Module Oral Com
Module Oral Com
NATURE AND
ELEMENTS OF
COMMUNICATION
Module in Oral Communication
1st Quarter
GRACE G. CALDERON
Developer
Department of Education
Cordillera Administrative Region
Schools Division of Tabuk City
City Hall Compound, Dagupan, Tabuk City
Published by the:
LEARNING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM
(LRMDS)
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
2020
Date of Development :
First and foremost, praises and thanks to God, the Almighty, for his
showers of blessing throughout the development of my module.
Finally, to my husband for his unending encouragement when times
got rough. It was great comfort and relief that he provided management of our
household activities while I am busy completing my module. My heartfelt
thanks.
VIRGINIA A. BATAN
OIC, Assistant Schools Division Superintendent
IRENE S. ANGWAY,Ph.D.,CESO VI
OIC, Schools Division Superintendent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Copyright Notice………………………………………………………………….. ii
Preface……………………………………………………………………………. iii
Acknowledgement………………………………………………………………..
Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………
Title Page………………………………………………………………………….
Introduction………………………………………………………………………..
Learning Objectives………………………………………………………
Pretest……………………………………………………………………………..
Lesson Proper…………………………………………………………………….
Review …………………………………………………………………….
Activity 1……………………………………………………………
Discussion of Activity 1…………………………………………..
Enrichment………………………………………………………………...
Activities……………………………………………………………………
Activity 1……………………………………………………………………
Assessment 1…………………………………………………………….
Activity 2……………………………………………………………………
Assessment 2…………………………………………………………….
Activity 3……………………………………………………………………
Assessment 3.....................................................................................
Generalization…………………………………………………………………….
Application…………………………………………………………………………
Post-Assessment…………………………………………………………………
Additional Activities……………………………………………………………….
Answer Key………………………………………………………………………..
Reference Sheet………………………………………………………………….
UNDERSTANDING THE
NATURE AND
ELEMENTS OF
COMMUNICATION
Module in Oral Communication
1ST Quarter
GRACE G. CALDERON
Developer
What I Need to Know
Direction: Choose the letter of best answer and write your answer on the blank
provided before each number.
What’s In?
Direction: Recall the last conversation you’ve had with someone and answer the
folowing questions.
Direction: Form a group with 10 members. The teacher gives a message to the first
person in the group which will be relayed up to the last person in line who will write
the relayed answer on the board. The discussion about the topic, Understanding
Communication shall follow after the activity.
What is It?
Understanding Communication
Key Takeaways
Communication
Communication (from Latin word ‘communicare’ meaning , to share or to have
something in common.
A process of sharing and conveying messages or information from one
person to another within and across channels, context media, and cultures
(McCornack, 2014). There is a wide variety of context and situations in which
communication can be manifested; it can be a face to face interaction, a
phone conversation, a group discussion, a meeting or interview, a letter
correspondence, a class recitation and many others.
In general the term communication refers to the reciprocal exchange of
information, ideas, facts, opinions, beliefs, feeling and attitudes trough verbal
or nonverbal means between two people or within a group of people.
Nature of Communication
1. Communication is a process.
2. Communication occurs between two or more people (the speaker and the
receiver).
3. Communication can be expressed through written or spoken words, actions
(nonverbal) or both spoken words and nonverbal actions at the same time.
Elements of Communication
Communication is divided into elements which help us better understand its
mechanics or process. These elements are the following:
1. Speaker – the source of information or message
2. Message – the information, ideas, or thoughts conveyed by the speaker in words
or in actions
3. Encoding – the process of converting the message into words, actions, or other
forms that the speaker understands
4. Channel – the medium or the means, such as personal or non-personal, verbal or
nonverbal, in which the encoded message is conveyed
5. Decoding – the process of interpreting the encoded message of the speaker by
the receiver
6. Receiver – the recipient of the message, or someone who decodes the message
7. Feedback – the reactions, responses, or information provided by the receiver
8. Context – the environment where communication takes place
9. Barrier – the factors that affect the flow of communication
1. ARISTOTLE MODEL
Is a speaker centered model as the speaker has the most important role in it
and is the only one active. It is the speaker’s role to deliver a speech to the
audience. The role of the audience is passive, influenced by the speech. This makes
the communication process one way, from speaker to receiver.
The speaker must organize the speech beforehand, according to the target
audience and situation (occasion). The speech must be prepared so that
the audience be persuaded or influenced by the speech. He believed “Rhetoric” is
the study of communication and persuasion and different message or speech should
be made for different audiences in different situations to get desired effects or to
establish propaganda. This model was highly used to develop public speaking skills
and create propaganda at that time so, it is less focused on intrapersonal or
interpersonal communication. Even if the model is speaker oriented and focuses on
audience interaction in communication, there is no concept of feedback.
2. SHANNON-WEAVER MODEL
This model is that of Wilbur Schramm, who is considered the father of Mass
Communication. Schramm asserts that communication can take place if and only if
there is an overlap between the field of Experience of the Speaker and the Field of
Experience of the Listener.
What is field of Experience? It is everything that makes a person unique-
everything she/he has ever learned, watched, seen, heard, read, and studied. In
other words, it is anything a person has ever experienced, done or not done. In fact,
this is practically everything that has happened in his/her life. It is this Field of
Experience that is used to interpret the Message and create a Response. It is also
this Field of Experience of the Listener that needs to overlap with the speaker’s Field
of Experience, which can only happen when the two fields have commonalities. For
example, the teacher must deliver her/his lecture in either English or Filipino
because that is the language that the students know and use. If the teacher suddenly
started using Chinese in the lecture, the students will not understand a single thing!
The teacher may perhaps be understood only f he/she was teaching Chinese school.
Functions of Communication
Basically, there are five functions of communication. These are control, social
interaction, motivation, emotional expression, and information dissemination.
1. Control – Communication functions to control behaviour.
2. Social Interaction – Communication allows individuals to interact with others.
3. Motivation – Communication motivates or encourages people to live better.
4. Emotional expression – Communication facilitates people’s expression of their
feelings and emotions.
5. Information dissemination – Communication functions to convey
What ‘s More?
Activity 1
Write an essay about the definition and nature of communication based from the
discussed communication theories. The essay must have a minimum of 300 words
and maximum of 400 words.
Assessment 1
Describe the process of communication by identifying the role of its components.
Source
Feedback Message
Receiver Channel
Activity 2
Work with your partner and do the activity together. Compare and contrast the
following models of communication using the Venn diagram below. Highlight the
strengths and weaknesses of each model.
Aristotle
Model
Shannon-
Schramm
Weaver
Model
Model
Assessment 2
Direction: Write T before each number if the statement is true and F if the statement
is false.
_____1. Consider ethics in your speech at all times.
_____2. Effective use of non-verbal communication can strengthen your message.
_____3. How you communicate reflects you as a person.
_____4. One way to build credibility is through effective nonverbal communication.
_____5. There are certain words that are only appropriate at a certain time and
places.
_____6. To achieve clarity, we must achieve language as our listeners.
_____7. The use of many fillers can distract your listeners.
_____8. Verbal communication is better than nonverbal communication.
_____9. When you talk to others, you should not assume too quickly that they
understand the message that you convey.
_____10. When you communicate, choose what you want to say and how you want
to say it.
_____11.Peoples participation is not a requirement in the communication process.
_____12. Communication only involves spoken and written words.
_____13.Communication starts even before words are spoken and can last long
after the words have stopped.
_____14.Communication involves process in which people share information, ideas
and feelings.
_____15.There is more than one level of communication.
Activity 3
Work with a partner: Complete the semantic web below with a word or group of
words relevant to communication.
Defini-
Proces tion
s
1.
2. Commu 1.
3. nication 2.
4. 3.
5.
Models Element
s
Transaction Transaction 1.
Model Model 2.
3.
4.
5.
Brief Description Brief Description 6.
7.
8.
9.
Assessment 3
Identify the function of communication in each of the following situations.
Write your answers on the space provided.
____________________ 1. The teacher reads and discusses classroom policies to
her students.
____________________ 2. Ross greets Rachel; then, they start talking about their
plans for the holidays.
____________________ 3. Phoebe shares her insights on how to live peacefully
despite a complicated life.
____________________ 4. Monica shares her personal frustrations with Chandler.
____________________ 5. The geometry teacher lectures about mathematical
concepts.
____________________ 6. Sheila delivers her valedictory speech.
____________________ 7. The President delivers his last State of the Nation
Address.
____________________ 8. A television personality thanks to the supportive
moviegoers during an interview.
____________________ 9. The city mayor presents her strategies to execute the
plans in a public forum.
____________________ 10. A tourist guide orients a group of tourists about a
heritage site.
What I Can Do
Individual Activity: Imagine that you are addressing a group of parents and teachers
in an assembly on understanding your generation known as the “Millennial
Generation”.”
Prepare a two minute speech that communicate your ideas about the topic.
Your speech should highlight who the mllenals are and how are they different
from other generations.
Before the speech deliveries, find a partner.
Evaluate each other’s speech deliveries using the rubrics below.
Write the strong and weak points of the presentation in the succeeding table.
Post-Assessment
Reflect on what you have learned after taking up this lesson by completing the chart
below.
What were your thoughts or I thought…
ideas about the fundamentals of
communication prior to the
discussion of this lesson?
Additional Activities
ACTIVITY 1
HIDE AND SEEK
Direction: Locate the words in the box that is described below. Write your answers
on the space provide before each number.
X C V B N M L K H G
S M F C H A N N E L
A P E S W E E S D O
P O E S A F T O O R
R U D A S F G U C T
O I B C K A V R E N
C E A F H E G C D O
E N C O D E R E F C
S F K B A R R I E R
S D D V X V Z J L A
T R E C I E V E R K
N O N V E R B A L D
R K B N G B Y T R C
M O T I V A T I O N
E O R R D L V Y D S
C P O C O N T E X T
_______________1. This is transmitted from one person to another either through
words, actions, or experiences.
_______________2. One who transmits the words, actions, or expressions.
_______________3.This is how you transmit the words, actions, or expressions.
_______________4.Through this you transmit the words, actions, or expressions.
_______________5. Extract the meaning of words, actions, and expressions to
complete understanding.
_______________6. One who receives the transmitted words, actions, or
expressions.
_______________7. Another word for answer or reply.
_______________8. She/he is the source of information.
_______________9. The speaker encourage the graduates to fulfill their dreams
through education
______________ 10.Its function is to control the behavior.
_______________11. It is a hindrance to communication process
_______________12.
_______________13.Refers to an interaction where behavior is used to convey and
represents meanings.
_______________14. Refers to an interaction in which words are used to relay a
message.
_______________15. This is the setting where the communication takes place.
ACTIVITY 2
Observe two of your class other than English. Find out the nature, process,
elements, and models of communication exemplified in each class. Using a
maximum of 500 words, write a report about your observations. Use the following
format: 12, Times New Roman, 1.5 spacing.
ANSWER KEY
PRE-TEST
1. D
2. A
3. D
4. A
5. A
6. D
7. D
8. A
9.
10. A
11. C
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. D
What’s New
What’s More
Activity 1
-Answers may be varied based on the opinion of the student.
Assessment 1
-Answers may be varied based on the opinion of the student.
Activity 2
-Answers may be varied based on the opinion of the student.
Assessment 2
1. T
2. T
3. T
4. T
5. T
6.
7. T
8. T
9. T
10. T
11. F
12. F
13. T
14. T
15. F
Activity 3
-Answers may be varied based on the opinion of the student.
Assessment 3
1. CONTROL
2. SOCIAL INTERACTION
3. EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
4. EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
5. INFORMATION DESSIMINATION
6. MOTIVATION
7. INFORMATION DESSIMINATION
8. EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
9. INFORMATION DESSIMINATION
10. CONTROL
11. INFORMATION DESSIMINATION
12. INFORMATION DESSIMINATION
13. INFORMATION DESSIMINATION
14. SOCIAL INTERACTION
15. MOTIVATION
What I can do
-Answers may be varied based on the performance of the student. A rubric is used by the student to
assess the performance of his/her co- student.
POST-ASSESSMENT
-Answers may be varied based on the opinion of the student.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 1 X C V B N M L K H G
1. MESSAGE
2. SPEAKER S M F C H A N N E L
3. ENCODE A P E S W E E S D O
4. CHANNEL
5. DECODE
P O E S A F T O O R
6. RECEIVER R U D A S F G U C T
7. FEEDBACK O I B C K A V R E N
8. SOURCE
9. MOTIVATION C E A F H E G C D O
10. CONTROL E N C O D E R E F C
11. BARRIER / NOISE
12.
S F K B A R R I E R
13. NON-VERBAL S D D V X V Z J L A
14. VERBAL T R E C I E V E R K
15. CONTEXT
N O N V E R B A L D
R K B N G B Y T R C
M O T I V A T I O N
E O R R D L V Y D S
C P O C O N T E X T
ACTIVITY 2
-Answers may be varied based on the opinion of the student.
REFERENCES