Worksheet 1

Chapter 1 Communication Processes, Principles, & Ethics

Worksheet 1 for Lesson 1: Nature of Communication

Name: ______________________________Course, Year & Section: ____________
Address: __________________________________Contact No.: _______________
Note: All answers are to be written here. Do not write anything on the handout. Thank you!

Warming Up
Consider this infographic of the World Health
Organization (WHO). Could you tell?
1. What is the message all about?
2. To whom is this message addressed?
3. where can we see this infographic?
4. Is the infographic clear and easy to be
understood?
5. Why is this message important to be sent?
6. What could have happened if people will
not receive such important reminders from
WHO?

1. What is the
message all about?

2. To whom is this
message
addressed?

3. where can we see

this infographic?

4. Is the infographic
clear and easy to
be understood?

5. Why is this
message important
to be sent?

6. What could have

happened if people
will not receive such
important reminders
from WHO?
Establishing links
This infographic is just one of the many ways the health experts and government officials
can reach people to be informed of the health guidelines and be convinced to stay at home and
to stay healthy. Reaching out to people is an example of communication. Everything that
revolves around the world is communication. So, what is communication? How is
communication important for you? What are some factors to be considered when we
communicate? Why should we learn to communicate properly? All these questions will be
answered as we interact in the first chapter of this course.

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Exercise 1. Identify if the type communication context portrayed in the following situations is
INTRAPERSONAL, DYADIC, SMALL GROUP, PUBLIC, OR MASS COMMUNICATION. Write
your answers on the space provided.
______________ 1. Doctor discussing to the patient his medical condition
______________ 2. A student reviewing for the upcoming examination
______________ 3. A text message by NDRRMC about the approaching typhoon
______________ 4. A business proposed by the marketing manager to the clients
______________ 5. A sports news about the SEA Games
______________ 6. An entertaining homily of a priest in Facebook Live Mass
______________ 7. Posted notice of job hiring on JobStreet.com
______________ 8. State of the Nation Address listened personally at the Congress
Exercise 2. Prefixes and Suffixes. Below is a list of prefixes and suffixes. Use this list to help
you complete the words in the table. The first item is provided as an example.
-er -ed -ance -ence -ee -ess -ian -ist -ive -ly -ing

noun electric electricity adjective product

noun direct noun attend
verb profess noun dent
adjectiv live noun utter
e
noun interview noun prefer
noun wait adjective collect
adverb slow noun steward
verb think verb create

Exercise 3. Phrasal Verbs. Complete the sentences by adding either down, on, or up on the
space provided. The first item is provided as an example.
1. Put your shoes ___on__ - it is too cold to walk around barefoot.
2. You must get ______ now or you will be late for school.
3. Sit _______, please. I will be with you in a minute.
4. Could you write this word ________ for me, please?
5. Do not give ________ dancing. You are exceptionally talented.
6. Where is the fitting room? I would like to try _______ these trousers.
7. Have you tidied _______ the kitchen, yet?
8. My little sister woke me _______ in the middle of the night.
9. Do not put the vase there, it will fall ________.
10. Adam switched ________ his torch, so we could find our way home in the dark.

Applying your Learning

Observe how your family members and neighbors in your community communicate with one
another. Describe the communication situation before filling up the table with your observations.

Items to be Actual Observations

observed
1. Sender and
receiver

2. Topic or issue
being talked
about

3. Type of
communicatio
n context

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 4. Channels used

5. Nonverbal
codes used

Evaluating your Learning

Study the two different communication settings below. Consider all possible elements present in
the communicative interplay among people and things in each setting. Answer the questions
concerning the nature of communication present in the two settings.

Communication Setting A Communication Setting B

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Use this table for your answers. Write your answers on the worksheet provided for you.
Identify Who is/are Who is/are What possible What are the What are the
the the the messages are channels used? non-verbal
setting sender/s? sendee/s? transmitted? (at least 3) codes could be
(at least 3) used to express
the messages?
(cite at least 3)

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Worksheet 1 for Lesson 2: Principles of Communication
Note: All answers are to be written here. Do not write anything on the handout. Thank you!

Warming Up
Compare love songs of the 80s with those which are popularized in the 2000s. You may specify
a song from the 80s and another from today’s generation Using the Venn diagram, identify their
common and unique features like:
1. The message of the songs
2. For whom are these songs dedicated to
3. The language used
4. Your personal point of views about the two songs

Write your answers in the Venn Diagram

1980s songs 2000s songs

Establishing links
From your answers in the Venn Diagram, what realizations can you derive from the
activity? Which music era do you think has a more meaningful way of communicating its
message? Why did you say so? Perhaps your answers would vary. This variation would entail
that men have different principles about their typical songs. Whatever that may be, recognizing
such principles is essential. Since songs are communication platforms just like the usual
conversation to a friend, a songwriter considers principles about how he should communicate to
his listeners.

Applying your Learning

Plan making a two-stanza poem. In your planning, consider the principles of communication
discussed in this lesson
Principles Your considerations
Knowing your audience

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 Knowing your purpose

Knowing your topic

Anticipating objections

Achieving credibility
with your audience

Presenting information
in various ways

Acknowledging
communication barriers

Evaluating your Learning

Mention your TV host that you like to watch regularly. Evaluate how the host communicates with
consideration to the different principles of communication.
Principles Your observations
(5 points each)
1. Knowing your
audience

2. Knowing your
purpose

3. Knowing your
topic

4. Anticipating
objections

5. Achieving
credibility with
your audience

6. Presenting
information in
various ways

7. Acknowledging
communication
barriers

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Worksheet 1 for Lesson 3: Ethics of Communication
Note: All answers are to be written here. Do not write anything on the handout. Thank you!
Warming Up
Mention a famous speaker (he or she could be a local or an international speaker). Enumerate
the things you like and dislike about that speaker (i.e. the way he/she talks). Use the graphic
organizer below and write your answers on the worksheet.
Name of the Speaker:
___________________________________________________________________
Backgrounder of the Speaker:
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________

Likes Dislikes
1 1

2 2

3 3

4 4

5 5

Establishing links
From the lists of your likes and dislikes about your identified speaker, why did you arrive
at such impressions? Are there more likes over the dislikes? Or the other way around? Is the
speaker admirable in general or not?
Perhaps the comments or impressions you gave to the speaker tells about how good or
bad he is as a communicator. Being good or bad to a certain degree may entail something
about the nature of ethics. And, in this issue of communication, ethics is but a powerful agent for
one to be called an effective communicator.

Applying and Evaluating your Learning

From the different ethical standards discussed in this lesson, assess yourself by filling in with
some items from the list that you think need to be improved in you as a communicator.
I need to improve on… These are the barriers why I I am going to develop it by…
find it hard to comply to this
item.

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