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Activity #1
Purposive Communication

Name: Mary Jane Apa Course & Year: BSED Eng 2A Schedule: TTH 9:00 - 10:30 Date: Feb 22, 2021
Test I. Match the definitions or descriptions in column A with the words in Column B. Write the CAPITAL
letter of your answer on the blank before the number.
Column A Column B
___G____ 1. It refers to how the message is delivered. A. Communication is a process.
___H____ 2. He said that communication is the key to B. Communication is dynamic.
personal and professional development. C. Intrapersonal Communication
___L____ 3. A type of noise which gets in the way when D. George Bernard Shaw
the sender and receiver do not share the same E. Frame of reference
meanings for their verbal or non-verbal signals. F. Informal Communication
___A____ 4. One of the characteristics of communication G. Channel
which emphasizes that there is a process H. Paul J. Meyer
undergone to transmit one’s ideas, thoughts and I. to influence
emotions. K. Dyad
___E____ 5. An element of communication which refers to L. Semantic
the communicator’s value system or culture, M. Communication
preferences, world views, self-concept, expectations N. to relate
and experiences.
___M____ 6. It is process of using verbal and non-verbal
messages to generate meaning within and
across various contexts, cultures and channels.
___F____ 7. It is a form of communication which happens
between friends and family members.
___B____ 8. It is one of the principles of communication which
emphasizes that communication is not static, it is
always changing.
___I____ 9. One of the purposes of communication wherein you
strengthen or change the attitudes or behaviors of others.
___K____ 10. An interpersonal communication between two people.

Test II. Compare and contrast the interactive and transactional models of communication through a
Venn Diagram.

Interactive Similarities Transactional

• this model has two sender-receivers who • people in a communication are referred
exchange messages. Each participant to as communicators
alternates roles as sender and receiver in • Communication is ongoing • sending and receiving occur
order to keep a communication encounter • Two-way communication simultaneously.
going. model • The sender and the receiver both take
• Noise and field of turns to send or receive messages.
• less message focused and more experience is present
interaction focused • communicators can simultaneously be
• a sender transmits a message and then the sender and receiver, because a message
receiver responds with a feedback can be sent back and forth between
communicators
• both are known as communicators