People do not just

communicate
because PEOPLE
LOVE TO TALK.
 Humans
communicate
for several
reasons.
FUNCTIONS
of
COMMUNICATION
It varies as one must
determine the
function of the
communication
 primary
FUNCTION

secondary
FUNCTION
REGULATION
and

CONTROL
 The purpose of the
speaker is to control
others by
MANAGING
THEIR BEHAVIOR.
Example:
Making an announcement that
the community will start
segregating
their garbage.
Example:
Telling
someone to be GO!
quiet.
Encouraging someone
to continue discussing.
SOCIAL
INTERACTION
 most Primary
FAMILIAR reason why
people want
to
communicate
Conversation with one
another gives the
people involved
pleasure
while passing the
time in an
entertaining way
Humans talk
for the sole
purpose of
coming
together as a
society.
Social interaction
allows people to
be CONNECTED with
one another.
 A family becomes close not
because they under the same roof,
but because each member
interacts with another.
 Friends get together
to interact and enjoy
each other’s company.
MOTIVATION
The speaker’s purpose
is to PERSUADE
someone to change
his/her opinion,
attitude or behavior.
 Move the listener away
from his/her own position
toward the speaker’s own
position
Example
Having the listener
agree with the
speaker that there is
FOREVER.
Example

Convincing your
friends to attend
class.
INFORMATION
 The speaker wants to
make other aware of
certain data, concepts,
and processes-
knowledge that may be
useful to them.
Knowing what dengue
is and how to avoid
getting it.
LESS SERIOUS but IMPORTANT

Such as when and

where the Lakan and
Lakambini was held.
EMOTIONAL
EXPRESSION
 The purpose is to
move another person
to action-more than
Regulation and
Control, or Motivation.
 The speaker appeals to
the listener’s FEELINGS
and EMOTIONS to
encourage him/her to act
in a particular direction.
Example
Receiving messages
that include pictures
of extrajudicial
killings.
 The receiver of the
message cannot help
but to be moved to do
something: appeal to
the government or to
stop doing bad things.
REMEMBER
These functions
overlap.
 To regulate or
motivate, it is
sometimes
necessary to first
INFORM.
Social interaction
also involves
emotional
expression.
 These are specific instances of
communication that may or may
not use Regulation/Control.
Identify whether these instances
use Regulation/Control (whether
verbally or non-verbally) or not.
1. The teacher looks
sharply at the noisy
students.
Yes No
2. The yaya combs the
little girl’s hair.

Yes No
3. The janitor tells the
students to move away
from the area of the
corridor he is cleaning.
Yes No
4. The group of boys
asks the bus driver to
stop in front of the
bank.
Yes No
5. The bus driver tells
the boys that he can
only stop at the next
bus stop.
Yes No
6. At the mention of
“Fire!” the office
manager directs all the
employees to the
nearest fire exit.
Yes No
7. The contestant
delivered a speech on
saving the trees in SM
Baguio. Yes No
8. A priest leads the people
who are waiting for the arrival
of Pope Francis at the Luneta in
singing various welcome
chants.
Yes No
9. A younger sibling is
teased until he/she
cries.

Yes No
10. The vendors on the
sidewalks keep calling
out to passerby to attract
their attention.
Yes No
 These are specific instances of
communication that may or may
not be Social Interaction. Identify
whether these instances is
Social Interaction (whether
verbally or non-verbally) or not.
1. Asking the janitor
where the comfort room
is.

Yes No
2. The janitor talking
about the kinds of
students he/she
encounters.
Yes No
3. The boys calling out to
a friend to come over and
join them.

Yes No
4. The girls discussing
what happened at the
party they all attended
last night.
Yes No
5. The office manager
telling the clerk to retype
the contract.

Yes No
6. The employees
teasing the office
manager during his
surprise birthday party.
Yes No
7. People sympathizing
with the families of the
soldiers.

Yes No
8. The soldiers not
reacting to the
President’s speech.

Yes No
9. Trying to find out why a
sibling is crying.

Yes No
10. Eating dinner
quietly with the family.

Yes No
1. What was the specific topic of the
communication activity?

2. How did the speaker make his/her

purpose known?

3. Did the speaker achieve the

purpose/motive for communicating?
FUNCTIONS
of
COMMUNICATION