ORAL

COMMUNICATIO
N
IN CONTEXT
Grade 11 (HUMSS &
STEM)
Communication
- the process of giving and
receiving information between a
human source and a human
receiver using words, symbols, or
actions.
Communication
- is indispensable to human life.
Without it, we cannot function
properly, we cannot advance as
people, and we cannot live our
lives.
 'No man is an island'
expresses the idea that human beings
do badly when isolated from others
and need to be part of a community
in order to thrive.
One of the primary
ways to
communicate is
through oral
communication
using language.
 ELEMENTS OF
COMMUNICATION
• SENDER OR SOURCE
• MESSAGE
• CHANNEL
• RECEIVER OR INTERPRETER
• CONTEXT
• NOISE
• FEEDBACK
SENDER OR SOURCE
- is the person responsible to create
or initiate the message to be sent.
- is the person who conveys his/her
thoughts and ideas to the receiver.
MESSAGE
- refers to the verbal and/or non-verbal
content that must be encoded by the
sender and decoded by the receiver.
- the subject matter of the communication.
This may be an opinion, attitude,
feelings, views, orders, or suggestions.
CHANNEL
- is the medium by which the message is
delivered and received.
- may be verbal or non-verbal.
- may involve only one of the senses or
may involve all five senses: hearing,
sight, touch, smell and taste.
RECEIVER OR INTERPRETER
- is the person to whom the message
is directed.
- is the person receiving the message
from the sender
CONTEXT
- refers to the setting and situation in
which communication takes place.

• Physical • Psychological
• Social • Historical
• Cultural
• Physical Context – refers to the location, the
environmental conditions that include
temperature, lighting, noise level, and the time of
the day.
• Social Context – refers to the nature of
relationship between or among the participants.
• Cultural Context – refers to the orientation,
beliefs, values from which an individual come
from.
• Psychological Context – refers to the
emotions and moods each participant has
during the communication exchanges.
• Historical Context – refers to the background
of the previous communication encounter
between or among the participants influencing
the understanding at the moment of
communication.
NOISE
- is anything that interferes with the
accurate expression or reception of the
message.
- it disrupts or interferes with the
communication process that may result
to distortion of a message.
 FEEDBACK
- refers to the response from the receiver
indicating whether a message was heard,
seen and interpreted.
- Is given verbally through words such as
saying “I understand” and non-verbal cues
such as nodding or smiling in a face to face
communication.
Directions: Reflect on your communication performance
and answer the question: How can I improve as a
communicator?
As a Sender
On my message
In the channel I choose
As a receiver
In giving messages to
different contexts
On avoiding noise
In giving feedback