Lesson 1:

Nature and
Elements of
Communication
 Subtopic 2:
Functions of
Communication
Learning Objectives
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Identify the functions of

communication (EN11/12OC-lbe-
8)
Express social interaction and
social emotional expression
through shared insights.
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 Functions of
Communication
1. Social Interaction
• Primary reason why people
communicate is to produce social
interaction

• Human being develop and maintain

bonds, intimacy, relations, and
associations
1. Social Interaction

• A family becomes close because

each member interacts with one
another
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2. Regulation/ Control

• It is a rule or directive made

and maintained by an authority

• Means there is a limiting or

regulating something
2. Regulation/ Control

• It is control when there is the

power to influence or affect
people’s behavior or the
course of event.
2. Regulation/ Control

• Communication is mainly used

by persons in authority or
representing authority to
regulate or direct others under
them
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EXAMPLES

 Parent’s instruction to their

children
 Friends giving advice
 Contumers making orders
3. Motivation

• Refers to a person using

language to express desires,
needs, wants, likes and
dislikes, inclinations, choices
and aspirations.
3. Motivation

• The speaker’s purpose is to

pursuade another person to
change his/her opinion,
attitude or behavior
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 Expressing one’s ambitions

 Talking about preferences
 Making petitions
4. Information Dissemination
• This function is used when the
speaker wants to make others
aware of certain data, concepts
and processes and knowledge
that may be useful to them
4. Information Dissemination
• Communication can be used
for giving and getting
information
• Communication can be
through questions, commands
and statements
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5. Emotional Expression

• Communication facilitates
people’s expression of their
feelings and emotion
5. Emotional Expression
• Manifestation of one’s internal
emotional state. It is an
important signal that conveys
a variety of information
regarding a person’s state of
mind and his/her intentions.
5. Emotional Expression

• Can be express verbally or

non-verbally
• Central part of who we are
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 “The most important
thing in communication is
to hear what isn’t being
said”
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MODEL
Model
-is a pattern or framewok that we follow in
order to fully create a construct (e.g.
recipe, format, role model)

• In communication, we need to follow

various models to understand the
process of communication in different
situation
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Models of
Communication
1. LINEAR MODEL
2. INTERACTIVE MODEL
3. TRANSACTIONAL MODEL
1. LINEAR MODEL
1. LINEAR MODEL
 one-way process
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MODEL(1949)
 communication starts with a
source/sender passing through a channel
in which there are signals adapted for
transmission, which may at times be
interrupted by noise. The receiver will then
decodes the message, the process stops
after the message has arrived to its
destination.
2. INTERACTIVE MODEL
2. INTERACTIVE MODEL
 two-way process
 feedback is given by the
receiver to the sender
SCHRAMM MODEL (1954)
SCHRAMM MODEL (1954)
 communication is a cycle. All five (5) basic
elements of communication are existing.
the receiver must be able to sent feedback
to the sender in order to complete the
communication process
 e.g. heart-to-heart talk with parents,
siblings, bestfriend
3. TRANSACTIONAL MODEL
3. TRANSACTIONAL MODEL
 circular process
 an interaction among people
3. TRANSACTIONAL MODEL
 the sender encodes the message
and transmit it to the channel. The
message may be affected by the
noise which is a barrier. The
receiver then decodes processes and
filters the message for
understanding and formulation of
the feedback
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