Oral Communication

2. CHAPTER I:
NATURE & ELEMENTS OF
COMMUNICATION

3. INTRODUCTION:
Communication is a Process
Communication is systemic
Communication is symbolic
Communication involves meanings

4. What is Communication?
Arrange the given phrases to create the meaning of
Communication.
and interpret meaning
to create
with and
through symbols
individuals interact
in which
is a systematic process

5. According to Wood:
Communication is a systemic process in which individuals
interact with and through symbols to create and interpret
meaning.
Wood Suggest the qualities that are inherent in
communication.
Communication is a Process
Communication is systemic
Communication is symbolic
Communication involves meanings

6. Communication is a Process
it is a creative, continuing condition of life, a process that
changes as the communicator's environments needs
chage.
Many words in English have become obsolete, trite or
altered in their meanings while new words have evolved.

7. Communication is systemic
it occurs within systems of interrelated and
interacting parts.
the various components of communication
• speaker/sender, listener/receiver,
message, medium, channel, feedback,
content and noise.
•absence to any of the component can
result to ineffective communication.

8. Communication is symbolic
Symbols, verbal (with words), or non-verbal
(without words) are the basis of language.
our body language includes our gestures,
facial expressions, eye contact, posture, or
touch.
the quality of our voice refers to the
tone,pitch, rate, volume and emphasis that we
use.

9. Communication involves meaning
contrary to what may think or believe, meanings are
assigned, given, or invented not receive.
Flags, crowns, crosses, and traffic signal do not contain
meanings but their meanings are assigned to them.