LESSON INTRODUCTION TO

ORAL COMMUNICATION
1
Grade 11, First Semester, Q1- Wk 1

What I Need to Know?

As you embark the first level of Senior High School, you will find
effective communication to others is indispensable. Needless to say, every
student, like you, needs to understand deeper the nature, functions, and
process of communication for them to bring their across to his/her listeners.

What I Know?

Directions: Fill-out the KWL Chart below with the necessary answers about
„COMMUNICATION‟. At this point, you only need to answer the first
two columns.

What I KNOW What I WANT to know What I LEARNED

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.

6. 6.

7. 7.

8. 8.

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 What’s In

As Senior High School students, you are expected to acquire the

competence in communication skill. As such, you need to take a close look
at the basics of communication-- for mastering the craft in effective
communication begins with understanding the basics, which will equip you
with a strong foundation. This foundation will be employed to hone your
skills for you to become more effective performers in communication.
Hence, it is imperative that you should familiarize yourselves with the
fundamental elements of communication.

What’s New

Communication as defined by McCornack (2014) is a process of

sharing and conveying messages or information from one person to
another within and across channels, contexts, media, and cultures. It can
be manifested in a wide variety of contexts--- face-to-face interaction, a
phone conversation, a group discussion, a meeting or interview, a letter
correspondence, a class recitation, and many others.

What is It

Take a look at the picture below.

The picture above depicts how each individual communicates at

different levels, at different forms. Communication is broadly defined as the
imparting and exchanging of information or news (Retrieved from
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communication on October
31, 2018).

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 What’s More

TASK: Make “Flipped Cards” using recyclable materials found in your home.

Things to do: Folding stories with the use of Flipped Cards:

1. In this activity, one learner composes a sentence or two on a piece
of homemade card and then fold the card so that only the last
word or phrase can be seen.
2. The next student continues the story for few sentences before
hiding all but the last word or phrase can be seen… and then
passing the paper on...until the story is finished.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Using the KWL Chart, answer the last column only.

What I KNOW What I WANT to know What I LEARNED

1. 1. 1.

2. 2. 2.

3. 3. 3.

4. 4. 4.

5. 5. 5.

6. 6. 6.

7. 7. 7.

8. 8. 8.

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 What I Can Do

To continue doing with the “Flipped Cards,” (while observing social

distancing), set up a randomized list of your neighbor---classmates. The first
student sends his involvement and then, sends the last phrase to the next name on
the list. Compile all the contributions to create a single story reflecting their
experience and struggles on the New Normal Oral Communication. Once everyone
has contributed, share the whole story with the family.

Allow your neighbor-classmate or any member of the family who is qualified to

rate you based on the rubrics below:

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LESSON FUNCTIONS, NATURE
AND PROCESS OF
COMMUNICATION
Grade 11, First Semester, Q1—Wk

What I need to Know?

As a student, you surely wonder why different people have different

means of communication. In this lesson, you will be able to identify the
nature of communication, its processes, and its function.

What I Know?

Activity: Complete the sentences in the box by writing your own idea on
the Nature, Processes, & Functions of COMMUNICATION.

Communication is

.
The communication process is

What’s In

Knowing the basics of communication will equip you with a strong

foundation, which you can use to hone your communication skills
effectively. Hence, it is imperative for you to familiarize with the
fundamental elements of communication. As stressed by
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McCornack(2014), communication is a process of sharing and conveying
messages or information from one person to another within and across
channels, contexts, media, and cultures .

What’s New

Five Functions of Communication:

1. Control – Communication functions to control behavior.

2. Social Interaction – Communication allows individuals to interact
with others.
3. Motivation – Communication motivates or encourages people to
live better.
4. Emotional expression – Communication facilitates people’s
expression of their feelings and emotions.
5. Information dissemination – Communication functions to convey
information.

Nature of Communication:

1. Communication is a process.
2. Communication occurs between two or more people (the speaker
and the receiver).
3. Communication can be expressed through written or spoken
words, actions (nonverbal), or both spoken words and nonverbal
actions at the same time.

Process of Communication

The communication process consists of several components:

A sender is the party that sends a message.

A channel of communication must also be selected, which is the

manner in which the message is sent. Channels of communication
include speaking, writing, video transmission, audio transmission,
electronic transmission through emails, text messages and faxes and
even nonverbal communication, such as body language.

The party that is considered the target of communication is called

the receiver.

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 The receiver must be able to decode the message, which means
mentally processing the message into understanding. If you can't
decode, the message fails.
Sometimes, a receiver will give the sender feedback, which is a
message sent by the receiver back to the sender.

What is It

TASK: Identify the function of communication in each of the following situations.

Write your answers on the space provided.

1. The teacher reads and discusses classroom policies to

her students.
2. Ross greets Rachel; then, they start talking about their
plans for the holidays.
3. Phoebe shares her insights on how to live peacefully
despite a complicated life.
4. Monica shares her personal frustrations with Chandler.
5. The geometry teacher lectures about mathematical
concepts.
6. Sheila delivers her valedictory speech.
7. The President delivers his last State of the Natio
Address.
8. A television personality thanks the supportive
moviegoers during an interview.
9. The city mayor presents her strategies to execute the
plans in a public forum.
10. A tourist guide orients a group of tourists about a
heritage site

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 What’s More

Directions: Fill-in the box in the diagram with the appropriate word/term that
traces the process of communication.

2.

5.
1. 3.
4.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Complete the sentences in the box using your own words

There is communication if

.
Communication can serve as

.
Basically, communication can be described as

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 What I Can Do

TASK: Write “Dialogue Journals” in relation to the process of

communication. Start this off by writing a first short entry
of your opinion on Advantages and Disadvantages on
New Normal Learning (the Modular modality of Learning)

Things to do: A journal in which a teacher and student write back

and forth to each other as a form of an ongoing
communication-- to build better relationship with each
student. Use the rubrics below as your guide.

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 Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region I
Schools Division Office I Pangasinan
POLONG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Bugallon

ACTIVITY SHEETS IN ORAL COMMUNICATION

GRADE 11
QUARTER 1, WEEK 1

Name: ________________________________ Date: _____________

Grade/Section: _________________________ Score: ____________

Title of the Activity: Fact or Fake

Most Essential Learning Competency: The learner is able to explain the

functions, nature, and process of communication.
K to 12 BEC CG: EN11/12OC-Ia-2

Directions: Determine whether the following statement is

correct or incorrect. If the statement is correct, write FACT on
the line provided. If it states the otherwise, write FAKE.

_______________ 1. Communication is derived from a Latin word that

means “to share.”
_______________ 2. Communication involves symbols and gestures.
_______________ 3. Communication is a one-way street.
_______________ 4. Communication is exclusive between two people.
_______________ 5. A person must improve his communication skills to
attain his highest potentials.
_______________ 6. Silence cannot be used as a form of language.
_______________ 7. Theodore Clavenger outlined the elements used to
distinguish communication.
_______________ 8. Jargon refers to words and phrases that are
peculiar to a particular discipline.
_______________ 9. Communication is one of the human beings’ basic
needs nowadays.
_______________ 10. Communicators consider stimuli and responses as
essential in the communication process.
_______________ 11. Source involves the party who sends a message.
_______________ 12. Channel flows through a signal.
_______________ 13. Noise helps in understanding the intended message
of the source.

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_______________ 14. Destination refers to the person who receives the
message in communication
_______________ 15. The receiver of a message is also a communicator.
_______________ 16. Wilbur Schramm showed the importance of
intrapersonal communication in his model.
_______________ 17. Shannon authored the Propaganda Techniques in
the World War.
_______________ 18. Harold Lasswell is best known for his quote, “Who
says what in which channel to whom with what
effects?”
_______________ 19. Schramm provided a key to understanding
communication.
_______________ 20. Shannon’s 1948 model of communication process
heralded the beginning of the Modern
Communication Theory.

Source: Santos Jr., B., Brul, R., & Reyes, D. L. (2016). Basic principles and
practices of effective oral communication. The Inteligente
Publishing, Inc. (p. 36)

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