SIARGAO ISLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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Lesson 1: Communication Process

Communication – the transmission of ideas and emotions between or among persons with the
use verbal and non-verbal cues.
Verbal- is the use of sounds and words to express yourself.
Non- Verbal- it does not use words, it communicates through the use of human parts.

PROCESS OF COMMUNICATION
It starts with encoding and ends with decoding. The encoder is more popularly known as the
sender of the message. He transmits his message to the receiver more popularly known as the
decoder.

DELL HYMES SPEAKING PARADIGM

S- Setting (Where and When)
P- Participant (Who)
E- End (Why)
A- Act (How)
K- Key (How Formal)
I- Instrument (with what instrument or medium)
N- Norm (What)
G- Genre (Which Kind)
Forms of Discourse
1. Exposition – explain or inform (intellect).
2. Description – describe the state of characteristics of something (senses).
3. Narration – narrate or tell a story (emotions)
4. Argumentation – argue or to persuade
Assessment:
#1 Genre of Spoken Discourse (pg.8)
Identify the genres (exposition, description, narration, and argumentation) of
the following spoken discourses.
__________1. An inspirational speech
__________2. A classroom report on the effects of pollution
__________3. A recitation of the poem “Porphyria’s Lover”.
__________4. A dramatic Monologue from one of the Shakespeare’s plays.
__________5. A priest homily regarding humility
__________6. A product endorsement by a celebrity in a television show.
__________7. A tour guide’s short talk about Taal Volcano
__________8. A stand up comedian’s roasting of a politician.
__________9. An author’s account of his hardships in novel writing during his
book launch.
__________ 10. An anchor person’s enumeration of the beauty contestant’s
qualities in an international pageant.

#2 Communication Process
Situation Sender Message Receiver Feedback
A parishioner Parishioner Enumeration of Parish Priest The penance to be
confesses his sins sins done by the
to the priest. parishioner.
A teacher calls one
of his pupils to
answer the
question raised.

#3 Dell Hymes’ Speaking Paradigm. Follow the example in Situation #1.

Situation 1 Situation 2
A mother who A father congratulates
reprimands her son his daughter for being
who was involved in a an honor role.
gang war.
S- House
P- Mother and
Son
E- to protect him
from the danger
of a gang war
A- reprimanding
K- Informal
I- voice
N- the sons’
involvement in
a gang war
G- Argumentation
Assignment:
Write a conversation chunks and identify the sender, message, receiver, and feedback in these
chunks taken from the following settings:
1. Home
2. School