MODULE 2:

FUNCTIONS OF
COMMUNICATION
A few ways in which communication affects its
function are the nature of the relationship
between the people communicating , the
manner in which the message is expressed, one’s
choice of the medium in which to communicate,
and one’s tone and style of communication.
REGULATION and
CONTROL
- To control others by managing their
behaviors;

- Communication is used mainly by person in

authority or representing authority to
influence or direct people’s behavior or to
limit/regulate or guide them.
REGULATION and
CONTROL

Doctor’s Parents instruction Friends giving

Prescription to their child advice on what to
do
In general, communication may control events,
regulate encounters among people, approves and
disapproves behavior. Specifically, communication
controls behavior in the follow areas:

Organizations - require employees to follow

guidelines

Companies - require employees’ compliance of

job descriptions
Work groups - encourage, tease, or harass
 INTERACTION

- Can be used to produced social interaction.

In daily course of living, human being develops
and maintain bonds, intimacy, relations and
associations.

- Communication may function in shared

attention with other where there is the social
aspect of interaction. It also functions to create and
maintain interpersonal communication.
Marriage Proposal
- Refers to a person using a language to
express desires, needs, wants, likes and dislikes.

- Communication can be a vehicle of

motivation in some organizations when there is
clarification on what is to be done, how well a
person is doing, what can be done to improve
performance. Communication can also function to
reinforce and stimulate behaviors of a person.
Cheering up a Parents
friend encouraging their
child
 INFORMATION
- Communication can be used for
giving and getting information.
Giving information usually comes
in the form of statement of facts
(grammatically known as
declaratives).
Cheering up a Parents
friend encouraging their
child
 EMOTIONAL
EXPRESSION
- appealing to the Listener’s feelings. It is
used by the Speaker for the purpose of
moving another person to act, to move in
the particular direction the Speaker wants
that person to move.
- Filipinos can be moved to tears by a movie,
a TV drama, or a song.
EXAMPLES:

Appreciatio Expressing Expressing a

n one’s ambition need
ACTIVITY TIME!!
 ACTIVITY TIME!!
Identify the function of communication in each statement/situation
below. Write your answer in ½ crosswise, whether it is Regulation,
Interaction, Motivation, Information, or Expression

An officer giving a command to a suspect

1.
to remain silent.
 ACTIVITY TIME!!
2. A group leader encouraging members to
perform better.

3. A minister congratulating a newly-wed

couple.

4. A boss giving a congratulatory remark

for a well-done job.
 ACTIVITY TIME!!
5. A company head giving directives to
employees.

6. A teacher giving feedback on the test

results of the students.

7. A coach giving one of her players a pat

on the back.
 ACTIVITY TIME!!
8. Asking questions for clarifications when
something is not clear.
9. “You will eventually achieve that. Just
try harder and don’t give up.”

10. “I’m so happy for you BES, you’re

living the life of your dreams.”
THE SPEAKER’S
PURPOSE
SPEAKER’S PURPOSE
Whatever your reasons, and for
communication to be successful, it
has to have a purpose: Your purpose,
the audience purpose, the purpose of
the person of the
person/organization.
INFORM

This aims to provide factual

and interesting information to
an audience.
 It may focus on the
following:

1. Giving instructions.
2. Explaining a process.
3. Describing an object or idea.
4. Clarifying a concept.
PERSUADE

This aims to convince

someone to believe or do
something.
It may provide emphasis
on the following:

1. Giving facts.
2. Altering beliefs.
3. Urging the audience to
act.
ENTERTAIN

This aims to catch the listener’s

interest and hold their attention
through keeping them relaxed
and entertained.
 SIX TYPES OF
ORAL
COMMUNICATION
ACTIVITIES
 1. One- on-One Speaking (Student-
Student or Student-Teacher )

- Can range from moments punctuating

a lecture, where students are asked to
discuss or explain some question or
problem with the person next to them,
to formal student conferences with
their instances.
 2. Small Group or Team Based Oral
Work

- Smaller-scale settings for discussion,

deliberation, and problem solving.
Appropriate for both large lectures
and smaller classes and allows levels
of participation not possible in larger
groups.
3. Full-class Discussion (Teacher-or Student -
LED
- Typically, less agonistic, argument-based, and
competitive than debate and deliberation but
still dialogic in character.
- Often times has the quality of creating an
atmosphere of collective, out-loud thinking
about some question, idea, problem, text,
event, or artifact. Like deliberation and debate,
a good way to encourage active learning.
 5. Speeches and Presentations

- Classically, the stand-up, podium speech

delivered by an individual from an outline or
script. Also includes group presentations or
impromptu speaking. A strong element of
monologue, but dialogue can be built in with
question and answer or discussion with the
audience afterward.
 6. Oral Examinations
- Can take place in the instructor’s office, in
small groups, or before a whole class. Range
from one oral question on an otherwise written
exam to an oral defense of a written answer or
paper to an entirely oral quiz or examination.
Difficult with very large groups, but an
excellent way to determine the depth and
range of student knowledge and to stimulate
VARIOUS KINDS
OF ORAL TEXTS
 ADVERTISEMENTS

1. Advertisement of Products
2. Advertisement of services
3. Advertisement of job
openings.
 ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Announcement at an airport
2. Announcement on the bus.
 COMMERCIALS

1. TV commercials
2. Radio commercials
 CONVERSATIONS

1. Casual conversations between friends,

lovers , and families
2. formal conversation between boss and
employers
 DISCUSSIONS

1. Panel Discussion
2. Group Discussion
 INSTRUCTIONS

1. Geographical directions
2. Test instructions
3. procedures and step in an
experiment.
 INTERVIEW

1. Interview for job applicant

2. Interview of a crime suspect
 INVITATION

1. Invitation to a party
2. Invitation for a questioning
3. invitation to speak in front of
the audience
 PROPOSAL

1. Project Proposal
2. Business Proposal
 ORAL REPORTS

1. Academic Reports
2. Investigative Reports
3. News Reports
4. TV and Radio Reports
 PERFORMANCE
TASK!!
● Group the students into three(3)
● Each group will choose, whether to
perform a NEWS REPORT,
ADVERTISEMENT, and
COMMERCIAL
 CRITERIA!!
CREATIVITY- 30%
CLARITY OF SPEECH- 25%
CORRECTNESS- 25%
EXPRESSION AND BODY
LANGUAGE- 20%
 “KAYA MO YAN”
GUSTO KO LANG IPAALALA, BAKA KASI NAPAPAGOD
KA NA, BAKA KASI MAISIPAN MONG SUMUKO. KAYA
MO YAN NANINIWALA AKO SAYO.

-A GENTLE REMINDER FROM MA’AM XY<3