Oral Communication

Intercultural
Communication
gender, age,
social status,
religion and
culture
 FUNCTIONS OF
COMMUNICATIO
N
 Objectives
• Identify the speaker’s
purpose(s).
• Determine function(s) of
communication in various
context.
• Examine sample oral communication
activities (functions/purposes of
Communication)
Motif Question
Why do people
communicate with
others?
 People do not just
communicate because people
love to talk. Humans
communicate for several
reasons:
Regulation / Control
Social interaction
Motivation
Information
Emotional expression
 Regulation / Control
the Speaker’s purpose is to
control others by managing their
behavior
 Regulation / Control
• Making an announcement
• telling someone to be quiet
• encouraging someone to do
something
“Take your medicine before
you go to bed.”
“Finish your work before
you go.”
SOCIAL INTERACTION
Allows people to be connected with
one another to develop
• Bonds
• Intimacy
 SOCIAL
INTERACTION
-It also allows individuals to express
desires, encouragement, needs, and
decision or to give and get information.
 SOCIAL
INTERACTION
“Would you like to go to church with
me?”
“Come on! You can do it!”
“How’s your day today?”
“You look so pretty today”
 MOTIVATION
persuades or encourages another
person to change his/her opinion,
attitude, and behavior.
 MOTIVATION
“You’re on the right track. Keep
up the good work.”
“My dream is to finish my Senior
High School despite this
pandemic”
 Note:
This is different from Regulation and Control where
the Speaker simply directs others and insists on
his/her own agenda. In this Function, persuasion is
used to move the Listener away from his/her own
position towards the Speaker’s own or the position
where the Speaker wants the other person to move.
 INFORMATION
used when the Speaker wants to
make others aware of certain data,
concepts, and processes
 INFORMATION
“The Philippine Normal University
was founded in 1901.”
“You can find the bathroom right next
to this door”
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
Communication facilitates
people’s expression of their
feelings such as love, fear, anger,
joy, hope, or any other emotion.
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
“I’m so happy to have you in my
life.”
“I like you so much.”
“I don’t want to see your face
anymore!”
“You’re so funny!”
 Note:
It must be remembered
that these functions
overlap.
 Note:
To Regulate or Motivate, it is sometimes
necessary to first Inform. On the other
hand, Social Interaction also involves
Emotional Expression. So does Motivation.
 Note:
To Regulate or Motivate, it is sometimes
necessary to first Inform. On the other
hand, Social Interaction also involves
Emotional Expression. So does Motivation.
 LET’S TEST
YOUR
KNOWLEDGE!
 Instructions:
Read each statement. If it displays bias
or insensitivity, write the group/element
being
misrepresented (gender, social status,
age, religion, culture). If not, write
“OK.”
“There are 500 who recovered
from covid19 as of yesterday.”
INFORMATIO
N
“Thank you for coming
into my life.”
EMOTIONAL
EXPRESSION
“Keep quiet.”
REGULATION
/
CONTROL
“Alvin, you got 48/50
in your exam. You’re
doing great. keep it
up!”
INFORMATIO
N and
EMOTIONAL
EXPRESSION
“Come on, let’s go to
the supermarket and
buy some food”
 SOCIAL
INTERACTIO
N
“I think I’m falling for her, but I’m
scared I might be rejected”
“Don’t be too hard on yourself. Just
try to confess, we never know,
maybe your feelings are mutual.”
EMOTIONAL
EXPRESSION
and
MOTIVATION
 “Take your
medicine 3x a
day”
REGULATION
/
CONTROL
 “According to the
survey, 40% of
students at CVCITC
are Catholics”
INFORMATIO
N
 “What are you doing on
Friday?”
“Nothing. Do you want to
watch some movies? I have
lists of good ones”
MOTIVATION
and
SOCIAL
INTERACTIO
“Segregate your
garbage
properly.”
REGULATION
/
CONTROL
 Written task!
CREATIVE WRITING
USING THE 5
FUNTIONS OF
COMMUNICATION