What is communication and how is it important

What is Communication?

1. NATURE OF COMMUNICATION

2. OBJECTIVES At the end of the lesson, you are expected to: understand why we need to study communication give the definition of communication explain the nature and process of communication identify the characteristics of communication

3. COMMUNICATION “Effective Communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know” ~ Jim Rohn

4. WHAT IS COMMUNICATION? a process of sharing and conveying messages or information from one person to another using different means, medium, context, media, and cultures

5. WHAT IS COMMUNICATION? it can be through face- to- face, a phone conversation, a group discussion, a meeting or interview, a letter correspondence, a class recitation, and many others basic functions of communication are to achieve understanding or shared meaning and to persuade, inform, entertain and manage relationships

6. NATURE OF COMMUNICATION Com mun icat ion is a pro cess. step by step activity two- way process involves the active participation of sender and receiver process of using words, sounds, signs or behaviors to express or exchange information or to express your ideas, thoughts, feelings, etc., to someone else dynamic process influenced by the communicator's mood and thinking complex process which may be interpreted in many ways by different people

7. In the sample image, a teacher explains a lesson in a class of 20 students. There may also be 20 different understanding of the lesson. That is why there is a need to seek for clarification called feedback .

8. NATURE OF COMMUNICATION Co mmunic ation is much mo re of an ar t than a science. no right or wrong way to communicate no set of absolute rules to be followed but there are underlying principles to guide us into effective communication

9. NATURE OF COMMUNICATION occurs between two or more people acting as the speaker or the receiver of the message a two- way process of reaching mutual understanding participants do not communication is a means of connecting people or places Com mu nica tion has a sen de r & rece iv er.

10. NATURE OF COMMUNICATION can be expressed through written or spoken words (verbal) or actions (non- verbal) or both spoken words and nonverbal actions at the same time communication is not all about sending or receiving facts in words , it does involve ideas and emotions that are expressed through signs, symbols and gestures Com mun icat ion i s v erb al & no n- ve rbal.

11. NATURE OF COMMUNICATION Com mun icat ion i s v erb al & no n- ve rbal. VERBAL COMMUNICATION

12. NATURE OF COMMUNICATION Com mun icat ion i s v erb al & no n- ve rbal.

13. The sample image shows both verbal or spoken words and non- verbal actions. The man uses both verbal and non- verbal cues when he winked at the lady and at the same time greeted her and offered her a drink. On the other hand, the girl’s smirk is a gesture of disgust or dislike. Even without the use of words, the lady’s gesture is still understood as a form of communicating her disapproval towards man.

14. NATURE OF COMMUNICATION inevitability means communication is taking place even when someone does not want or intend to communication example: when you sleep in class, you are communicating that you are bored or sick or whatever your reasons be communication is everywhere Co mm un ica tio n is inevi tab le. inevitable - means unavoidable, it is certain to happen

15. NATURE OF COMMUNICATION irreversibility means what you have said, can never be unsaid example: comment or post on social media, throw a hurting or offensive word to an enemy because of anger you can ask for forgiveness, but the effect of what you have said is lasting as senders of message, we must be careful and choose the appropriate words to say before saying them Co mm un ica tio n is irrev ers ible . irreversible - means not able to be undone

16. NATURE OF COMMUNICATION unrepeatability means that an act of communication can never be duplicated we may say the same thing over and over again but the effect of what you have said the second or third or fourth time will not be the same as the first time you said it example: when you hear your family member's rants Com mu nica tion is un repeata bl e.

17. NATURE OF COMMUNICATION Com mun icat ion is a pro cess. Co mmunic ation is much mo re of an ar t than a science. Com mu nica tion is un repeata bl e. Com mun icat ion Co mm un ica tio n is inevi tab le. Co mm un ica tio n is irrev ers ible . Co mmunication has a sender & receiver . i s v erb al & no n- ve rbal.

18. NATURAL FLOW OF THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS DIAGRAM 1: The speaker generates the idea. The speaker encodes an idea or convert the idea into words or actions. The speaker transmits or sends out a message . The receiver gets the message. The receiver decodes or interprets the message based on the context. The receiver sends or provides feedback .

19. DIAGRAM 2: SHEENA & NICKO FRIENDSHIP & LOVESTORY The speaker generates the idea. The speaker encodes an idea or convert the idea into words or actions. The speaker transmits or sends out a message. The receiver gets the message. The receiver decodes or interprets the message based on the context. The receiver sends or provides feedback. Sheena loves Nicko, her suitor, as a friend. She thinks of how to tell him using their native language. She tells him, "Nicko, mahal kita bilang kaibigan." Nicko hears what Sheena says. He tries to analyse what she means based on the context and their relationship and he is heartbroken. He frowns and does not say anything because he is hurt. COMMUNICATION PROCESS COMMUNICATION FLOW

20. DIAGRAM 3: THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS Communication goes through a certain process involving the: sender , who is the source of the message, the message , which is the shared information, the receiver , whose function is to decode the meaning of what was received and of course, the feedback , referring to the receiver’s reply to the message.

21. In communication, all you have to remember is that you have to make sure you are able to get your message across to your listener the way you intended it to be understood .