LESSON

FUNCTIONS, NATURE AND

2 PROCESS OF
COMMUNICATION
Grade 11, First Semester, Q1—Wk ___

What I need to Know?

As a student, you surely wonder why different people have different

means of communication. In this lesson, you will be able to identify the
nature of communication, its processes, and its function.

What I Know?

Activity: Complete the sentences in the box by writing your own idea on
the Nature, Processes, & Functions of COMMUNICATION.

Communication is _____________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________.
Communication functions as _____________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________ .
The communication process is ___________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________ .
 What’s In

Knowing the basics of communication will equip you with a strong

foundation, which you can use to hone your communication skills
effectively. Hence, it is imperative for you to familiarize with the
fundamental elements of communication. As stressed by
McCornack(2014), communication is a process of sharing and conveying
messages or information from one person to another within and across
channels, contexts, media, and cultures .

What’s New

Five Functions of Communication:

1. Control – Communication functions to control behavior.

2. Social Interaction – Communication allows individuals to interact
with others.
3. Motivation – Communication motivates or encourages people to

live better.
4. Emotional expression – Communication facilitates people’s
expression of their feelings and emotions.
5. Information dissemination – Communication functions to convey
information.

Nature of Communication:

1. Communication is a process.
2. Communication occurs between two or more people (the speaker
and the receiver).
3. Communication can be expressed through written or spoken
words,
actions (nonverbal), or both spoken words and nonverbal actions
at
the same time.

Process of Communication

The communication process consists of several components:

A sender is the party that sends a message.

 A channel of communication must also be selected, which is
the manner in which the message is sent. Channels of
communication include speaking, writing, video transmission,
audio transmission, electronic transmission through emails, text
messages and faxes and even nonverbal communication, such
as body language.

The party that is considered the target of communication is

called the receiver.
The receiver must be able to decode the message, which
means mentally processing the message into understanding. If
you can't decode, the message fails.
Sometimes, a receiver will give the sender feedback, which is a
message sent by the receiver back to the sender.

What is It

TASK: Identify the function of communication in each of the following

situations. Write your answers on the space provided.

________1. The teacher reads and discusses classroom policies to

her students.
________2. Ross greets Rachel; then, they start talking about their
plans for the holidays.
________3. Phoebe shares her insights on how to live peacefully
despite a complicated life.
________4. Monica shares her personal frustrations with Chandler.
________5. The geometry teacher lectures about mathematical
concepts.
________6. Sheila delivers her valedictory speech.
________7. The President delivers his last State of the Nation
Address.
________8. A television personality thanks the supportive
moviegoers during an interview.
________9. The city mayor presents her strategies to execute the
plans in a public forum.
________10. A tourist guide orients a group of tourists about a
heritage site
 What’s More

Directions: Fill-in the box in the diagram with the appropriate word/term that
traces the process of communication.

2.

5.
1. 3.
4.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Complete the sentences in the box using your own

words

There is communication if _______________

____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________.
Communication can serve as _____________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________ .
Basically, communication can be described as _______________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________ .
 What I Can Do

TASK: Write “Dialogue Journals” in relation to the process of

communication. Start this off by writing a first short entry of your
opinion on Advantages and Disadvantages on New Normal
Learning (the Modular modality of Learning)

Things to do: A journal in which a teacher and student write back and forth
to each other as a form of an ongoing communication-- to build
better relationship with each student. Use the rubrics below as your
guide.
 Notes to the Teacher

Make sure that the student can come up with the dialogue-journal. Base your scoring on the
given rubrics below.
Answer to “What’s More Activity:

1.Sender 2. Channel 3. Receiver 4. Decode 5. feedback