Micha Ella Borres BSCS A1 SPEECH MODULE 4

ACTIVITY

A total knowledge about yourself helps you communicate better. How much do you
know yourself? How can you improve your ability to communicate?

1. Complete the following sentences. Let the first word/words in the sentence
determine the meaning of your answers. There is no right or Wrong answers.

A. What do you believe in?

1.Faith is something that you cannot see.

2. Faith should be practiced by everyone.

3. Government is so messed up.

4. Government should be competitive.

5. People are all sad nowadays.

6. People should be optimistic.

7. I am who I am.

8. I need to be myself.

9. I should be happy.

10. My best friend is abby.

How Do You Feel

Write the things that made you happy and the things that made you sad.
Happy Sad
I am happy when im with abby I am sad when abby and I part
ways

I am happy when I eat. I am sad when Im alone

I am sad when I don’t understand

myself
I am happy when I read books
I am sad when I feel nobody

I am happy when I take may dog

to a walk
I am sad when i get left behind

I am happy when Im at the beach

What do you think about yourself?

1. I like my Eyes

2. I don't like my Body shape

3. My mother is okay byherself.

4. I am ashamed of my appearance .

5. I am proud of my mindset.

6. The movie star I like is Kitty Chicha Amatayakul

7. I want to change my identity

8. I like the voice of Abby

9. My voice is like boyish

10. I like to walk like Billie

TASK

“My Priorities In Life”

Everyone has priorities in life, whether it's huge or small, its still a
priority, and It depends on a person’s mindset. As i grow older my life priorities
are changing. Life has thrown me a lots of challenges where sometimes i don’t
dodge, I just feel the impact and says “Im hurt, now what?”. Priorities have come
and gone for me as an 19 year-old girl.

Before entered my freshmen year, I thought my future path will be all set.
I’ll start my first year in college with glorious all A’s grades, Manifesting high
paying dream jobs when i graduated. I get to have some friends. I thought my
goals and priorities in life are the same direction. but it was just all “I thought”.
Im an in introvert person who have Hopes, dreams and priorities despite of my
life feels like riding in a never ending rollercoaster but there’s this question in my
head and its How will i ever escape this labyrinth?

To start off, My first priority is God. I know many people do not consider
this as their priority because they have there own beliefs. But for me it’s God
first, I am a proud believer. God gives me hope and strength to get up everyday
despite of what’s happening in my life right now. I am ready and i’ll accept
whatever God’s plan for me and for my family. I know God is challenging me
literally right now, but i trust him, I surrender what chaos i feel right now, and
trust his plans for me.

My second priority priority is my mental health. I cant lie to tell im okay

because im not, Ive been struggling over the past few years. I’ve been up and
down and now i dont know how to get up, where to start, and who to seek help.
as of today im on my down stage. Getting back up is so hard that’s why i made it
my top priority. I can’t function if my mental health isn’t stable. Priorities starts
within yourself and you have to do it for yourself. You have to prioritise yourself
because at the end of the day you only have yourself. You have independent
enough to handle hard situations. Life will always challenge you and it depends
on you if you give up or not. But for me, I keep on fighting because I have this I
don’t know if it’s motivational qoutes but it helps for me. I always said to myself
that “ Wala ka choice”. Yes, I have no choice but to go on with my life because I
long a we’re alive life will always twist our minds and feelings.
 Family is also my priority. I really want to give back to them. I became
who i am now because of them. They raised me well even though we have a
huge family problem facing right now. I’m hoping this will end in soon. I really
love my family so much. I want whats the best for them.

My next priority is school. I know, I don’t have a choice not to make this a
priority. Im one out of I don’t know how many percent who hates school. Well
for me I have a lot to learn in my daily life or what we call street smarts than
learning in school. We’ll learning is a bit hard for me these days. Because of this
really serious matter which is the pandemic. I have to attend online class which
is harder than I thought. Like writing this essay, learning from home or distant
learning is hard for me because im not a fast learner, im not a fan of reading
school papers and I have short attention span.

Lastly, Investing in yourself is also should be a priority. I’ve been taking

the time to educate myself, beyond the classroom. Read good books (this is a big
one). Expanding my world view. Taking my time to try to better understand
myself, the world, and how i can best act in the world. Taking advantage of the
fact that I am surrounded by intelligent and educated people in the academic
setting and im taking my time learning from them.

This priorities of mine isn’t constant maybe as time goes by it’ll change.
But one thing is sure that wherever life takes me i’ll be open to accept and keep
going what consequences lies ahead. As what my favourite author Lemony
Snicket said “Life is conundrum of esoterica.”that means, life is a confusing puzzle
made up things most of us don’t understand, or can’t understand. Many things
in life don't make sense–deaths of loved ones, floods, fires, abandonment–and
some of these things don't happen for a reason, or the reason is unclear for a very
long time.
Check your Understanding!

1.Explain the nature of interpersonal communication.

- Interpersonal communication is transactional in nature. It is a process in which

transmission and reception occur simultaneously and source and receiver continually
influence one another.

2. Distinguish Dyadic Communication from Small Group Communication.

- Dyadic Communication is a process of understanding and sharing meaning between

two persons. It is a speech communication situation when relatively mutual
opportunities for speaking and listening occur.

Small Group Communication, another subset of interpersonal communication, refers to

communication involving three or more people. Small Group Communication occurs in
social organizations such as clubs, civic groups and church groups and in business
settings, for the purpose of problem solving or decision making.

3.Explain the stages in inter-personal communication.

-Orientation phase: When people first meet, they are revealing their outer superficial
shell. Conversations revolve around hobbies, likes, and dislikes.

Exploratory Effective phase: The relationship develops as a few layers of the

personality are “peeled off” allowing the personality to show through in verbal and
nonverbal communication. The relationship becomes more intimate.

Affective phase: More layers are peeled away until almost the entire personality is
revealed. Participants develop and understanding for one another and begin to discuss
personal topics.

Stable phase: This is the final stage in the relationship where all layers have been
peeled away, exposing the core of the individual’s personality.

4. When does the interpersonal conflict arise? How is it resolved?

- Interpersonal conflict is an expressed struggle between at least two interdependent

parties who perceive incompatible goals, scarce rewards and interference from the other
parties in achieving their goals. (Wilke, 1994)
Resolved by Denial,Suppression,Power,Compromise, and Collaboration

5. Discuss the concepts which are important in small group communication.

- Small Group Communication, another subset of interpersonal communication, refers to

communication involving three or more people. Small Group Communication occurs in social
organizations such as clubs, civic groups and church groups and in business settings, for the
purpose of problem solving or decision making.

6. What is self-disclosure?

- Self-disclosure broadly includes any statement a person makes about himself or

herself.
7. How can communication in interpersonal relationship be improved?

- We can improve our communication within our interpersonal relationship through the
following:

1.)We should have a commitment to learn a variety of communication skills.

2. )We must understand the importance of perceptual differences among people, the
role of self-concept in communication, the nature of verbal language and the role of
non-verbal communication.

3. )We must be willing to share ourselves with others as we self-disclose.

4.) We must be willing to attempt to understand other people through the careful and
conscientious listening.

8. Explain the importance of behavioral flexibility.

- Most of the time you have control over your behaviour and can exercise choice about
how you behave.

Create a short dialogue for the given scenarios.

1. You are looking for a particular house number. You cannot find it. You approach
a man who is waiting for a ride. What do you think will be the oral and facial
responses of the stranger.

- Me: Excuse me sir, may can I have a few seconds of your time?
Man: Sure what is it maam?
Me: Are you familiar with this house number?
Man: Ahm, Yes! it’s right down the street. Just go straight in this area, you’ll
see theres a house number every door.
Me: Thank u so much! Have a nice day ahead sir.

2. Interview a faculty member or an administrator of your school. Prepare

questions. Make these questions guide you in your discussion with the
interviewee.

- 1) Share you ideas about professional development.

2) How do you define good teaching?
3) Describe the most recent difficult situation you encountered in your class
and how you handled it?

3. You are discussing with a classmate in the school park. The topic of your
discussion is a difficult research paper. You find it hard to meet the deadline for
the submission of the paper.

- Me: Ahm. Are you having a hard time making the research paper on time?
Classmate : yes, I think the time is to short for us to finish it.
Me: Me too, I don’t even know if Ill finish it before the deadline.
Classmate: I agree with you, maybe we should not waste our time and do it
as fast as we could.
Me: you’re right, we should proceed making the research paper.
Classmate: Yes! Lets start!
Make a video!

Record a video of yourself, pretend that you are in a conversation. Choose one among
the three situations listed below.

1. Panel discussion

2. Job Interview

3. Business meeting