Name: ________________________________ Date: ___________

Year and Course: _______________________

Comprehension Questions

Check your understanding of the input by answering the following questions:

1. How do you differentiate the types of communication in relation to

communication mode?
2. How can visual communication enhance the message conveyed by a speaker?
Cite a particular situation when it is best to employ visual communication.
3. What are the types of communication in relation to context? How do they differ
from one another?
4. How can you listen to speakers’ opinions through electronic media without
being easily swayed into accepting their opinions?
5. Of the four approaches employed in formal organization structure, which do you
think is the best? Cite situations which will call for the use of each approach.
Give one advantage and disadvantage of each.
6. Would you know any strategy or method by which you can reduce the
complexity of understanding another culture? Do you think it will work with
your current set of foreign classmates/friends?
7. How do you differentiate formal communication from informal communication
in relation to purpose and style? Provide situations to illustrate the differences.
 II. Choose two cultures from among the ASEAN countries and differentiate some of
their non-verbal messages. Share at least three differences in their non-verbal codes.

III. Visit your university website and look for the mission-vision statements and the
core values that characterize your identity as a student at your university. Evaluate
them using the tables below.

Mission Statement

Indicators Strongly Somewhat Disagree Comments

agree agree

1. The mission statement

focuses on the present.

2. The mission statement

is concise and direct.
3. The mission statement
states what the
organization does.
4. The mission statement
states how the
organization operates.
5. The mission statement
states for whom the
organization does
things.
 Vision Statement

Indicators Strongly agree Somewhat Disagree Comments

agree

1. The vision
statement
focuses on the
future.
2. The vision
statement shows
an aspiration.
3. The vision
statement is
clear and
concise.

Core Values

Indicators Strongly agree Somewhat Disagree Comments

agree
1. The core values
can be easily
remembered.
2. The core values
are not too
many.
3. The core values
can be
translated into
action.
4. The core values
are unique to
the
organization.
5. The core values
are connected to
the
organization’s
mission-vision
statements.