Oral Communication

1. VERBAL &
NONVERBAL
COMMUNICATION

2. VERBAL COMMUNICATION
• Words are used to relay
a message
• Communication
through spoken or
written language
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4. THINGS TO CONSIDER IN VERBAL
COMMUNICATION
• Appropriateness
• Brevity
• Clarity
• Ethics
• Vividness
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5. Appropriateness
Language should be appropriate to the
environement or occasion
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6. BREVITY
Speakers who often use simple yet precise
and powerful words are found to be more
credible.
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7. CLARITY
The message you are trying to convey
must easily understood and interpreted.
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8. ETHICS
Words should be chosen in consideration
of the gender, roles, ethnicity, preferences,
and status of the person or people you are
talking to.
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9. VIVIDNESS
The message should be clear in the mind
of the listener.
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10. NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
• responses that are not express in
words
Example:
• Stares
• Smiles
• Tone of voice
• Gestures 1 1

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