MODULE 1 TOPIC-END ACTIVITY IN GE 2 (PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION)

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Written Work
I. Write “correct” on the blank before each number if you agree with the statement, and “incorrect” if you don’t.
Then, explain why you agree or disagree on the space provided.
____________________ 1. Since ours is a democratic society and our rights are guaranteed, it is ethical for us to do
anything we want as long as we have the right to do so.
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____________________ 2. It is all right for us to prevent people from communicating with one another.
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____________________ 3. Anyone is allowed to do whatever it takes to achieve his goal even if someone or something
is affected in the process.
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____________________ 4. Both speaker and listener are highly accountable for ascertaining that the message is
mutually understood and ethics is observed.
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____________________ 5. It is ethical to give priority to your own needs rather than your listener’s.
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II. Fill in the blanks with words that best fit the passage.
Communication can be best described as 1. ____________________ process of creating and sharing meaning

2. ____________________ using verbal and nonverbal symbols, and 3. ____________________ symbols must be

familiar to both 4. ____________________ sender and the receiver for effective 5. ____________________. This means

that the symbols will 6. ____________________ them understand each other because they 7. ____________________

arrive at the same meaning. Verbal 8. ____________________ are words while nonverbal ones are

9. ____________________ clues, such as facial expression, tone 10. ____________________ pitch of the voice,

gesture, bodily 11. ____________________, appearance, touch, and distance between the 12. ____________________.

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III. Write on the blank the letter of the item in column B that corresponds with the item in column A.
Column A Column B
__________ 1. source a. reader
__________ 2. feedback b. understand
__________ 3. ethics c. data
__________ 4. decode d. medium
__________ 5. context e. answer
__________ 6. message f. translate
__________ 7. effect g. sender
__________ 8. channel h. beliefs
__________ 9. receiver i. rules
__________ 10. encode j. result
k. situation
IV. Read the following excerpt from May Day Eve by Nick Joaquin. Specify the elements of communication in
each text by doing the following: encircle the senders and the receivers and connect them with an arrow →, and
underline the message.
"And I will not lie down!" cried the rebellious Agueda, leaping to the floor. "Stay, old woman. Tell me what I have to do."
"Tell her! Tell her!" chimed the other girls.
The old woman dropped the clothes she had gathered and approached and fixed her eyes on the girl. "You must take a
candle," she instructed, "and go into a room that is dark and that has a mirror in it and you must be alone in the room. Go
up to the mirror and close your eyes and shy:
“Mirror, mirror, show to me him whose woman I will be. If all goes right, just above your left shoulder will appear the face
of the man you will marry." A silence. Then: "And hat if all does not go right?" asked Agueda. "Ah, then the Lord have
mercy on you!" "Why." "Because you may see--the Devil!"
The girls screamed and clutched one another, shivering. "But what nonsense!" cried Agueda. "This is the year 1847.
There are no devil anymore!" Nevertheless she had turned pale. "But where could I go, hugh? Yes, I know! Down to the
sala. It has that big mirror and no one is there now." "No, Agueda, no! It is a mortal sin! You will see the devil!" "I do not
care! I am not afraid! I will go!" "Oh, you wicked girl! Oh, you mad girl!" "If you do not come to bed, Agueda, I will call my
mother." "And if you do I will tell her who came to visit you at the convent last March. Come, old woman---give me that
candle. I go." "Oh girls---give me that candle, I go."
Channel: _______________________________________________________________________________________
Effect: _________________________________________________________________________________________
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Performance Task
V. Watch the following two commercials on Filipino meal time and closely observe how the family members
communicate with one another:

▪ The Most Disturbing Dinner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0w4aJJ9-BA

▪ Hapag-Usapan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw10qmW8vFw
Afterwards answer the following questions:
1. What went wrong in the communication of the family members?
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2. What could have worked better in their communication?
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3. How can meal times promote effective communication and family bond?
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4. How important is meal time for Filipinos?
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VI. James W. Neuliep (2006) lists eight properties of communication. Using the table below, discuss what each
property means.
Eight Properties and Definitions of Communication
Communication is… because…

a process

dynamic

interactive-
transactive

symbolic

intentional

contextual

ubiquitous

cultural

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VII. Examine the communication model below. Answer the questions that follow.

1. What does the communication model above show? Explain the relationship between and among the elements
of communication.
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2. What could be the barriers to communication? How could these barriers affect the elements of
communication?
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VIII. Create your own model of communication, accounting the novel features of digital communication. Draw
your model in the space below.

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