Lessons:

1. The Nature and Process of Communication

Communication Models
Strategies to Avoid Communication Breakdown
Verbal and Nonverbal Communication

2. Functions of Communication
3. Types of Speech Context
Types of Speech Styles
Types of Speech Act
4. Types of Speeches

1. It is the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information as by speech, signals, writing or behavior.

(L1/Remembering)

a. message

b. feedback

c. language

d. communication

2. Mr. Roa, the school security officer, reminded the students to secure their belongings before leaving
their classroom. What function of communication did he use? (L2/Understanding)

a. motivation

b. emotional expression

c. control and regulation

d. information dissemination

3. Mr. Dela Cuesta presented his action plans for his upcoming school project. What function of
communication did he employ? (L2/Understanding)

a. motivation

b. emotional expression

c. control and regulation

d. information dissemination

4. This is the process of interpreting the encoded message of the speaker by the receiver.
(L1/Remembering)
a. context

b. decoding

c. encoding

d. barrier

5. The process of converting the message into words, actions, or other forms that the speaker
understands. (L1/Remembering)

a. feedback

b. decoding

c. encoding

d. channel

6. Sophia wants to write about her unforgettable stay in Boracay. What aspect of communication should
she use? (L2/Applying)

a. clarity

b. brevity

c. vividness

d. appropriateness

7. This body language shows that one is listening. (L1/Remembering)

a. nodding and making eye contact

b. looking out of the window

c. turning away from the speaker

d. whistling while biting nails

8. You were elected as the class president and was asked to give a message of gratitude to your
classmates. What speech context should you use? (L3/Applying)

a. dyad

b. mass

c. public

d. interpersonal
9. You just told yourself not to spend much time in social media and focus on your studies. What type of
speech context did you use? (L3/Applying)

a. dyad

b. mass

c. public

d. intrapersonal

10. The Inter-Agency Task Force, delegated to control the spread of the virus by conducting a press
briefing on the guidelines and their respective precautionary measures. What function of
communication was employed? (L2/Applying)

a. motivation

b. emotional expression

c. control and regulation

d. information dissemination

Items 11-15 (L2 Analyzing)

Fill in the grid from the pool of choices below. Write only the letter of your answer.

Key Difference Between Formal and Informal Communication

Criteria Formal Informal

11 More reliable Less reliable
12 Slower Very quick
Time-Consuming Requires several processes 13
Information Flow Pre-defined channels 14
15 Maintained Hard to maintain

a. Secrecy b. Reliability c. Few processes d. Moves freely e. Speed

16-23 Modified TRUE or FALSE (2 points each)

Identify what term makes the sentence incorrect. Encircle the same letter of your answer for both items.

16-17 An interpersonal communication the message is made up of your thoughts and feelings.
 a. message
b. thoughts
c. feelings
d. interpersonal communication

18-19 In mass communication, all participants can freely share ideas in a loose and open discussion.

a. all
b. freely
c. loose
d. small group discussion

20-21. To become an effective public officer, you must be yourself while you are on stage and speak in
the way that you will easily be understood by your audience.

a. stage
b. speak
c. audience
d. public officer

22-23. Just like in small group communication, the feedback in public communication should not be
exaggerated.

a. small
b. feedback
c. exaggerated
d. public communication

24-31 (2 points each) Analyze each item and choose the same letter of your answer for both items.

24-25 Which of the following is NOT a speech context?

a. Dyad Communication

b. Public Communication

c. Intrapersonal Communication
d. Long Distance Communication

26-27 Which one of the following is NOT an example of intrapersonal communication?

a. talking to yourself

b. thinking about a problem

c. writing a note to yourself

d. sending a text message to a friend

28-29 Why do you think group communication involves a different set of skills than interpersonal
communication? It is because _______________________

a. group, by definition, consists of more than two people

b. in a group, one sender has many different receivers to take into account

c. in a group, one receiver has many different senders to take into account

D. group communication is more important than interpersonal communication

30-31 Which of the following is NOT true about speech context?

a. In public communication, unlike in interpersonal and small group, the channels are more exaggerated.
The voice is louder, and the gestures are more expansive because the audience is bigger.

b. The most common reason why people end up talking to themselves is because they feel like they do
not have someone else to talk to.

c. Different speech context whether it is intrapersonal, interpersonal, public, or mass communication

require different behavior. However, there might be some occasional similarities.

d. In interpersonal communication, asking clarifying questions lets the other person know that you are
not listening attentively.

32. Karen thinks about the things she did the whole day and writes them in her journal. Which type of
speech context did she use?

a. Dyad
b. Small Group
c. Intrapersonal
d. Mass Communication

33. The primary goal of an extemporaneous speech is to influence the thoughts, feelings, actions, and
behaviors or attitudes of your listeners (Gamble & Gamble, 2012). What word makes the statement
incorrect? (L4/Analyzing)

a. influence

b. primary goal

c. behaviors and attitudes

d. extemporaneous speech
34. “(Still), the economic growth momentum remains firm as demonstrated by the strong 2022 first
quarter GDP growth at 8.3 percent. However, the recovery process from the impact of the pandemic is
still on-going amid elevated uncertainty in the international economic environment. Revisions in the
macro-economic assumptions incorporate these challenges and most recent economic developments,
leading to upward adjustments in the following: inflation rate for 2022 to 2023; b. foreign exchange
rate for 2023 to 2025; and goods and services imports growth for 2022.” SONA/President Ferdinand E.
Marcos Jr. What type of speech does it expound? L4/Analyzing)

a. persuasive speech

b. entertainment speech

c. extemporaneous speech

d. informative or expository speech

35. The following are the types of speech according to delivery except for one. (L4/Understanding)

I. manuscript

II. memorized

III. impromptu

IV. entertainment

a. I only
b. IV only
c. II and II
d. III and IV

36. Scenario: Mrs. Sanchez was carrying heavy books. What should be her appropriate Locutionary
speech act? L4/Evaluating

a. “It’s heavy!”

b. “I forgot to bring my umbrella.”

c. “I should have borrowed books from the library.”

d. “I could have done it better if I were not dizzy yesterday.”

37. “No one can love you best than God, Rael said.” What speech act that is used? (L4/Understanding)

a. directive

b. assertive
c. expressive

d. commissive

38. Which one is a suitable greeting to a newly met classmate? L4/Evaluating

I. “Hey, dude!”

II. “Hello, may I know your name?”

III. “How do you get along with your parents?”

IV. “It my fervent desire to get to know you better.”

a. I only
b. II only
c. I and II
d. III and IV

39. When can we say that a speech act is a locutionary act? (L4/Evaluating)

A. when there is an utterance of a sound, a word, or even a speech

B. when there is something said to express an intention

C. when the utterance changes the person’s feelings, thoughts, or actions

D. when the statement caused misunderstanding and confusion

40. Which of the following statements shows an illocutionary speech act? (L4/Analyzing)

A. “Our class will end in five minutes.” (The teacher’s actual utterance)

B. “Our class will end in five minutes.”(The teacher wants the class to finish the task before the bell
rings)

C. “Our class will end in five minutes.”(The listeners respond by finishing their task right away.)

D. “Our class will end in five minutes.” (The exact words of the teacher)

41-50 Read the excerpt of Greta Thunberg’s speech and answer the proceeding questions.

"My message is that we'll be watching you.

"This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of
the ocean. Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you!
"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I'm one
of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are
collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is
money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!

"For more than 30 years, the science has been crystal clear. How dare you continue to
look away and come here saying that you're doing enough, when the politics and
solutions needed are still nowhere in sight.

"You say you hear us and that you understand the urgency. But no matter how sad and
angry I am, I do not want to believe that. Because if you really understood the situation
and still kept on failing to act, then you would be evil. And that I refuse to believe.

"The popular idea of cutting our emissions in half in 10 years only gives us a 50% chance
of staying below 1.5 degrees [Celsius], and the risk of setting off irreversible chain
reactions beyond human control.

"Fifty percent may be acceptable to you. But those numbers do not include tipping
points, most feedback loops, additional warming hidden by toxic air pollution or the
aspects of equity and climate justice. They also rely on my generation sucking hundreds
of billions of tons of your CO2 out of the air with technologies that barely exist.

"How dare you pretend that this can be solved with just 'business as usual' and some
technical solutions? With today's emissions levels, that remaining CO2 budget will be
entirely gone within less than 8 1/2 years.

"There will not be any solutions or plans presented in line with these figures here today,
because these numbers are too uncomfortable. And you are still not mature enough to
tell it like it is.

"You are failing us. But the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The
eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say: We will
never forgive you.

"We will not let you get away with this. Right here, right now is where we draw the line.
The world is waking up. And change is coming, whether you like it or not.

"Thank you."

41-42. How did the speaker start her speech? What method did she use?

a. quotation

b. rhetorical question

c. dramatic statement

c. introduction of the topic

43-44. Who are the target audience?

a. students

b. teachers

c. UN officials

d. church leaders

45-46. The following statements are true except for one.

I. The speaker efficiently used repetition as rhetorical tool.

II. Greta's purpose was to accuse the older generations of failing the younger
ones and stealing their childhood with their empty phrases.
III. Greta’s speech is a good example of adding power to words by utilizing literary
strategies, including the rhetorical triangle.
IV. Greta’s words are filled with evidence, statistics, and proofs that can leave the
speech inefficient and listeners indifferent.

47-48 “The popular idea of cutting our emissions in half in ten years only gives us a 50%
chance of staying below 1.5 degrees,” which is concrete and reliable information.” What
pillar of speech is established on the given statement?

a. Logos
b. Ethos
c. Pathos
d. Echos

49-50. What makes Greta Thunberg’s speech an effective example of a

persuasive speech?

a. The speaker utters “how dare you!” four times.

b. Thunberg's speech is only four minutes in length and under 500 words.
c. Thunberg uses bold statements to capture her audience's attention right off the bat
d. Thunberg’s speech uses repetition, short and simple sentences, and vivid pictures
which is the proof of “Open strong, Finish Strong” strategy.

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