Lesson 1 Purposive
Lesson 1 Purposive
COMMUNICATION
• Comes from the Latin Word “Communicares” which means to share or to make ideas.
2 TYPES OF COMMUNICATION
• Verbal – uses languages and mouth to communicate
• Non – Verbal – uses body language, facial expressions, and gestures to communicate
ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION
• Source – person who crafts the message or information.
• Message – the meaning shared between the sender and receiver.
• Channel – the means by which a message is conveyed.
• Receiver – person who accept or the recipient of the message from sender.
• Feedback – essential message to confirm recipients understanding.
• Environment – The place, the feeling, the mood, the mindset and the condition of both
sender and receiver.
• Context – involves expectations of the sender and the receiver, the common
understanding through environmental signals.
• Interference – the barrier or block that prevents effective communication
KINDS OF INTERFERENCE
• Psychological Barrier – thoughts that hamper the message to be interpreted correctly
by the receiver.
• Physical Barrier – includes competing stimulus, weather and climate, health and
ignorance of the medium.
• Linguistic Barrier – pertains of language and its cultural environment.
• Mechanical Barrier – those who raised by channels employed for interpersonal, group
or mass communication.
PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
• Clarity – makes speeches understandable
• Concreteness – message must be supported by facts such as research data,
statistics, and figures.
• Courtesy – being polite in terms of approach and manner of addressing individual
• Correctness – glaring mistakes in grammar, obscures the meaning of a sentence.
• Consideration – always best to consider the audience
• Creativity – the ability to crafts interesting messages in terms of sentence structure
and word choice.
• Conciseness – avoid lengthy expressions and words that may confuse the recipient
• Cultural Sensitivity – being sensitive to the culture of the audience.
• Captivating – makes message interesting to command more attention and better
responses.
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN COMMUNICATION
• Respect audience
• Consider the result of Communication
• Value Truth
• Use information correctly
• Do not falsify information