Examining the Functions of Communication

Examining Oral Communicative
Activities
Module in Oral Communication in Context
First Quarter-Week 4
MARITES T. TAULI
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Department of Education • Cordillera Administrative Region
NAME:________________________ GRADE AND SECTION ________________
TEACHER: ____________________ SCORE _____________________________

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What I Know
Pre-assessment
I. Choose the letter of the correct answer
1. Which function of communication aims to convey helpful and useful information?
A. regulation or control B. information dissemination
C. motivation D. social interaction
2. Which function of communication allows individuals to interrelate and build connections?
A. emotional expression B. information dissemination
C. regulation or control D. social interaction
3. Which function of communication lets individuals to share his/her feelings to others?
C. emotional expression D. social interaction
4. Which function of communication aims to inspire the receivers to do better?
5. News broadcasts, memos, lectures are examples of ___________________.
C. emotional expression D. social interaction
6. Rules, laws, or ordinances communicated orally or written are examples of ___________.
7. Interacting with our peers, family, friends, and successful people are forms of
communication for ______________.
8. When a teacher discusses the classroom rules and regulations to her students at the
beginning of the school year, the function of communication showed is _____________.
9. When Nara G. Sack happily give thanks to her parents for giving her a new smart phone as
a birthday gift, the function of communication depicted is __________________?
10. Which of the following is NOT an example of communication functioning as emotional
expression?
A. a student writing her journal about her unforgettable experience
B. President Digong voicing out his frustration about the declining economy of the country
C. an famous person sharing how he was able to succeed in his life
D. a broadcaster reporting on the weather updates

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II. Match the functions of communication in column A to their main concept in column B
Column A Column B
1. information dissemination A. regulate people’s behavior or action
2. regulation or control B. inspire others to do better
3. social interaction C. share or express feelings
4. emotional expression D. share, convey, transmit messages
5. motivation E. interrelate and build connections
What’s In
In our last module, we learned about the different barriers that can breakdown the flow
of communication. Knowing these barriers help us to find solution to communication problems.
It helps us strategize how to repair communication breakdown.
With that, read and analyse the following examples then classify them accordingly in the table
below. (Clue: 3 items per category)
Barriers of Communication
physical physiological psychological socio-cultural language

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What’s New
Activity : FISHING THE CONCEPT
Look at the following pictures below. What are they used for? What are their main functions?
What other words are synonymous to the term function? What does it mean by this concept?
Great! The term function is synonymous to the words use, role, task, responsibility,
and purpose. Merriam Webster explains that function is the natural purpose or the intended
use of a person of thing. A thing or a person may have single function or a multiple function.
For example, smartphones have multiple functions. It can be used for researching, connecting
with friends through social media platforms, gaming as well as communication.
Also, communication has its functions or purposes. A single communicative activity may have
one or more purpose, and this will be the focus of our lesson in this learning module.
What’s In It
We have learned from our previous lesson that communication is dynamic, systematic
and proactive process in which communicators exchange messages, ideas, facts, opinions or
feelings. In every communicative activity, it holds a specific purpose depending on speech
situations and the participants’ backgrounds. When we get our cellular phones and call to a
friend, it could be for a specific reason. When a school principal gives announcements after
flag ceremony, there must be an information that he/she would like to convey. Also, when a
father gives a hug to his child, it could be a way of resolving conflict. These reasons or
purposes are the so called functions of communication. Communication functions differently
in diverse contexts. These are simplified by Sipacio and Balgos (2016) and Vicker (n.d) into

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five main functions namely: information dissemination, regulation or control, social interaction,
motivation, emotional expression.
Functions of communicative activities
1. Information dissemination is the primary function of communication. We communicate
to transmit information so that we would be aware of what’s happening around us. It helps
us to be prepared for the future because those information we receive directs us in making
decisions, in analysing and evaluating the data, or in considering alternative choices. News
broadcasts, memos, notice, announcements and the likes are examples of this.
To perform this function, the sender who wish to disseminate information is obliged to
gather or collect information from various sources like media, audio-visual aids, books,
journals, newspapers, advertisements, brochures etc. One also has to take note that
proper transmission of information is of great educational value, not only to the member of
an organization but also to everyone who receives the message.
2. Regulation or Control is another function of communication. We communicate to control
or regulate people’s behavior or actions. This means that the language is used to
communicate a certain rule, a law, an ordinance or even an order to regulate human
actions. For instance, the Executive Order (EO) No. 70, series of 2020 is an order issued
by Baguio City Mayor Benjie Magalong mandating residents in the city to use face masks
and other similar protective covers when they are in public and when they are in their
houses. This is order which the residents of the city have to follow for protection from the
possible spreading CORONA Virus disease.
3. Communication is a tool for social interaction. It allows individuals to interrelate and build
connections. Attending to various social gatherings is a way of building stronger
relationship with other people. Through interacting with our peers, family, friends, and
successful people, we can have a wider view or perspective about anything around us,
and thus help develop our interpersonal communication skills
4. Fostering motivation is another function of communication. There are instances in which
we communicate to inspire others to perform better for a better life. In schools, teachers
communicate to their students to raise motivation by asking how well are they doing and
how they can improve if their performances is not satisfactory.
5. Emotional expression is another function of communication. We have so much to share,
gather or pass on. We communicate to express our feelings and emotions. When one
shares her anxieties to somebody else, her feelings may be eased since provides her a
way to release her feelings and that is an important social need.

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What’s More
Activity: WATCH LISTEN AND LEARN
Watch and listen to an excerpt from Steve Job’s commencement speech “Stay Hungry, Stay
Foolish” in this YouTube link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptD0T-ZcF2M)
After which, answer the questions that follow.
1. What line from speaker caught your attention? Why?
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2. What does it mean by his last phrase “Don’t Settle”?
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3. What’s the purpose of the speaker in delivering the speech? Explain your answer in not
more than five sentences.
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Note: for those who can’t watch the video due to unavailability of internet, you may read
the transcript below.
Transcript of excerpt from Steve Job’s “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”
Adapted from:https://news.stanford.edu/2005/06/14/jobs061505/#:~:text=Stay%20Hungry
I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my
parents’ garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just
the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4,000 employees. We had just
released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And
then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we
hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first
year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually
we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out.
And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was
devastating.
I really didn’t know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous
generation of entrepreneurs down — that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to
me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly.
I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But
something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple
had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to
start over.
I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could
have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness
of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most
creative periods of my life.
During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named
Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to
create the world’s first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most
successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought next, I
returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple’s current
renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.
I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It
was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the
head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was
that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it
is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly
satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love
what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the
heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better
as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.

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What I Have Learned
Activity: FILL IT IN
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words or phrases.
In this module, I learned about the (1) ___________________________. I understood
that (2) _________________________ is applicable if the communicative activity aims to build
relationships or connections with other people. In other cases, when one needs to express
what he/ she feels, I’m sure that this form of communication is for (3) ___________________.
(4)____________________, (5)_________________ and (6)__________________ may also
be applicable when a consultation happens between student and a teacher about the tasks
the learners need to finish due to missed activities.
Among these functions of communication, I realized that (7) ____________________
is the most common to me because (8) _________________________________________.
What I Can Do
Activity 1: TAKE TIME TO REALIZE
Instruction: 1.Reflect on your skill, ability or anything you think you can do.
2. Write 2-3 minute speech about your role as a member of your family, as a
students or as a Filipino citizen. Your speech shall be at least 200-250 words
Rubrics for assessing the written speech:
Legend: 5-VMO (very much observed) 2- LO (Less observed)
4-MO (Much observed) 1- NO (not observed)
3- SO (Somewhat observed)
CRITERIA DESCRIPTION Points
earned
CONTENT
(5 points)
The written work is substantial and relevant to the task given.
The major ideas are supported by adequate supporting details.
The details are relevant accurate.
ORGANIZATION
(5 points)
The presentation of focused idea is correct.
The supporting details are adequate and relevant to the topic
sentence.
Ideas are logically, clearly and smoothly linked to one another.
LANGUAGE USE
AND STYLE
(5 points)
The sentences are clear and concise. They avoid
redundancies, wordiness and clichés.
The language used follows suitable level of formality and
consistency.
MECHANICS
(5 points)
The compositions use correct spelling, punctuation and proper
capitalizations. It avoids contractions and abbreviations.

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Total score /20 pts
Activity 2: ACT IT OUT
Present your 2-3 minute speech through any of the following:
a. video speech
b. audio speech
c. PPT audio presentation
RUBRICS FOR EVALUATING SPEECH PRESENTATION
Criteria points earned
The speech started and ended effectively with main points.
The speech id delivered with proper articulation and modulation
The rate or speed of speaking is varied
Non-verbal cues (eye contact, hand & body gestures) are appropriate.
Total
Grand Total /20

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Assessment
I. Write TRUE if the statement is correct, whereas FALSE if incorrect
________1. The functions of communication depend according to contexts.
________2. The primary function of communication is to disseminate information.
________3. Social interaction as a function of communication aims to relay rules, laws, and
orders that should be followed.
________4. News broadcasts, memos, lectures are used to motivate the receiver.
________5. Social interaction as a function of communication allows individuals to interrelate
and build connections.
________6. Communication is one of our ways to express our feelings or emotions.
________7. A teacher giving the classroom rules and regulations to her students is an
example of motivation.
________8. Communication as a way of releasing feelings or emotion is a human social need.
________9. Interacting with our peers, family, friends, and successful people help us widen
our personal perspectives.
________10. Communication as a way to disseminate information helps us to be prepared
for the future.
II. Read the following statement sensibly. Write whether the speech situation function as
control behavior, social interaction, motivation, emotional expression or information
dissemination.
Situation Function of communication
1. The school head orients the parents about the protocols
for the upcoming start of classes in the new normal.
2. John shares how to live peacefully and out of stress
despite complicated life.
3. Many citizens express their sentiments due to this
COVID-19 pandemic.
4. A trigonometry teacher lectures about mathematical
concepts.
5. A class gathered to reminisce their happy and sad
moments 10 years ago.

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Additional Activity
Activity: WORK IT OUT
Instruction:
1. With the use of TV, radio, YouTube, FB and other social media platforms,
watch/listen to at least 3 of the following:
a. advertisement or commercial
b. video/ video clips
c. vlogs
d. announcements
e. news broadcast
f. documentaries
g. speeches
h. movie digest etc.
2. After which, complete what is asked on the table below. An example is given
below
name or title idea most appropriate function
Ex. 3 habits of a healthy
heart by Steven Furtick
Our habits dictate the
condition of our hearts
Information dissemination &
motivational
1.
2.
3.
Note: In this activity, please
choose the appropriate ones. Be
guided by the rated PG   

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ANSWER KEY
Pre-assessment
What’s in
What’s more – answers depend on learners
What I learned
Activity: Fill it in
Additional activities – answers vary
Post Assessment

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REFERENCES
Jobs, Steve, Stay Hungry Stay Foolish. https://news.stanford.edu/2005/06/14/jobs-
061505/#:~:text=Stay%20Hungry. Retrieved on August 25, 2020
Sipacio, Philip John Fresnillo &, Balgos, Ann Richie Garcia, Oral Communication in Context
for Senior High School. Quezon City:C & E Publishing Inc. 2016,128
Vicker, Beverly, Communicative Functions or Purposes of Communication.
https://www.iidc.indiana.edu/irca/articles/.html retrieved on August 24, 2020

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