5 FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATIONS

1. Control – Communication functions to control behavior.

2. Social Interaction – Communication allows individual to interact
with others –
3. Motivation-Communication motivates or encourages people to
live better.
4. Emotional Expression – Communication facilitates peoples’s
expression of their feelings and emotions.
5. Information dissemination – Communication functions to
convey information.
Identify the function of communication in each of the following
situations.
1. The teacher reads and discussess classroom policies to her
students.
2. Ross greets Rachel; then, they start talking about their plans for
the holidays .
3. Phoebe shares her insights on how to live peacefully despite a
complicated life.
4. Monica shares her personal frustrations with chandler.
5. The geometry teacher lectures about mathematical concepts.
6. Sheila delivers her valedictory speech.
7.The President delivers his last State of the Nation Address.
8. A television personality thanks the supportive moviegoers
during an interview.
9. The city mayor presents her strategies to execute the plans in
a public forum.
10. A tourist guide orients a group of tourists about a heritage
site.
Identify the function of communication in each of the following
situations.
1. The teacher reads and discussess classroom policies to her
students. - INFORMATION DESSIMINATION
2. Ross greets Rachel; then, they start talking about their plans for
the holidays . SOCIAL INTERACTION
3. Phoebe shares her insights on how to live peacefully despite a
complicated life. MOTIVATION
4. Monica shares her personal frustrations with Chandler.
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
5.The geometry teacher lectures about mathematical concepts.
-INFORMATION DESSIMINATION
6. Sheila delivers her valedictory speech. MOTIVATION
7.The President delivers his last State of the Nation
Address.MOTIVATION
8. A television personality thanks the supportive moviegoers
during an interview. EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
9. The city mayor presents her strategies to execute the plans in
a public forum. CONTROL
10. A tourist guide orients a group of tourists about a heritage
site. CONTROL
1.Completeness- complete communication is essential to quality of communication process.
It should include everything that the receiver needs to hear for him to respond, react
or evaluate properly.
2. Conciseness – doesn’t mean you keep the message short, but making it direct or straight to the point.
Redundant or insignificant information should be eliminated.
3. Consideration - speaker should consider relevant information about his receiver such as mood, background,
race, preference, education, status, needs to build rapport with him.
4. Concreteness- effective communication happens when the message is concrete and supported by facts
and figures , and real –life examples and situations for the receivers to be more connected
to the message conveyed.
5. Courtesy - courtesy means respecting the cuulture , values and beliefs of his/her receiivers.
It will bring posiitive impact to the audience
6.Clearness- implies the use of simple and specific words to express ideas. SPEAKER focus on one objective.
7. Correctness- Correctness in grammar eliminates negative impact on the audience and increases the credibility
and effectiveness of messag.
EXERCISE:
A. Courtesy B. Clearness C. Concreteness D. Consideration
E. Conciseness F. Completeness G. Correctness

______1. Ana is using subject verb-agreement correctly in his valedictory

address.
______2. It means using specific words to express ideas.
______3. Giving value and showing respect to the culture and belief of the
audience.
______4. Giving supported facts , figures and real life situations.
______5. The speaker must stress the important or relevanceof his information
to audience mood, background , race etc.
______6. It means making the message direct or straight to the point.
______7. It means that speaker should include everything that the receiver
needs to hear for him to responds, react or evaluate.
BARRIERS FOR COMMUNICATION
 VERBAL COMMUNICATION
 Interaction in which words are used
to relay a message
 For effective and successful verbal
communication use words which
can easily be understood.
VERBAL COMMUNICATION
You must consider:
 Appropriateness
 Brevity
 Clarity
 Ethics
 Vividness
 VERBAL COMMUNICATION
 Appropriateness
Language should be appropriate to the environment
or occasion (whether formal or informal)
 Brevity
Language should be direct. Avoid fillers and substantial
expression such us “uh,”you know.” “I guess” and others
 VERBAL COMMUNICATION
 Clarity
Clearly state your ideas, message and feelings.

 Ethics
Words should be carefully chosen in consideration
of the gender , roles, ethnicity ,preferences and status of
Person you’re talking to.
 VERBAL COMMUNICATION
 Vividness
Use words that will charm the audience. Words that will
Add color and spice the communication.
 NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
 Interaction in which behavior are used
to relay a message
Examples: stare, smile, walking, tone
Of voice,style of attire,