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A.-Nature-of-Communication
A.-Nature-of-Communication
A.-Nature-of-Communication
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Thinking Skills
e. Cultural Context
How do our thinking skills affect the
- elements of communication may have
process?
different meanings depending upon the
culture or social understanding within - They affect our ability to analyze our
which the communication is taking own purposes and intentions; our ability to
place. express our ideas and feelings; and our
- every society has their own rules in ability to encode and decode messages
interpreting communication signals- which express what we intend
some rules govern how we use our
language, some our nonverbal behavior Writing Skills
- customs, norms and traditions These skills determine our
- communication rules and expectations communication fidelity- express ideas
are important during intercultural better if we have a wider vocabulary and if
contact and cross- cultural expectations know how to arrange our ideas logically and
creatively
2. Participants
The main goal of communication is Speaking Skills
understanding via interaction both on the How to pronounce words, gesture, and
part of the source and the receiver interpret messages from listeners, and
a. SENDER modify our talk.
- also called source, speaker and encoder ● Attitude
- starts the communication process given This refers to the person’s biases or
the fact that he wants to transmit a predispositions toward something or
message someone
b. RECEIVER How do our attitudes affect
- is the recipient of the message who communication? - toward oneself; toward
interprets it and in turn responsible to subject matter; and toward the receiver
give a feedback.
o Manner by which the source evaluates/
The effectiveness of the thinks of himself affects the way he
communication depends on the communicates
characteristics of both the sender and
receiver: o Attitudes toward the subject matter
come thru one’s messages
● Communication Skills
o Attitudes toward the receiver affect the
- thinking, writing, and speaking for source’s messages
encoding
- listening for decoding
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