Forms of Communication

A. Nature of Listening
1. Purposes of listening
2. Listening Strategies(selecting the Speech Subject
and Identifying Speech Purpose)

B. Nonverbal Communication (Speech Outlining)

C. Dyadic Communication (Organizing the Speech Body)

D. Small- Group Communication (Speech Introduction,

Conclusion, and Transition)
E. Reflective Thinking Steps
F. Focus on Problem Solving

LISTENING

Question:
1. What kind of things are people attracted to?
2. In what country does terrorism occur according
to the song?
3. What fills the lungs of little ones?
4. If you never know truth, what will you never
know?
5. Lack of understanding leads us away from what?
6. From who is the singer asking help from?
7. What societal problems did you hear from the
song? List two.
8. If you were to answer the question Where is the
love, what will you say?

Listening
Listening

is the process of paying

attention to what one hears and trying
to understand or to get the meaning
conveyed or implied by the speaker.

Barriers to Effective Listening

Branding the subject an
uninteresting/boring.
Focusing attention on
appearance/delivery.
Avoiding difficult/unpleasant material.
Getting emotional while listening.
Listening for facts rather than ideas.
Faking attention
Yielding to distractions easily.
Thinking of unrelated, personal
problems/concerns.

Guides to Effective Listening

Listen actively.
Avoid hasty conclusions.
Use thinking time.
Listen for more facts.
Listen rationally, not emotionally.
Focus on the speaker not the physical.
Listen for total meaning and with an open
mind.
Give feedback/evaluate.
Listen critically.

Pass the message

Write

your middle name on the board,

jump thrice (3x) then raise your right
hand.

Clap

your hands twice (2x), raise your

left thumb mark then say Good Morning.

Put

your left hand on your forehead,

clap thrice, turn around then say Hi.

Dyadic Communication
Two-person

of dyadic communication is
the most basic kind of interpersonal
communication by which two persons
mutually share information, ideas, and
even arguments.
One kind of this is the interview.

Small Group Communication

A

group small enough in size to facilitate

every members interacting with every
other member and whose members
perceive themselves as a cooperative
unit, create a structure of role
relationships, and develop normative
patterns of relating to one another.
This is an effective method in making
decisions and solving problems.

Group Activity
In

groups of 7, decide what your stand

will be on the following controversial
topics. Pick one member to explain the
groups decision.
Mr. Duterte should be the next Philippine
President.
Philippines should wage war against
China because of its aggressive attempts
to claim the Panatag Shoal.
Live-in couples

Reflective Thinking Steps

A

good group discussion follows a step

by step process of discussing a problem,
establishing criteria for evaluating,
identifying, evaluating, selecting and
testing the solutions.
Refer to page 129 for the reflective
thinking steps.