GEC 5

PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION 1

COMMUNICATION
-is the process of meaning-making through a channel or a medium
-comes from the word communicare, meaning to share or to make ideas in
common

THE 8 COMPONENTS OF THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS

1. SOURCE- sender carefully crafts the message. The sender may be anyone
:an author of a boo, a public speaker in a specials occasion or even a traffic
enforcer
2. MESSAGE – the reason behind any interaction . It is the meaning shared
between the sender and the receiver. They could mean poems, songs,
essays, news articles road signs and even symbols
3. CHANNEL – by which a message is conveyed
4. RECEIVER-the person who receives the transmitted message
5. FEEDBACK-is essential to confirm recipient’s understanding. Like messages,
are expressed in varied forms

6. ENVIRONMENT-the place , the feeling, the mood, the mindset and the
condition of both the sender and receiver.
7. CONTEXT-involves the expectations of the sender and the receiver and the
common or shared understanding through environmental signals
8. INTERFERENCE-also known as barrier and block that prevents effective
communication to take place
KINDS OF INTERFERENCE
a. Psychological barriers are thoughts that hamper the message to be
interpreted correctly by the receiver
b. Physical barriers include competing stimulus , weather and climate , health
and ignorance of the medium
c. Linguistic and cultural barriers pertain to the language and its cultural
environment. Words may mean another in different cultures
d. Mechanical barriers are those raised by the channels employed for
interpersonal, group, or mass communication. Examples: cellphones
laptops and other gadgets used in communication

LANGUAGE – medium of communication

- a system of conventional spoken, manual, or written symbols by
means of which human beings, as members of a social group and
participants in its culture, express themselves. The functions of
language include communication, the expression of identity, play,
imaginative expression, and emotional release.

Language contact
- is the social and linguistic phenomenon by which speakers of
different languages (or different dialects of the same language) interact with one
another, leading to a transfer of linguistic features.
- "Language contact is a major factor in language change” - Stephan Gramley

Language Change- natural behavior of all language

 TYPES OF COMMUNICATION ACCORDING TO MODE

A message may be conveyed via these two types :

1. Verbal and Non-Verbal

- one cannot be separate from each other

2. Visual Communication
- type of communication that uses visuals to convey information
and /or messages . Sone examples are signs , symbols , imagery,
maps, , graphs , charts , diagrams , pictograms , photos , drawings ,
or illustrations, and even various forms of electronic
communication.

 Electronic communication
-Symbols or images- emojis , emoticons and animation
among others to convey the writers emotions or clarity
the intent of the message sender
- achieved through digital mode or text

TYPES COMMUNICATION ACCORDING TO PUPROSE

AND STYLE

Formal communication

- employs formal language delivered orally or in written form. Lectures, Public

speech, research and project proposals. The lectures and speeches are delivered
orally. The text have been thought out carefully and written well before they are
delivered

-Main objectives: To inform, entertain and to persuade

Informal Communication
- certainly does not employ formal language .
-It involves personal and ordinary conversations with friends, family members or
acquaintances about anything under the sun. The mode maybe oral as in to face
to face , ordinary or everyday talks and phone calls or written as in the case of
email messages , personal notes , letters or text messages .
-the purpose is simply to socialize and enhance relationships

REFERENCES
a. (https://www.britannica.com/topic/language)
b. (https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-language-contact-4046714)
c. Wakat G. S., Caroy A.A , et al(2018). Purposive Communication . Philippines :Lorimar Publishing
Inc.
d. Madrunio M. and Martin, I (2018). Purposive Communication Using English in Multilingual
Contexts . Quezon City : C&E Publishing Inc.

Prepared by:
Ms. Hannah Marie Fe M. de la Cruz, LPT
Instructor