OBJECTIVES

AT THE END OF THIS LESSON, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

• DEFINE COMMUNICATION; AND

• CITE THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION.
BUILD YOUR IDEA!
SEMANTIC MAPPING:
WRITE THE WORDS THAT COME INTO YOUR MIND UPON READING THE WORD INSIDE THE
OVAL.
 SHARING
OF
THOUGHTS

SOME PEOPLE SAYS THAT..

COMMUNICATION

COMMUNICATION IS WHAT
CONNECTS US AS HUMAN BEINGS.
COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATION IS SOMETHING
WE ARE JUST NATURALLY BORN TO
DO.
COMMUNICATION

COMMUNICATION IS AN ART, A
SCIENCE, A PROCESS AND A
TECHNIQUE.
COMMUNICATION

COMMUNICATION HAS TO BE
STUDIED, LEARNED AND MASTERED.
•COMMUNICATION IS NOT JUST A
MERE TRANSFER OF MESSAGES
FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER.
•IT INVOLVES A SPEAKER
IMPARTING IDEAS, CONCEPTS AND
DATA TO A GROUP OF LISTENERS
(AUDIENCE).
•ANY COMMUNICATION INVOLVES
A TRANSACTION.
•COMMUNICATION IS STIRRING UP IDEAS IN THE
MIND OF ANOTHER. IT IS THE SHARING OF IDEAS
AMONG A GROUP OF PEOPLE. IT IS IMPARTING
CONCEPTS TO AN AUDIENCE. MONROE ET AL.
(1982) DESCRIBED IT AS SHARING OF
EXPERIENCES PUBLICLY FOR THE COMMON GOOD .
EXAMPLE:

•SCHOOL BELL
 EXAMPLE:

•HAND SIGNALS OF A TRAFFIC

ENFORCER
EXAMPLE:

•ALARM CLOCK
DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF AS A
GOOD COMMUNICATOR?
• COMMUNICATION IS EVERYWHERE. TELLING YOUR FRIEND ABOUT YOUR SECRET
CRUSH, A MOTHER SCOLDING HER DAUGHTER OVER THE PHONE, AND A STUDENT
ANSWERING THE PROFESSOR’S QUESTIONS ARE JUST FEW EXAMPLES OF
COMMUNICATION. COMMUNICATION THEN IS THE PROCESS OF TRANSMITTING
MESSAGES FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER. IT IS ALSO SHARING OF IDEAS TO A
GROUP OF PEOPLE ALSO KNOWN AS THE AUDIENCE.
• PEOPLE COMMUNICATE TO SEND THEIR OPINION AND THOUGHTS, KNOWLEDGE,
AND IDEAS THAT MIGHT HELP OTHER PEOPLE. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE
LISTENER OR THE RECEIVER OF THE MESSAGE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE SPEAKER
WANTS HIM/ HER TO UNDERSTAND.
YOUR TURN!
CHOOSE ONE FROM THE GIVEN SCENARIOS BELOW. MAKE A
CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE BY COMPLETING THE
DIALOGUE BOX PROVIDED.
• AN APPLICANT INTERVIEWED BY THE MANAGER
• PERSUADING YOUR CLASSMATE TO LEND YOU AN EXTRA PEN
• YOU AND YOUR MOTHER ARE TALKING OVER THE PHONE ABOUT
YOU GOING HOME LATE TODAY
Be creative.
You can use
different
pictures. Do
not only refer
on the
example
given.