Ancha, Rodelyn E.

March 15, 2021

BSE - English 201 - Irregular Tuesday

STARTS: THE CONCEPTS OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION

WEEK 2-3: TASK
Prof. Joy B. Badilla

DIRECTION: (ESSAY) Explain each item below:

1. Schramm’s Diagram of Field of Experience
2. The importance of Listening in Communication
3. The 3 Groupings of Speech Organs
4. Intrapersonal Communication
5. Non-Verbal Communication
According to Dr. Jones, 2005 in his Participatory, Active Learning: Historical Antecedents, that in
order for successful communication occurs when the fields of experience overlap to form a common field
of experience. There are so called interlocutors or people who take part in communication who share
some experience when they are into communication process. For example, the teacher and the students,
the teacher which is the source of information or the encoder to the students which is the decoder and the
receiver of the said information. This is the Schramm’s Diagram of Field of Experience.
Listening is the important aspect in communication, it is the active participant in the communication
process either in verbal and non-verbal feedbacks. The receiver or the listener who absorbs information
during the communication process decodes the signal from the encoder. It is a skill to listen very carefully
to the encoder because he/ she will comprehend more about the topic. Listening carefully is essential to
an instruction, directions, and following orders.
On the other hand, in speech mechanism have three groupings of speech organs. The respiratory
system, the phonatory system, and the articulatory system. The respiratory system consists of the lungs
and the bronchial tubes which leads to the throat. The phonatory system is where the vocal folds or vocal
cords occurs the vibration, and the larynx as the vibration source. The last one is the articulatory system
which is found in the head and the throat above the phonatory system. It has three resonation cavities: the
pharyngeal cavity or throat, the oral cavity or the mouth, and the nasal cavity.
There are two levels or the context of speech communication, the intrapersonal communication and
the interpersonal communication. The interpersonal communication simply involves an exchange
information between the sender and the receiver of a message, it can be direct or indirect. When we say
direct, it means to say a face-to-face communication and the indirect is via phone call, email or
teleconference, and video calls. On the other hand, the intrapersonal communication refers only to the
speaker himself/ herself. This includes his/ her thoughts, own beliefs and feelings.
In speech communication, it involves the verbal and non-verbal or non-linguistic symbols which is
also known as paralanguage. In paralanguage, it includes the facial expressions, body language, voice
qualities, and speaking style of the speaker. It is also important to have the prosodic features such as the
rhythm, intonation, and stress to have a better communication. There are body languages that has
meaning even without saying it orally, for example, the rolling or the eyeballs which means he/she is
irritated to the person or situation. Another example is the crossing of arms when talking to someone,
sometimes it could mean a superiority to the others, and many more.