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COMMUNICATION
What is communication?
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Tutorial task 1
Discuss and state very briefly
what communication is to you.
Provide some examples as well.
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COMMUNICATION
Communication is the activity of
conveying .
Any process: sharing information,
ideas & feelings.
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COMMUNICATION
Is an active process and a
changing event.
Is the key to success.
To live is to communicate.
To communicate effectively is
to enjoy life more fully.
Is a two-way traffic & not a oneway process.
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COMMUNICATION
Involves:
COMMUNICATION
Is very important in our lives.
We use it :
- for persuasion
- to improve relationships
- to inform
- to share
- to discover & uncover
information
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COMMUNICATION:
THE ELEMENTS
WHO
(sender)
TO WHOM
(receiver)
WHAT IS SAID
(message)
WHAT CHANNEL
(mode)
THE EFFECT
(feedback)
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COMMUNICATION:
THE FORMS
Speech
Written
Symbols
Gestures
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COMMUNICATION:
THE TYPES
Intrapersonal Communication
Example: Internal thought or language - day
Interpersonal Communication
Communication to Group
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Further reference
http://www.slideshare.net/nusan
tara99/communication-skills51895
http://www.slideshare.net/agillie
s/3-steps-to-effectivelycommunicating
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Tutorial task 2
Observe the way people (men,
women & children) communicate in
various places and occasions. For
example at home, work, market,
park, school/college, etc.
Pay attention to their verbal (speech
patterns) and non-verbal (symbolic
behaviour, facial expression and
body language) communication.
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Tutorial task 2
Identify if they are the same or
different.
State the similarities and differences
that you had noticed. Include
examples if necessary.
Report your observation in the
written form via e-mail:
eliz@uthm.edu.my
Latest 22 September 2012
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