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LESSON 8 Functions of Communication

The document discusses the main functions of communication: regulation and control, social interaction, motivation, information, and emotional expression. Regulation and control involves using language to manage others' behavior. Social interaction is the primary reason for communication, as it allows people to connect and interact with one another. Motivation involves persuading or convincing others to change opinions. Information provides awareness of ideas or concepts. Emotional expression moves people to action by appealing to their feelings. Examples are given for each function.

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LESSON 8 Functions of Communication

The document discusses the main functions of communication: regulation and control, social interaction, motivation, information, and emotional expression. Regulation and control involves using language to manage others' behavior. Social interaction is the primary reason for communication, as it allows people to connect and interact with one another. Motivation involves persuading or convincing others to change opinions. Information provides awareness of ideas or concepts. Emotional expression moves people to action by appealing to their feelings. Examples are given for each function.

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Functions of Communication

Functions of Communication

• Humans communicate for a reason


• Each function is based on the
Speaker’s purpose for
communicating
Functions of Communication

• Regulation and Control


• Social Interaction
• Motivation
• Information
• Emotional Expression
I. Regulation/Control

• Speaker’s purpose is to control


others by managing their behavior
using language, gestures and
emotions
• It can be used to regulate the
nature and amount of activities
humans engage in.
Regulation and Control
A. Examples:
• Making an announcement that the
students will follow the solid
waste management
• Telling someone to be quiet
• Encourage someone to continue
discussing the topic
Regulation and Control
A. Examples:
• Parent telling a child not to
misbehave
• Policeman directing pedestrians
Regulation and Control
B. Verbal cues: (words chosen and
used)
• Should be respectful of each
other’s culture, age, gender,
religion and social status
Regulation and Control
C. Nonverbal cues:
• bodily actions are firm
• Eye contact is direct
• May be softened for children &
elderly
II. Social Interaction

• Most familiar and the primary


reason why people communicate
• People love to talk – gives
pleasure while passing the time in
an entertaining way
• Coming together as a society
II. Social Interaction
• This allows people to be
connected with another
• A family becomes close not
because they live under the same
roof but because each member
interacts with another
II. Social Interaction
• Friends get together to interact
and enjoy each other’s company
• A stranger or a new acquaintance
can become a friend by getting to
know that person through more
opportunities of interaction
II. Social Interaction

A. Examples:
• Girls discussing about the recent
episode of Meteor Garden
• Group of friends telling jokes and
laughing
• Talking to a vendor, driver or
neighbor
II. Social Interaction
• One’s interaction with different
people will not be the same
interaction experience
III. Motivation

• Speaker’s purpose is to
persuade, convince and to
change other people’s opinion
III. Motivation
A. Example:
• Convincing a friend to go to the
mall after school
• Customer convinces a vendor to
sell a bigger sized mango for the
same price as a smaller one
IV. Information
• Most useful
• Providing information
• Used when speaker wants to
make others aware of a certain
idea or concept that may be
useful to them
IV. Information

A. Examples:
• Letting your classmate know
when and where the meeting will
be
• Informing your brother about the
effects of extensive computer
gaming
IV. Information

A. Examples:
• The school nurse tells the
students that eating banana can
prevent dysmenorrhea
• A weather forecaster presents a
weather report
V. Emotional Expression
• The purpose is to move the
person to action
• Speaker appeals to the Listener’s
feeling and emotions to
encourage a person to act in a
particular action
V. Emotional Expression

A. Examples:
• Filipino can be moved to tears by
a movie, k-drama or a song.
• Disclosing what you feel (anger,
disappointment, happiness)
V. Emotional Expression

B. Verbal cues:
• be respectful and careful
• Words that may appeal to men
may not appeal to women
• There are words that children use
that the elderly might find insulting
and vice versa
V. Emotional Expression

B. Non-Verbal cues:
• be respectful and careful
• Touching, hand holding or
hugging
• Culture must be considered

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