SPEECH

CONTEXT
Drill: Read the following statements and identify its function (of
communication).
1. “Break a leg!”
2. “Do not leave your things unattended.”
3. “Do you wanna hang out today?”
4. “Earth is actually an oblate spheroid – a sphere with a bulge
around its equator.”
5. “I am so disappointed in you.”
6. “Did you know that the name of William Shakespeare’s wife
was Anne Hathaway?”
7. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”
8. “You are very deserving of that award.”
9. “I am feeling ecstatic!”
10. “Wait for your turn.”
Types of Speech Context

Intrapersonal Communication
• communication with ourselves, or self-talk
• s
• takes place within a single person, often for
the purpose of clarifying ideas or analyzing a
situation. Other times, intrapersonal
communication is undertaken in order to
reflect upon or appreciate something.
Types of Speech Context

Intrapersonal Communication
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Intrapersonal Communication
One test is hardly a
I blew that test, so measure of my
I’m really stupid. I’ll intelligence. I did well
never graduate, on the other test in this
and, nobody will course, and I have a
decent overall college
hire me.” record. I shouldn’t be
so hard on myself.”
Types of Speech Context
Interpersonal Communication

• communication between people.

• a continuum that ranges from quite
impersonal (interaction between you
and a parking lot attendant) to highly
interpersonal (interaction between you
and your best friend)
Types of Speech Context
Interpersonal Communication
• Dyad involves two people. Example: Two
friends talking.
• Small Group involves three or more persons,
though communication scholars are
inconsistent as to the top end of the number
scale. The smaller the number in the group,
the more closely this mode resembles
interpersonal communication. Often group
communication is done for the purpose of
problem solving or decision making.
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Interpersonal Communication
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Public Communication
• UVM professor Thomas Patterson defines Public
Communication as “the practice of understanding,
designing, implementing, and evaluating successful
communication campaigns within a framework of
public service. It is used to inform & persuade, to
build relationships, and to encourage open dialogue
in the public interest.”
• It involves a large group with a primarily one-way
monologue style generating only minimal feedback.
Information sharing, entertainment and persuasion
are common purposes of public communication.
Example: Lecture in university class.
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Public Communication
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Mass Communication
• is a more public form of communication
between an entity and a large and diverse
audience, mediated by some form of
technology. This may be either real time
or on a taped delay basis, or it may be
rooted in the usually recent past.
Examples: Radio and television,
newspapers and magazines.
Types of Speech Context
Mass Communication
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DEBATE
PRAYING:
Intrapersonal
or
Interpersonal?
Thank you for
listening!!!

Prepared by: John Angelo B. Desierto