If all my possessions

were to be taken from me

with one exception, I
would choose to keep the
power of communication,
for by it I would regain
all the others.
-Daniel Webster-

THE NATURE OF
COMMUNICATION

COMMUNICATION

It is the dual or two-way

process of transmitting
messages from one
person to another.

LANGUAGE
-most
effective
medium
of
communication.
PURPOSE: to serve as the code
for transmission of messages
between and among people.
A tool used in expressing ideas and
feelings to achieve understanding

ASPECTS OF
COMMUNICATION
1. THE VERBAL OR
LINGUISTIC ASPECT makes
use of words (oral or written,
formal or informal)

2. THE NONVERBAL OR
EXTRALINGUISTIC ASPECT
- Make use of words but may
enhance or change the linguistic
code.
- THREE ELEMENTS:
A.Nonlinguistic elements
B.Paralinguistic elements
C.Metalinguistic element

A. NONLINGUISTIC ELEMENTS
-devices used in conveying messages
without entirely relying on speech or
language.
1.KINESICS language of the body
2.PROXEMICS language of space
3.CHRONEMICS language of time
4.HAPTICS language of touch
5.OLFACTICS language of smell
6.ARTEFACTUAL language of objects
7.PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

B. PARALINGUISTIC
ELEMENTS
-include the following attributes of
voice that accompany the words we
say.
1.Vocal quality
2.Pitch
3.Tempo
4.Volume
5.Juncture

C. METALINGUISTIC ELEMENT

-the abstract element that

takes place in the mind of
communicators

their
awareness of the component
units of language sound,
words, phrases and sentences.

93 % - nonverbal
7% - verbal

General
meaning

7% - words
38% - tone & inflection
55% - facial expression, body position
& gesture

TYPES OF
COMMUNICATION
FIVE BASIC TYPES

1.INTRAPERSONAL
communication
within oneself

2. INTERPERSONAL
communication
among a relatively
small number of
people.

a.Dyadic
b.Triadic
c.Small Group

3.

PUBLIC
COMMUNICATION
communication
between one and
several other people

4. MASS
COMMUNICATION
these are the
printed form,
radio, television
and the movies.

5. ORGANIZATIONAL
COMMUNICATION

communication
in the
organization

COMMUNICATION
PROCESS

Each Easter,
Eddie eats 80
Easter eggs.

1. STIMULUS/STIMULI

the triggering event of

the
communication
process.
(events,
conditions,
situations, feelings or
emotions w/c urge the
sender
to
communicate
and start the ideas to
be verbalized.)

2.IDEATION

formulated
and
organized to answer a
need to communicate

3. ENCODING- ideas
are put into code
to
make
transmission
possible.

4.
TRANSMISSIONencoded
message
is
sent through a chosen
appropriate channel or
medium.

5. RECEPTION the
message
reaches
the receiver

6.
DECODING

the
codes or symbols used
to transmit messages
are
converted
into
ideas or mental images
to be interpreted by
the receiver

7.
UNDERSTANDINGthe message having
been
interpreted
now becomes clear
to the receiver.

8. ACTION the
receiver
responds
to
the
message
received
by
sending feedback.

ELEMENTS OF
COMMUNICATION

1.SENDER
2.MESSAGE
3.CHANNEL
4.RECEIVER
5.FEEDBACK

THEORIES OF
COMMUNICATION

1.Bowwow
theory
Language is a
product of mans
mimicking of the
sounds of nature.

2.

Ding-dong theory
Language originated
out
of
a
natural
correspondence
between
objects
of
sense of perception and
the vocal noises

3.Pooh-pooh
theory
Language of men
came as result of
their
emotional
outburst.

4.Yo-he-ho
theory
Language
is
a
product of mans
physical activities.

5. Ta-ta theory
Language came from
some physical acts of
men,
particularly
hand gestures.

6.Ta-ra-raboom-de-ay
theory
Language came from
the
rituals
of
primitive men.

LISTENING
A process whereby, using your
schemata, sensory experience, or
background knowledge, you
attend, recognize, and interpret
verbal or spoken language to
satisfy your immediate and
future needs.

HEARING

refers to your
plain
act
of
receiving
sounds.

THE LISTENING
PROCESS

1. The Physical or Attention

Stage
2. The Logical or Auditory
Discrimination Stage
3. The Semantic or
Comprehension Stage
4. The Retention Stage

KIND OF LISTENING

1.
VOLUNTARY
willingness
participate
completely
in
communicative
situation.

to
a

2.
PURPOSEFUL

you
choose
to
listen because of
some
very
good
reason/s

3.
MOTIVATED

when you have good

reasons
for
listening, you are
all keyed up for
the activity.

4. COOPERATIVE you
keep quite and give
your
wholehearted
cooperation when you
listen because you
hope for nothing but
only the best from
the speaker.

5.
CRITICAL

follow
the
speakers
ideas
carefully and get
things clear.s

THREE GENERAL
CLASSIFICATIONS OF
LISTENING

ACTIVE
LISTENING

PASSIVE
LISTENING

ETHICAL
LISTENING

The End
Created by Maam KAJ