RULE

Each student should deliver a spontaneous

prayer.
WHAT IS COMMUNICATION?
At the end of the session,
the learners should have:

 defined communication and

 identified the elements of
communication.
 FLOW
1 Graffiti Paper
2 Nature of Communication
3 Words and Pic Combi
4 Elements of Communication
5 Wrap -up
GRAFFITI
PA P E R
 DIRECTION:
Write or draw about
communication.
NATURE
OF

COMMUNICATION
 Communication is the transmission
and reception of information between
human source (encoder) and receiver
(decoder) using a signaling system

Perry Blackburn
The Code Model of Communication
 LINGUISTIC
CONTEXTS

source and response and

receiver system acknowledgement

human
language importance
 THEORETICAL
CONTEXTS
information received is the same
as that sent
 What is necessary for
communication to happen?
 -----------------AND
WORDS
--------------------
PICS

COMBI
 DIRECTION:
Guess the word being described by the
words and pictures.
1
( -UN) + END + ER
2
( -AD + CE+ ( -H) +R
3
+ AGES
4
( -IR) + N + ( - CHA)
5
+
 6
( -DNEY)+MB+ ( -PO)
1
( -UN) + END +

SENDER
2
( -AD + CE+ ( -H) +R

RECEIVER
3
+ AGES

MESSAGES
4
( -IR) + N + ( - CHA)
CHANNEL
5
+
FEEDBACK
 6
( -DNEY)+MB+ ( -PO)

SYMBOL
ELEMENTS
OF

COMMUNICATION
 RECEIVE
SENDER R
• codification • decoding
• dividing information • hearing or observing
correct signals

switch roles
 SYMBOLS
• observable signals
• heard, read, seen,& felt
 do not have meaning
in themselves
 verbal and non-
verbal
• observe and interpret
correctly
MESSAGES
• ideas and thoughts
• result of interpretation of
symbols
• culture and experience
• schema
CHANNELS
• medium
• connect
• noise
 reduces the quality of
the signal
 weakens the
communication
FEEDBACK
• response to the
message
• adjustments
• understanding
WHAT IS COMMUNICATION?
Give a brief but concise
definition of what
communication is.
 Communication is a process of giving and
receiving information between a source
and a receiver using words, symbols, or
actions.
 REFLECTION:
Among the elements,
which do you value most?