Nature and Elements of

Communication
Prepared by:
Rosanna Marie C. Javier
 “Brain Starter”
If you were to divide your daily communication
activities, how many % would you give to each of the
following?
 “Brain Starter”
If you were to divide your daily communication
activities, how many % would you give to each of the
following?
 “Brain Starter”
If you were to divide your daily communication
activities, how many % would you give to each of the
following?
 Activity 1: “PASS THE
MESSAGE”
1. Group yourselves into 5
2. Arrange yourselves in lines from the front to the back of the
classroom.
3. The last persons at the back will be given a paragraph to whisper to
the persons in front of them.
4. Repeat the procedure until it reaches the first persons in the lines,
who then will write the paragraph on the board.
5. The group that finishes first with the most accurate output wins the
game and will have a +5 points on the 1 st quiz.
Activity 1: “PASS THE
MESSAGE”
 Answer me
1. Did you enjoy the activity? Why? Why not?
2. Was the paragraph accurately transmitted? Why
or why not?
3. What helped you accomplish the task well?
What hinder you from doing it well?
4. If you were to repeat the process, how would
you improve it?
Answer me
 Communication
1. Is a process of sharing and conveying message of
information from one person to another within and across
channels, contexts, media, and cultures.

2. Sending and receiving messages to achieve understanding.

It is the act of process of using words, signs, or behaviors
to express or exchange information or to express your
ideas, thoughts, feelings to someone else.
 Communication
1. Is the exchange of thoughts, feelings,
expressions and observations among
people.
2. COMMUNIS-Latin word
- To impart, to transmit, to convey and to
share
Elements of Communication
1. Speaker- source of information/message.
2. Message- the information, ideas, or
thoughts.
3. Encoding- the process of converting the
message into words, actions, or other forms
that the speaker understands.
Elements of Communication
4. Channel – the medium or the means, such
as personal or non-personal, verbal or non-
verbal, in which the encoded message is
conveyed.
5. Decoding- the process of interpreting the
encoded message of the speaker by the
receiver.
Elements of Communication
6. Receiver- the recipient of the message, or
someone who decodes the message.
7. Feedback- the reactions, responses, or
information provided by the receiver.
8. Context/Situation – the environment where
communication takes place.
Elements of Communication
9. Barrier/Noise - the factors that affect
the flow of communication.
 Nature of Communication
1. Communication if a Process.
2. Communication if an Interaction
3. Communication can be expressed
through written or spoken words,
actions (non-verbal), or both spoken
words and non-verbal actions at the
same time.
 Nature of Communication
1. Communication if a Process.
 Activity 2: “THE HOW OF
COMMUNICATION”
In a ½ sheet of paper complete the
table by writing the four basic
components of the
communication process.
Activity 2: “What’s with the
Conversation”
Using the same groupings let the students write a
conversation chunks and identify the sender,
message, receiver and feedback in these chunks
taken from the following settings. Write it in a ½
sheet of paper.
1. home 2. school 3. business
 Quiz no. 1: In a ½ of paper answer the
following. Identify the words described below.

________1. This is transmitted from person to

person to another either through words, actions, or
expressions.
________2. One who transmits the words, actions
or expressions.
________3. This is how you transmit the words,
actions, or expressions.
 Quiz no. 1: In a ½ of paper answer the
following. Identify the words described below.

________4. Through this you transmit the words,

actions or expressions.
________5. Extract the meaning of words, actions,
and expressions to complete understanding.
_______6. One who receives the transmitted
words, actions or expressions.
_______7. Another word for answer or reply.
 Quiz no. 1: In a ½ of paper answer the
following. Identify the words described below.

________8. The factors that affect the flow of

communication.
________9. The environment where
communication takes place
_______10. Communication comes from a latin
word COMMUNIS, which means …