Oral Communication
Oral Communication
ORAL
COMMUNICATION
One is often judged not only
by WHAT he says, but also by
HOW he says it.
WHICH OF THESE ARE
EXAMPLES OF
COMMUNICATION?
◦You are waiting for the principal in his
office. You sit down by a student who’s
reading a book. The student doesn’t look
up or acknowledge your presence in any
way.
◦You are in a hall attending a youth
seminar. The person beside you hands to
you a folder. You get it and you smile and
say, “Thank you.”
◦You are studying seriously. Your
roommate asks, “Can I borrow your
calculator for a while?” Without answering
verbally, you hand over the calculator on
your desk.
◦You deliver your first speech in your Oral
Communication class.
◦You go out for dinner with friends, but
keep thinking, “I’ve got to get home to
study for tomorrow’s long exam in
General Mathematics.”
◦You look around the campus and think,
“What a beautiful day!”
THE MEANING OF
COMMUNICATION
Communication
◦ is the transmission of ideas, thoughts, feelings, and
information from one person to another.
◦ It is a two-way transaction which occurs in an
orderly and systematic sequence that gets the sender
and the receiver “turned” together for a particular
message.
LEVELS OF
COMMUNICATION
1. Intrapersonal Communication
◦ Known as “communication from within”
◦ It consists of conversing with yourself by thinking.
◦ The same person acts as the source and the receiver.
2. Interpersonal Communication
◦ Happens between people
◦ There is a close contact between the communicants,
thus feedback is direct.
2. Interpersonal Communication
4 specific examples:
b) Group Communication
- Communication between three or more people
2. Interpersonal Communication
4 specific examples:
c) Public Communication
- A speaker-audience communication or one-to-many
interaction
2. Interpersonal Communication
4 specific examples:
d) Mass Communication
- Used when you want to reach a bigger audience in
different places at the same time in the form of radio,
television, or newspaper.
ELEMENTS OF
COMMUNICATION
1. SPEAKER
◦The source of information
or message
2. MESSAGE
◦The information, ideas, or
thoughts conveyed by the speaker
in words or in actions.
3. ENCODING
◦The process of converting the
message into words, actions, or
other forms that the speaker
understands.
4. CHANNEL
◦The medium or the means, such as
personal or non-personal, verbal or
non-verbal, in which the encoded
message is conveyed.
5. DECODING
◦The process of interpreting
the encoded message of the
speaker by the receiver
6. RECEIVER
◦The recipient of the
message, or someone who
decodes the message.
7. FEEDBACK
◦The reactions, responses,
or information provided
by the receiver
8. CONTEXT
◦The environment where
communication takes
place
9. BARRIER
◦The factors that affect
the flow of the
communication
PROCESS OF EXAMPLE
COMMUNICATION
The speaker generates an Daphne loves Rico, her
idea. suitor, as a friend.