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ORAL COMMUNICATION

LESSON 1

Communication derived from the Latin word “communis” meaning “commonness” can be defined
broadly as the process of transmitting knowledge, ideas, information, attitudes, feelings and the like.

• The process in conveying information between two or more people.

• A process of exchanging verbal and non - verbal messages. It is a continuous process.

• Simply the act of transferring information from one place to another.

According to:

• Comeaux (1996) – “A transaction in which the participants are mutually engaged in the process
of creating meaning.”

• Hill Watson (1997) – “ The communication process begins when by a message is conceived by a
sender. It is encoded-translated to a signal or a sequence of signals and transmitted by a
particular medium or channel to a receiver who then decodes it and interprets the message,
returning a signal in some way that the message has or has not been understood.”

• W. Bentham (1994)– “ Communication is defined as the transfer or delivery of thoughts,


messages, ideas or knowledge, whether by speech writing or signals from a Sender or Receiver.”

• Harvest Missions International ( 2002) – “Communication is a process where audience


understanding is created when a message is sent by a communicator through an appropriate
channel or medium.”

• Julia Scherba de Valenzuela – “ Any act by which one person gives to a receiver from another
person information about that person’s needs, desires, perceptions, knowledge or affective
states. Communication may be intentional or unintentional, may involve conventional signals,
may take linguistic or non-linguistic forms, and may occur through spoken or other modes.”

Importance of Communication

• Communication is an indispensable thing. People communicate to persuade, amuse, inspire, and


incite others to action. Trade, commerce, and industry are made possible through
communication. Through the use of oral and written media, man is able to see and hear what
transpires in his surroundings and around the world.

• Communication is just as important in other fields: lawyers interview clients and speak in court,
medical practitioners work with patients and colleagues, teachers face students, ministers
preach, and social workers counsel.
Value of Communication

• It is the essential process through which we develop our individual humanity and our
relationships with others. Communication is basically tied to a person’s concern about
individuality and to a person’s needs for social relationships.

Communication is Everywhere

• Different racial, ethic, and cultural groups have different customs and beliefs. This is particularly
important to remember for speeches. But if your speech class includes international students, it
will be a factor in classroom speeches.

• Intercultural Communication seeks to comprehend how people in the community having


different cultures behave, speak, react, etc..; thus, manifest their ways and practices in life.
Intercultural communication deals with the study the reciprocal action between commonality
from different cultural backgrounds get the message.

• Cross-Cultural Communication deals with the comparison of how the commonality from
different cultures relate. A good example is how the Christian community deals with the Muslim
community.

Problems in Intercultural Communication

• 1. It is usually originates from how the message is sent by the sender.

• 2. It is how the receiver gives meaning based on values, beliefs, desires, experiences,
educational background, motivations, and apprehension to the sender of the message.

Evaluation/ Application

• Groupings

Make a Telephone Conversation

- Purchasing a product on a department store

- Purchasing a round plane ticket abroad

- Selling a credit cards

- Selling beauty products

- Applying a job on line

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