Grade 11

ORAL COMMUNICATION
IN CONTEXT
FUNDAMENTALS
OF
COMMUNICATION
FIRST QUARTER
WEEK 2

Competencies covered:
Differentiates the various models of
communication EN11/12OC-Ia-3

ELIZABETH R. PARALEJAS
SECONDARY TEACHER III
POCTOY NATIONAL HIGH
(Student’s Copy)
SCHOOL
TORRIJOS DISTRICT

Department of Education • Schools Division of Marinduque

Introduction

Welcome to a wonderful learning experience.

This module is prepared to supplement teaching and assess learning of the

competency - differentiates the various models of communication.
This module provides discussion and activities to enhance your learning of the
target competency/skill. These materials are carefully selected and designed according
to the learner’s needs, interests, and learning level.

To successfully achieve the objectives of this module, be reminded to do the

following:

√ Read and follow the instructions very carefully.

√ Answer the guide and comprehension questions correctly.

√ Do the activities accurately and honestly.

√ Write your answers neatly and legibly on this module or on a separate sheet of
paper.

√ Accomplish My Score Sheet by indicating your score in each activity,

and My Overall Rating Sheet by only checking the corresponding rating in the
appropriate column.

Enjoy learning venture and discover the thrill and excitement as you work
delightedly on each activity.

What I Need to Know

This module is designed based on the level of your understanding. It is
written to help you enhance your knowledge and skills about how communication works.
The language and vocabulary used is intended for you as Grade 11 student. The lessons are
arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course.

The module focuses on the following learning competency:

Differentiates the various models of communication EN11/12OC-Ia-3

After going through this module, you are is expected to:

1. discusses models of communication.
2. the models of communication.
3. examines the various models of communication;

What I Know

This part intends to assess your understanding of the previous module. It comes in
the form of a review about the function of communication.
Activity 1. Directions: Identify the correct function of communication as illustrated by the
following utterances. Write your answer on the space given.

__________1. Cora, finish your assignment before you go with your friends.
__________2. There will be a hiring of factory workers on August 30 after three months shut
down.
__________3. You have more to prove. Do not lose hope because I now at the end of the day
you will become a successful nurse someday just go on.
__________4. The Human resource officer orients the employees about their duties and
responsibilities.
__________5. Rose together with her friends plan to meet for a party this long weekend.
Let’s check your answers. What’s your score? ___________

Lesson
Models of Communication
3
In the previous lesson, you learned that people communicate for a
certain purposes. You have already gained knowledge on the different
functions of communication such as control, social interaction, motivation,
and emotional expression and information dissemination.
Now, prepare yourself on your next learning journey about the
models of communication. Try to ponder on the question; Is there only one
way to explain how communication works?

Have the learner read and answer the activities that follow;

What’s In
Let us first understand what the term ‘model’ means. A model is a
graphic representation designed to show the structure or concept. Using
the model below try to find the missing elements in each situation.

1. A family whose attention is on watching television, one person

taps the TV for poor reception.
2. A teacher having an interactive discussion with students.
3. A person giving a eulogy to a dead person.

Guide Questions:
1. What element of communication is not found in the scenario 1?
Was the family able to give reaction or response to the news they
were watching on tv and give response to the speaker?
2. Do you find all the elements in scenario 2? What are these
 elements? Are there exchange of roles of speaker and receiver?
3. What about in scenario 2?
4. Can you illustrate the appropriate model for each scenario?

What’s In
Read carefully the following discussions to be able to do the activities
below.
The process of communication has been analyzed by various theorists and philosophers,
and that there are different models that explain communication.

1. Aristotlean’s Model of Communication

It is linear model which consists of three basic elements: speaker, the subject
and the listener. Whether communication happens or not depends on the
listener; who establishes the point of the message. (Oyero,2010)

2. Lasswell Model (1948) : One of the early models of communication was

developed by the political scientist Harold D. Lasswell who looked at
communication in the form of a question: Who
Says What
In Which Channel
To Whom
With What Effect

[Link]-Weaver Model
Known as the mother of all communication models, the Shannon-Weaver
model (1949) depicts communication as a linear or one-way process consisting of
five elements: a source (producer of message); a transmitter (encoder of message
into signals); a channel (signals adapted for transmission); a receiver (decoder of
message from the signal); and a destination.
This model, however, has been criticized for missing one essential element in
the communication process: feedback. Without feedback, the speaker will not
know whether the receiver understands the message or not.
 3. Transaction Model
Unlike the Shannon-Weaver Model, which is a one-way process, the Transaction Model is a two-way
process with the inclusion of feedback as one element.
3. Schramm Model

Wilbur Schramm, a well-known communication expert did

not make a sharp distinction between technical and non-technical
communication. But drawing upon the ideas of Shannon and Osgoods,
Schramm proceeded from a simple human communication model to a
more complicated one. His first model has a lot of similarity with
Shannon and Weaver Model.
In this model the accumulated experience of two individuals engaged .in
communication is emphasized unlike in the linear models discussed
earlier in which interaction, feedback and sharing of experiences find no
place. The source can encode and the destination can decode in terms
of the experience/s each has had. Communication becomes easy as both
the participants have a common field of experience. If the circles do not
meet there is an absence of such common experience which makes the
process of communication difficult.
Schramm further elaborated his model by highlighting the frames of
reference of the persons engaged in communication. He took into
account the wider social situations and the relationships of both source
and destination. He maintained that when both have the
same kind of situations, the message is selected, received, and
interpreted according to the frames of references in which noise and
feedback play important roles. He also
included the idea of feedback by expressing that communication is
reciprocal, two-way,
even though the feedback may be delayed. The weakness of this model is
that it is a less
linear model, but it still holds good for bilateral
communication.
 What’s New
The complex, multiple
Field of experience Field of experience
Signal
Source
Encoder
Destination
Decoder
levels of communication among several sources that may take place
simultaneously, say
in a group discussion, is not accounted for.
The linear models of communication held that a

Check Your Progress 3

Fill in the blanks.
1. A model is a …………………………………………………………………………
2. The verbal model of Lasswell identified the areas
of………………………………..
3. ………………………………….model introduced the concept of 'Noise'.
4. Osgoods model was found more applicable
in……………………………………..
5. The second model of Wilbur Schramm introduced the concept
of…………………
1.5
 What is It
An example of a communication channel is a cell phone.
TRUE or FALSE
B. Match the following communication components with
the corresponding
examples:
1. ___ Channel a. ___ Something that interferes with the
information
2. ___ Message b. ___ Information sent
3. ___ Noise c. ___ Someone who sends information
4. ___ Receiver d. ___ Method by which the information is
sent
5. ___ Source e. ___ An individual who decodes the
information

What’s More
Directions: Create a specific example that shows how
this model illustrates the various components of communication.

Source:
Encode:
Message:
Channel:
Noise:
Decode:
Receiver:

What I Have Learned

 What I Can Do

Given the table. Distinguish the words that describes the model of
communication. Place each word in the category where they should belong,
one word can be placed into two categories
Shannon- Shramn Model Transactional Aristotelean
Weaver Model Model Model

One –way Speaker only speaks continuous and changing

Interdependent speakers never listens provides feedback

___ __

Simultaneous taking turns noise affects

communication experience speaker listens no feedback

What I Can Do On My Own

Today’s Activity: Become a Model Communicator

Select one of the following scenarios and create a communications
diagram showing each component of communication: sender,
encoding, transmission, receiver, decoding and feedback. Below the
drawing, list two to three possible noise factors and how you would
address them.

a. As a school principal, you must immediately let all your students

know that school is closed due to heavy snowfall the night before.
b. You want to thank a kind stranger who helped you change a flat
tire, but do not have his contact information.
c. During a visit to Italy, you need to get directions to the Coliseum in
Rome, but you don’t speak Italian.
d. You want to publicize an upcoming event to raise money for a
homeless shelter.

What I Can Do More

Using
Answer Key

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References
Book
Balgos, A.G. and Sipacio, P.F. (2016). Oral Communication in Context for Senior
High School. C&F Publishing Inc. Quezon city.
Internet
[Link] teaching-guide-nature-and elements of [Link]

Answer key: A. True; B. 1-d, 2-b, 3-a, 4-e, 5-c

The Sender-Message-Channel-Receiver model views

communication as the _____ of information.

Definition

Understanding
 

Transfer

Depiction

This component of many other communications models

is missing in the Sender-Message-Channel-Receiver
model. What is it?

The feedback loop

The decoding process

The message
 

The channel mix

1. Which of the following is not a weakness of the linear model of communication has:

 a. it doesn’t include feedback

 b. doesn't include noise

 c. it assumes listeners are passive not active participants

 d. it assumes sending and receiving are separate, not simultaneous activities

2.

"Communication is a process" means that

a. we must adapt to inevitable change when we communicate with
others
b. no relationship stands still, frozen in time
c. we can understand messages from other individuals by carefully
examining a single word, phrase, or sentence
d. both a and b
he interactive model provides the following insights about human communication:

 a. a communicator is both a sender and a receiver at the same time

 b. fields of experience can significantly affect the understanding of messages

transmitted

 c. communication has an impact on all parties involved in the communication

 d. all of the above