Development of Communication Competence in Geography Training

Abstract

Not long ago the communication process was related mainly to foreign and bilingual language education but recently it gains more and more importance for geography training. And this is logical consequence of the fact that through communication the pupils develop their geography competency in geography training process. As an act of connection and using language to express themselves, the communication is the needed prerequisite for accomplishment of other competences, e.g. related to geographic knowledge and obtaining it, interpretation of geography problems and taking the proper actions, to cultivate value orientation and overall model for behavior in geography space. The discussion stimulates students not only to acquire geography knowledge but it has a special importance for communication in relation with the individual perception of geographical content and explaining the relationship between the cause and effect. Using communication, we add individual value to geographic knowledge. So consequently, the search for creativity and innovations in geography training process is meaningful only when the students possess communication competence. The current research explores the cultivation of student's communication competence and is made the attempt for didactic characteristic of communication in geography training process. It is important to study the opportunities for development of geographic communication competency and to focus on discussion as training method and developing the pupils' skills to assert their opinion.