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    Communication is defined as the exchange of information between individuals through common systems of symbols, signs, or behaviors. It is a process that involves sharing messages or information from one person to another using various means and contexts. Communication can occur through face-to-face interactions, phone calls, group discussions, letters, or other methods. The basic functions of communication are to achieve understanding, persuade, inform, entertain, and manage relationships.

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    Communication is defined as the exchange of information between individuals through common systems of symbols, signs, or behaviors. It is a process that involves sharing messages or information from one person to another using various means and contexts. Communication can occur through face-to-face interactions, phone calls, group discussions, letters, or other methods. The basic functions of communication are to achieve understanding, persuade, inform, entertain, and manage relationships.

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    WHAT IS COMMUNICATION? mean? It simply means that you cannot avoid communicating. Why?

    The truth is, we are


    communicating constantly because even when you do not want to communicate, you are
    Webster defines communication as a process by which information is exchanged between
    communicating! Isn’t that ironic? Yes, you are sending a message by the way you smile, or
    individuals through a common system of symbols, signs or behavior. Communication is a
    frown, sit or move or by the way you walk or dress up yourself and by your actions. And
    process of sharing and conveying messages or information from one person to another using
    even when you are sleeping in class, you are communicating that you are either bored or
    different means, medium, context, media, and cultures. There are different ways and terms
    sick or whatever your reasons be! This notion tells us that communication is everywhere.
    in which communication can be manifested. It can be through face-to-face, a phone
    Thus, it is impossible to not communicate. The dark clouds, the deep blue sea, the howling
    conversation, a group discussion, a meeting or interview, a letter correspondence, a class
    dogs, your empty room or even the silence of the night, these are all communicating and
    recitation, and many others. In other words, the basic functions of communication are to
    telling us something. Try discovering that yourself.
    achieve understanding or shared meaning and to persuade, inform, entertain and manage
    relationships. 6. Communication is irreversible. This means that what you have said can never be unsaid.
    Irreversibility happens the very minute you click the “OK” button for a comment or post on
    NATURE OF COMMUNICATION
    your social media and that it would be too late to take it back when a lot of people have
    1. Communication is a process. Communication as a process means it is a step by step already reacted, and commented to it. The same thing when you perhaps throw a hurting or
    activity and it is essentially a two-way process that involves the active participation of both offensive word to your enemy because of your anger. before saying them. You can later be
    the sender and receiver. It is the act or process of using words, sounds, signs, or behaviors to sorry for what you have said but once the damage has already been done, it can never be
    express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to undone. You may ask for forgiveness, or say you did not mean what you said but it takes
    someone else. Communication is a dynamic process which is influenced by the time for another person to heal and forget. That person may forgive you for what you have
    communicator’s mood and thinking. It is a complex process too. By complex process, it said but the effect of what you have said is lasting. This characteristic of communication
    means, one message may be interpreted in many ways by different people. In the sample implies that as senders of message, we must be careful and choose the appropriate words to
    image, a teacher explains a lesson in a class of 20 students. There may also be 20 different say.
    understanding of the lesson. That is why there is a need to seek for clarification called
    7. Communication is Unrepeatable. Unrepeatability means that an act of communication
    feedback.
    can never be duplicated. We may say the same thing over and over again but the effect of
    2. Communication is much more of an ART than a science. There is no right or wrong way to what you said the second or third or fourth time will not be the same as the first time you
    communicate – no set of absolute rules to be followed but there are underlying principles to said it. Even if we intend to say the same thing again which is possible but the ideas here is,
    guide us into effective communication. 3. Communication has a sender and receiver. the outer world has changed by the second utterance. The listeners may be different, our
    Communication occurs between two or more people acting as the speaker or the receiver of mood may be different, or our relationship might be in a different place. You don’t get a
    the message. In other words, it is a two-way process of reaching mutual understanding, in second chance to make a first impression. One of the best examples is at home when you
    which participants do not only exchange (encode-decode) information, news, ideas and hear your mother or sister rants about your laziness. The first time you heard it, your
    feelings but also create and share meaning. In general, communication is a means of reaction would have been bad. You probably cried or stayed in your bedroom for the whole
    connecting people or places. 4. Communication is verbal or non-verbal. Communication can day. But when you heard it the second time or the third, there is that different effect. You
    be expressed through written or spoken words (verbal) or actions (non-verbal) of both probably wouldn’t react to it at all, or perhaps just laugh it out! The sure thing is, you cannot
    spoken words and nonverbal actions at the same time. Communication is not all about duplicate an act of communication.
    sending or receiving facts in words. It does involve ideas and emotions that are expressed
    through signs, symbols and gestures.

    5. Communication is inevitable. Inevitability means communication is taking place even


    when someone does not want or intend to communicate. This “does not want to
    communicate” feeling of someone actually does communicate something. What does this
    This time let’s take a closer look at the illustration on how the communication
    process takes place in any given situation.

    Diagram 1: The Communication Process

    The speaker encodes the The speaker


    The speaker idea and converts the transmits or
    generates an idea into words or sends out a
    idea. actions. message.

    The receiver
    The receiver The receiver decodes or sends or
    gets the interprets the message provides
    message. based on the context. feedback.
    WHAT’S MORE?

    Activity 1: A Real Sample

    Now that you know what communication is and how it works, list down real
    examples of communication that occurs around you.

    WHAT WHERE WHO HOW


    Talking with In school You and your You share your
    friends friends experiences and
    feelings
    ___________ 5. The receiver interprets the message received.

    Activity 2: Show the Process ___________6. Communication can either be written or spoken words.

    Following the process of communication, write a scenario on how the ___________7. The receiver is the source of the message.
    process is done in actual conversation. Be guided by Diagram 2.
    ___________8. Man cannot survive without communication.
    Process of Communication Scenario
    ___________9. Communication is a one-way process.

    __________10. To seek for clarification, channel is needed.

    Assessment

    Write True if the statement is true. If not, change the underlined word or phrase
    that makes the statement erroneous with the correct one. Write your answers on
    your Communication Activity Notebook.

    __________1. Communication is a process.

    __________2. The sender decodes the message to be transmitted.

    __________3. Channel is a medium of communication.

    ___________4. Talking to the self can develop one’s self-confidence.

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