QUARTER CHALLENGE

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING

1. What is feedback? Is it always given immediately? Explain briefly

2. What is semantic noise? Define through examples.
3. Give five nonverbal cues that tell you your audience is interested in your speech.
4. In a beauty pageant, a non- English speaking contestant is helped by an interpreter in answering
questions from the judges. What must an interpreter be a expert in to be effective at his or her task?
5. Can a speaker automatically shift from a formal speech style to a casual or intimate one? What
problem(s) could possibly arise?
6. What are the four different speech style under interpersonal communication?
7. Give three examples of physical noise that lead to communication breakdown in a workplace. Explain
each briefly.
8. What are emotions? What purpose do they serve?
9. How does one get to successfully communicate with people of other cultures and language?
10. What are the limitations of the linear model of communication?

B. Define the following in your own words.

1. Psychological Noise
2. Message
3. Illocution
4. Frozen speech style
5. Public speech context
6. Consultative speech style
7. Language
8. Speech act
9.
10.

C. Write a motivational speech to yourself explaining why oral communication skills are essential in preparing
you for future endeavors after senior high school.