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STUDENT’S LEARNING ACTIVITY

1st Quarter I 1st Semester I SY:2020-2021
ORAL COMMUNICATION IN CONTEXT I GRADE 11
Topic/Lesson Name : Nature and Process of Communication
Content Standards : The learner understands the nature and elements of oral communication in context.
Performance Standards : The learner designs and performs and communication activities based on context.
Learning Competencies/MELCS : Explains the nature and process of communication
: 1. defines communication.
Specific Learning Outcomes 2. explains the nature and process of communication..
3. discusses the functions of communication.
Time Allotment : 4hours/240minutes
Values/Attitudes : Excellence
Materials Ballpoint pen and Learning Activity
References : Oral Communication in Context for Senior High School (pp. 2-5)

I. MOTIVATION (Activity Title. Fast Talk)

Direction: Introduce yourself within 1 minute. Take a video of yourself and watch it afterwards. Then, take a
video of yourself again saying the same words. But this time without a time limit. Compare the two videos.
As you watch the videos, answer the following questions:
1. Did you understand what you were saying?

2. Which one was easy to understand? Why do you think so?

3. What are the advantages of talking fast and talking slowly?

4. What do you think is communication?

II. DELIVERY (Learning Topic)

WHAT IS COMMUNICATION?
Webster defines communication as a process by which information is exchanged between individuals
through a common system of symbols, signs or behavior.
Communication is a process of sharing and conveying messages or information from one person to
another using different means, medium, context, media, and cultures.
There are different ways and terms in which communication can be manifested. It can be through face-to-
face, a phone conversation, a group discussion, a meeting or interview, a letter correspondence, a class recitation,
and many others. In other words, the basic functions of communication are to achieve understanding or shared
meaning and to persuade, inform, entertain and manage relationships.

NATURE OF COMMUNICATION
1. Communication is a process.
Communication as a process means it is a step by step activity and it is essentially a two-way process that
involves the active participation of both the sender and receiver. It is the act or process of using words, sounds,
signs, or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to
someone else.
 Communication is a dynamic process which is influenced by the communicator’s mood and thinking.
It is a complex
process too. By complex process, it
means, one message may be
interpreted in many ways by
different people.
In the sample image, a teacher
explains a lesson in a class of 20
students.
There may also be 20 different
understanding of the lesson. That is
why there is a need to seek for
clarification called feedback.

2. Communication is much more of

an ART than a science. There is no
right or wrong way to communicate – no set of absolute rules to be followed but there are underlying principles to
guide us into effective communication.

3. Communication has a sender and receiver. Communication occurs between two or more people acting as the
speaker or the receiver of the message. In other words, it is a two-way process of reaching mutual understanding,
in which participants do not only exchange (encode-decode) information, news, ideas and feelings but also create
and share meaning. In general, communication is a means of connecting people or places.

4. Communication is verbal or non-verbal.

Communication can be expressed through written or spoken words (verbal) or actions (non-verbal) of both spoken
words and nonverbal actions at the same time. Communication is not all about sending or receiving facts in
words. It does involve ideas and emotions that are expressed through signs, symbols and gestures.
The sample image shows both verbal or spoken words and nonverbal actions. The man uses both verbal
and non-verbal cues when he winked at the lady and
at the same time greeted her and offered her a drink.
On the other hand, the girl’s smirk is a gesture
of disgust or dislike. Even without the use of words,
the lady’s gesture is still understood as a form of
communicating her disapproval towards man.
5. Communication is inevitable.
Inevitability means communication is taking
place even when someone does not want or intend
to communicate. This “does not want to
communicate” feeling of someone actually does
communicate something. What does this mean? It
simply means that you cannot avoid
communicating. Why?
The truth is, we are communicating constantly
because even when you do not want to communicate, you are communicating! Isn’t that ironic? Yes, you are
sending a message by the way you smile, or frown, sit or move or by the way you walk or dress up yourself and
by your actions. And even when you are sleeping in class, you are communicating that you are either bored or
sick or whatever your reasons be!
This notion tells us that communication is everywhere. Thus, it is impossible to not
communicate. The dark clouds, the deep blue sea, the howling dogs, your empty room or even the silence of the
night, these are all communicating and telling us something. Try discovering that yourself.
6. Communication is irreversible. This means that what you have said can never be unsaid. Irreversibility
happens the very minute you click the “OK” button for a comment or post on your social media and that it would
be too late to take it back when a lot of people have already reacted, and commented to it. The same thing when
you perhaps throw a hurting or offensive word to your enemy because of your anger.
You can later be sorry for what you have said but once
the damage has already been done, it can never be undone.
You may ask for forgiveness, or say you did not mean what
you said but it takes time for another person to heal and
forget. That person may forgive you for what you have said
but the effect of what you have said is lasting.
This characteristic of communication implies that as
senders of message, we must be careful and choose the
appropriate words to say before saying them.

7. Communication is Unrepeatable.
 Unrepeatability means that an act of communication can never be duplicated. We may say the same thing
over and over again but the effect of what you said the second or third or fourth time will not be the same as the
first time you said it.
Even if we intend to say the same thing again which is possible but the ideas here is, the outer world has
changed by the second utterance. The listeners may be different, our mood may be different, or our relationship
might be in a different place. You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression.
One of the best examples is at home when you hear your mother or sister rants about your laziness. The
first time you heard it, your reaction would have been bad. You probably cried or stayed in your bedroom for the
whole day. But when you heard it the second time or the third, there is that different effect. You probably
wouldn’t react to it at all, or perhaps just laugh it out! The sure thing is, you cannot duplicate an act of
communication.
This time let’s take a closer look at the illustration on how the communication process takes
place in any given situation.
 Diagram 3: The Communication Process

As you
can see in
Diagram 3,

communication goes through a certain process involving the sender, who is the source of the
message, the message, which is the shared information, the receiver, whose function is to decode the
meaning of what was received and of course, the feedback, referring to the receiver’s reply to the
message.
III. EVALUATION (Match the concepts)
(E.1)Direction: Match the concepts found in Column A with the concepts in Column B. Write the correct letter that matches
on the space provided after the number.

Column A Column B
a) the factors that affect the flow of communication.
1. Channel _________
b) the fact, idea, message, a piece of information, a note from the
2. Message _________ speaker in words or in action.
c) the source of the data, information or message
3. Barriers_________
d) the medium used such as verbal or non-verbal, face to face or
4. Receiver _________ not, in which the encoded message is transmitted
e) the one who receives the message and decodes it
5. Speaker (s) _________
(E. 2) Direction: Read the statement carefully and answer the question that follows. Choose the letter of your answer and
encircle the letter of your choice.
1. Which is NOT an element of the communication process?
a) message b) sender c) technology d) receiver
2. In the communication process, decoding takes place
a) by the sender b) when replying c) within the message d) by the receiver
3. An error or mistake in a document due to encoding is a sample of a barrier.
a) true b) maybe c) false d) it doesn't tell
4. Which is NOT a means or medium of communication?
a) phone call b) letter c) e-mail d) environment
5. Johnny has a habit of ignoring the message of his mother. Which element is referring to Johnny's response to the
message?
a) channel b) participation c) context d) feedback
6. When we convert a message into actions, it is called
a) decoding b) encoding c ) listening d) feedback loop
7. Communication skills are helpful in
a)teaching b) asking questions c) listening d) all of the above
8. The School Principal gives his speech during the first School Recognition program. Who is the receiver of the
message?
a)recognition program b) Principal c)the parents d) the students
9. Margie names four ingredients for Kyla to buy at the grocery store. Who is the sender of the message?
a) Kyla b) Margie c) grocery store d) ingredients
10. It is an example of an audience feedback?
a)laughter b.) silence c) half-closed eyelids d)all of the above