I. Theoretical Essay: Answer the following questions as intelligent as you can.

1. What are the basic elements of the communication process? (5pts)

 Sender, receiver, message, channel, feedback

2. Illustrate how the communication process works. (5pts)

3. How should a sender transmit a message to a receiver to avoid misunderstanding?

(5pts)
 To be an effective communicator, you need to make sure that your messages are clear,
concise, accurate, and well planned. This will avoid misunderstanding and ensure that
they get through each stage of the Communications Process without a hitch.

4. The goal of communication is to convey information and the understanding of that

information, and yet many a times the source of conflict between and amongst people is
miscommunication. Why is this? Can you explain in not less than 5 sentences. (10pts)

 Miscommunication happens because there's a big drop off between the sender and the
receiver. When you send a message, it goes through a lot of processes and its original
meaning gets lost. To make sure there's no misunderstanding, keep in mind how
collaboration and communication actually work. Aside from that miscommunication also
occurs when a person has limited knowledge or vocabulary. It might also be that the
message is unclear or pitch. There might also Interfering factors such as background
 noise. The matter can also be simply heard wrong. Last is Diversity of a language
wherein the same words are understood differently.

5. In the real world, compare how you communicate at home as against to how you
communicate with people outside. (5pts)

 At home, we communicate with utmost respect especially with our parents or elders. We
are polite when we talk and even say po or opo. The communication is more formal and
limited. While with outside, we become more open and we already drop the formalities.
Like for example with friends, our communication are less serious and we can tell more
jokes around them than with our family.

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II. Practical Essay

In a scale of 1-3, 1 - being very proficient, 2 - proficient enough, 3 – needs improvement. Rate
yourself in

your oral expression. (20 pts)

 I would rate myself as 3 when it comes to my oral expression.

c.) If you think you need improvement, what do you plan to do?

 I plan to study more about oral communication. I need to master first all of the basics so I
can proceed to the more important parts. I need to enhance my confidence when talking
in public because I am a shy person when there are a lot of people watching me. I also
need to widen my vocabulary so that I can understand a wide variety of words and give
my feedback with regards to these. I will also study well in this subject which is Oral
Communication so that I can learn a lot of lessons and tips when it comes to oral
expression. And as I learn all of these, I will do my best to avoid errors and apply these
learnings in real life and soon on my profession as an engineer.