A.

DIRECTIONS: IN THIS ACTIVITY, YOU ARE TO IDENTIFY WHETHER EACH STATEMENT

IS A FACT OR FICTION. YOU WRITE THE WORD OF YOUR ANSWER ON A SEPARATE
SHEET OF PAPER. ARE YOU READY? LET’S GET STARTED!

________1. COMMUNICATION CAN BE VERBAL OR NONVERBAL.

________2. IT CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE.
________3. ITS PROCESS IS ONLY ONE WAY.
________4. IT OCCURS BETWEEN TWO OR MORE PEOPLE (THE SPEAKER AND THE
RECEIVER).
________5. ALL THE ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION MAY NOT BE PRESENT IN ONE
COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITY.
B. DIRECTIONS: REARRANGE THE LETTERS IN THE
CORRECT ORDER TO MAKE A WORD. THEN, FIND ITS
DESCRIPTION ON THE OTHER SIDE.

• 1. EVREICER_____________ A. SENDER OF THE MESSAGE

• 2. ASESMGE_____________ B. THE MEANS TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE
• 3. PAEKESR_____________ C. RECIPIENT OF THE MESSAGE
• 4. KACBDEFE____________ D. HINDRANCE TO COMMUNICATION FLOW
• 5. NANELHC_____________ E. INFORMATION OR THOUGHTS CONVEYED
F. REACTION OR REPLY
How was the activity? What do you think is
communication? Why do we need to
communicate?
LET’S PLAY A LITTLE GAME AND SEE IF YOU GET IT RIGHT!

A. DIRECTIONS: BELOW ARE THE DIFFERENT

PICTURES OF COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES.
TELL ME WHAT EACH PICTURE IS SHOWING.
WRITE YOUR ANSWER ON A SEPARATE SHEET
OF PAPER.
1.
2.
3.
4.
• B. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:
•  WHAT HAVE YOU OBSERVED AMONG THESE PICTURES?
•  WHAT DO THESE PICTURES TRY TO CONVEY?
•  WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON?
 WHAT IS COMMUNICATION?
• COMMUNICATION IS A PROCESS OF SHARING AND
CONVEYING MESSAGES OR INFORMATION FROM ONE
PERSON TO ANOTHER WITHIN AND ACROSS CHANNELS,
CONTEXTS, MEDIA, AND CULTURES (MCCORNACK, 2014).
THERE IS A WIDE VARIETY OF CONTEXTS AND SITUATIONS
IN WHICH COMMUNICATION CAN BE MANIFESTED; IT CAN
BE A FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION, A PHONE
CONVERSATION, A GROUP DISCUSSION, A MEETING OR AN
INTERVIEW, A LETTER CORRESPONDENCE, A CLASS
RECITATION, AND MANY OTHERS.
 NATURE OF COMMUNICATION

1. COMMUNICATION IS A PROCESS.
2. COMMUNICATION OCCURS BETWEEN TWO OR MORE PEOPLE (THE SPEAKER AND
THE RECEIVER).
3. COMMUNICATION CAN BE EXPRESSED THROUGH WRITTEN OR SPOKEN WORDS,
ACTIONS (NONVERBAL), OR BOTH SPOKEN WORDS AND NONVERBAL ACTIONS AT
THE SAME TIME.
 ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION
1. SPEAKER – THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION
2. MESSAGE- THE INFORMATION, IDEAS OR THOUGHTS
CONVEYED BY THE SPEAKER IN WORDS OR IN ACTIONS
3. ENCODING – THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING THE MESSAGE
INTO WORDS ACTIONS, OR OTHER FORMS THAT THE SPEAKER
UNDERSTANDS
4. CHANNEL – THE MEDIUM OR THE MEANS, SUCH AS
PERSONAL OR NON-PERSONAL, VERBAL OR NONVERBAL, IN
5. DECODING – THE PROCESS OF INTERPRETING THE ENCODED MESSAGE OF THE
SPEAKER BY THE RECEIVER
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 – THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE COMMUNICATION TAKES PLACE
9. BARRIER – THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE FLOW OF COMMUNICATION