the unapproachable social environment (χ2 = 8.672, p < 0.05). The results of this study support the results the relative survey of other Lithuanian researchers: the level of the development of communication skills, students’ relationships with academic community members and school teachers are influenced by motivation to study the subject and the source of financing the studies. Furthermore, the lack of selfconfidence in public speaking is considered as an obstacle to efficient teaching practice.

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