PACIFIC SOUTHBAY COLLEGE, INC.

Barangay Calumpang, General Santos City, Philippines

Tel. No. 553-1450. Mobile No. 0946-713-6519

A Detailed Lesson Plan in Oral Communication

Grade 11-Senior High School
September 26-29, 2022

Target Learners: Grade 11

Number of Hours: 1 Week (3 hours)

Grade Level Standards: The learner understands the nature and elements of oral
communication in context. The learner designs and performs effective controlled and
uncontrolled oral communication activities based on context.

Learning Competency: Uses various strategies in order to avoid communication

breakdown.
I. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
a. Identify the various barriers to communication;
b. Explain the Six Strategies to Avoid Communication Breakdown;
c. Create a role play where the barriers and strategies to avoid
communication breakdown is observed; and
d. reflect on their learning on the fundamentals of communication.
II. Subject Matter
Topic : Barriers to Communication; Six Strategies to avoid
Communication Breakdown
References : Oral Communication in Context for Senior High School
Learner’s Material.
Materials : Instructional materials, envelopes and markers.
III. Teaching Procedure

Teacher’s Activity Student’s Activity

A. Preliminary Activities
“Hello everyone, before we begin (Sign of the cross) “Our father in
with our class this morning, may I heaven, Holy be thy name, thy
request everyone to stand up for kingdom come, thy will be done, on
our prayer.” Earth as it is in heaven. Give us this
day our daily bread and forgive us our
sins as we forgive those who have
sinned against us. Do not bring us to
the test but deliver us from evil. Amen.
(Sign of the cross).
“Good Morning Southbayers!”
“Wow Pacific!”
“Wow I love the energy resonating
this entire class! How are you “We’re happy and excited sir!”
today? Are you guys feeling
happy, sad, excited or nervous?”

“I am flattered that all of you are

happy and excited for today’s
class, but before you take your
seats, kindly pick up pieces of
paper and arranged your chairs
respectively”
 “Let me check your attendance “Everyone is present sir!”
first, who are absents for today’s
class?”

B. Motivation “Yes sir!”

 The teacher will show a
video showing a scenario
where there are people
communicating with each
other in a messy and noisy
place. “Yes sir!”
“Please pay attention to details,
watch and observe the video.” (Student’s respond to question
accordingly…)
“What are your observations based
on the video that you have
watched?”

“Very good everyone, all of your

answers are correct!”
C. Lesson Proper (Starts reading the objective).
a. Activity
“Now, let us have another
activity but before that, let us
read our objectives first (Starts
reading the objectives…)”

“Now this is our activity. I will

divide you into 4 groups.”
(Teacher facilitates the (Students form circles and select
groupings) leaders and secretary).
“Now that you have your group,
kindly form a circle silently and choose a
leader and a secretary.”

“I have here 4 envelopes containing

the task of each group to be done. I will
give you five minutes to discuss with your
groupmates about your task and another
5 minutes to present to the whole class.”
(“The students will perform the 4
different types of communication barriers
Emotional Barriers, Lack of Confidence,
Use of Jargons, and Noisy Environment.”
And the six (6) Strategies to avoid
communication breakdown.”) (Presentation of the differentiated
“You will be graded based on these activities).
criteria:

Relevance to the topic…

Accuracy and Believability of role- 10

Clarity of the message - 10
Expression and Body Language – 10 (Students clap 5 times).
Knowledge Gained - 10
Total= 40 points
 PACIFIC SOUTHBAY COLLEGE, INC.
Barangay Calumpang, General Santos City, Philippines
Tel. No. 553-1450. Mobile No. 0946-713-6519
“Wow! Please give yourselves 5 big claps
for doing a job well done!

b. Analysis
“Since we’re done with our (Students observe and response).
activity, I have here few
questions. First one :
(Students observe and response).
“How was the activity? Was it
difficult or exciting?”

“Next one, Which group (Students observe and response).

effectively presented the task
assigned to them? Give
reasons why the presentation
was effective.”

“Next question is, which barrier

to communication you most
likely observed very
distracting? Why do you say
so?” “Barriers to Communication, Sir!”
“6 Aspects to avoid Communication
“Now let us proceed to our Breakdown, Sir!”
discussion.”

c. Abstarction
“Our topic for this afternoon is
about what?’

What are communication barriers?

Communication barriers are
something that prevents us from correctly
getting and accepting the messages (Students actively listen to the
others use to communicate their discussion).
information, thoughts and ideas. Some of
the examples of communication barriers
are information overload, choosy
perceptions, workplace gossips,
semantics, gender differences, etc.
Types of Communication Barriers
1. Emotional Barriers

2. Use of Jargons
 3. Lack of Confidence

4. Noisy Environment

Six Strategies To Avoid

Communication Breakdown

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

“Yes Sir!”

“None Sir!”
 PACIFIC SOUTHBAY COLLEGE, INC.
Barangay Calumpang, General Santos City, Philippines
Tel. No. 553-1450. Mobile No. 0946-713-6519

(Student observed and response).

(Student observed and response).

6.
(Student observed and response).
”Do you understand all the concepts
presented?”

“Any questions or clarifications?” (Students pay attention to the

“If none, I have questions for you instruction attentively).
then:
Guide Questions:
1. Based on these facts shared with
you, how do barriers affect the
process of communication?
2. What are the things you need to do
in order to avoid these barriers to (Students Actively participate in the
communication? activity).
3. How important it is to know the 6
aspects to avoid communication
breakdown?
d. Application
“Matchy Matchy”
“I will be dividing you into four
groups, you will select a leader
and a secretary.”
- Each group should select two
representative each turn that I
will be asking you questions or
examples, the goal is to be the
first to answer and respond.
- The first group who will match
the answer to the question
correctly will get 5 points and
the remaining groups will
receive decreased points.

IV. Evaluation
“Identification”
Directions: Identify the word that each statements represents. Write your
answer in a ¼ sheet of paper.
1. It is repeating in your words what you interpreted someone else to be
saying.
2. It is the disruption found in the environment of the communication.
3. It is the ability to accurately receive and interpret messages in the
communication process.
4. Refers to the set of specialized vocabulary in a certain field.
 5. Is the key to gaining more information.
“Enumeration”
1. Enumerate the four barriers to communication.
2. Give the 6 strategies to avoid communication breakdown.
V. Assignment
In a 1 whole yellow paper, research in advance about the following topics:

1. Methods of Effective Communication

2. Elements of verbal Communication
3. Aspects of Non-Verbal Communication
4. Skills for an effective communicator

Prepared by:
MARK D. HAPITANA
Teacher