ORAL COMMUNICATION

Activity Sheets

Prepared by:
Charess D. Rustia
Oral Communication Teacher

NAME: ________________________________
 ACTIVITY # 1:
Medium of Communication

Direction: . Cite the advantages and disadvantages of direct and device mediated communication.

ADVANTAGE DISADVANTAGE

Direct Communication

Device-Mediated
Communication

GROUPWORK # 1:
Barriers/Noise of Communication
Direction: Classify the following terms found in the box to be either a physical noise, psychological
noise, or semantic Noise.

Honking of cars difficulty words Hunger

Stage fright mispronunciation child’s cry
Erroneous grammar speaker’s messy hair biases

Psychological Semantic
Physical Noise
Noise Noise

NAME: ________________________________
 ACTIVITY # 2:
Barriers/Noise of Communication

Direction: Considering that you are in the situation. How will you handle the following situations?

How will you communicate to a deaf?

How will you calm your angry best friend?

How will you relay your speech to a mass

of people?

ACTIVITY # 3:
Models of Communication
Direction: Listen as your teacher defines the models of communication. Draw a diagram illustrating the
definition of linear communication. Label the present elements.

A. _______________________________________________________________

B. _______________________________________________________________
 C. _______________________________________________________________

NAME: ________________________________

ACTIVITY # 4:
Models of Communication
Direction: Write the things to consider in communicating with the following aspects.
 Inter-ethnicity

Inter-religion

Inter-regions

ACTIVITY #5:
Think/Pair/Share
Direction: The teacher will show another video clip and every pair will come up with a script as a dub of
the clip.

NAME: ________________________________

ACTIVITY #6:
Non-verbal Communication
Direction: Read the following items below and tell what it really means.
 What you see What is means
1. Shakes head sideways
2. Placing index finger in front of lips
3. Thumbs up
4. Slouching in the chair
5. Nodding
6. Frown in the forehead
7. Raised eyebrow
8. taking hair to the back of the ears
9. tapping one’s back/shoulder
10. clanging the fork into the glass of wine

ACTIVITY #7:
INFORMATION AS A COMMUNICATION FUNCTION

Direction: Write the thing/s to be provided to assure credibility of the information.

Issue Should be provided (evidence)

Example:
Company’s Bankruptcy Financial Report
1. There will be a typhoon
2. The price is increasing for the past months
3. There will be a solar eclipse
4. Issue that your friend is pregnant
5. Your classmate is drug user
6. Your gf/bf is already married
7. You are a child of someone else
8. A boy is an ex-convict
9. To prove that you’re a graduate with a
degree
10. To prove that the earthquake is strong.

NAME: ________________________________

ACTIVITY #8:
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION AS A
COMMUNICATION FUNCTION
Direction: Compare and Contrast emotion and expression.

EMOTION EXPRESSION

ACTIVITY #9:
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION AS A
COMMUNICATION FUNCTION

Direction: Using the known Emojis, draw how you react on following situations.

When you see you When someone is When you get When you’re When you have
gf/bf with other being annoying married. worried. your first child.
guy/girl. you.

NAME: ________________________________

ACTIVITY #10:
REGULATION/CONTROL AS A
COMMUNICATION FUNCTION

Identify whether these instances use regulation/control (whether verbally or

Direction:
nonverbally) or not. Then, tell why you think so.
 Regulation/Control Why?
or Not?
1. The teacher looks sharply at
the noisy students.
2. The yaya combs the little
girl’s hair.
3. The janitor tells the students
to move away from the area
of the corridor he is cleaning.
4. The group of boys asks the
bus driver to stop in front of
the bank.
5. The bus driver tells the boy
that he can only stop at the
next bus stop.
6. At the mention of “Fire” the
office manager directs all the
employees to the nearest fire
exit.
7. The contestant delivered a
speech on saving the trees in
SM Baguio.
8. A priest leads the people who
are waiting for the arrival of
Pope Francis at the Luneta in
Singing various welcome
chants.
9. A younger sibling is teased
until he/she cries.
10. The vendors on the sidewalks
keep calling out to passerby
to attract their attention.
NAME: ________________________________

ACTIVITY #11:
TYPES OF SPEECH CONTEXT

Direction:Identify the level of communication described below. Write INTRA for intrapersonal
communication, INTER for interpersonal communication, SGC for small group communication, PC for
public communication, and MC for mass communication.

___________1. This uses media such as books, newspapers, radios and computer.
___________2. This is mental talk.
___________3. This involves two people only.
___________4. Interaction between speaker and listener is mostly through non-verbal cues.
___________5. This sends message to a large audience simultaneously.
 ACTIVITY #12:
TYPES OF SPEECH STYLE

Direction:Choose a speech style that may be used in the speech Context. Write Intimate, Casual,
Consultative, Formal, and Frozen.

Intrapersonal

Dyadic

Small Group

Delivering a Speech

While on Radio or
TV

NAME: ________________________________

ACTIVITY #13:
TYPES OF SPEECH STYLE

Direction:Based on the given pictures which speech style is used? Write Intimate, Casual,
Consultative, Formal, and Frozen.
 ACTIVITY #14:
TYPES OF SPEECH ACT

Direction: Identify the statement whether Assertive, Directive, Commissive, Expressive, or Declarative.

______________1. A corrupt-free government is possible to achieve.

______________2. I feel sad when I see children sleeping on the streets.
______________3. Everybody should learn good time management.
______________4. It warms my heart every time I see old couples holding each other’s hand.
______________5. Do not associate with people who influence you to do nasty things.
______________6. I will watch a movie with my cousins this weekend.
______________7. He is a very diligent student.
______________8. I will join the charity event our school has organized.
______________9. Using prohibited drugs can definitely ruin one’s life.
______________10. There is nothing impossible with God.

NAME: ________________________________

ACTIVITY #15:
COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGY

Direction: Check whether your answer is YES or NO.

YES NO
1. Do we use termination strategy when clarifying something?
2. Could there be varied topics in just one conversation alone?
3. Do people who possess power and expertise have the tendency to
 restrict the topic being discussed at all times?
4. Does giving signal to the next speaker create a harmonious
conversation?
5. Does nomination signal an end to a conversation?
6. Does shifting to a new topic signify that there is a new topic to be talked
about?
7. Is asking for confirmation a repair strategy?
8. Does ending a conversation mean employing the termination strategy?
9. Does turn taking refer to restricting the topic?
10. Is it possible that one person or more than one person can control the
topic?

Prepared by:
CHARESS D. RUSTIA
T-III
Cantapoy National High School