Verbal and Nonverbal
Communication
Table of Contents
- Guide Card
- Activity Card
- Assessment Card
- Enrichment Card
Guide Card
• Effective communication often involves a combination of
verbal and nonverbal elements.
• Nonverbal cues can complement, reinforce, contradict, or
even replace verbal messages.
• Understanding both verbal and nonverbal communication
is essential for successful interpersonal interactions and
effective communication in various contexts.
Activity Card
Directions: Write T before each number if the statement is true and F if the statement is false.
1. Consider ethics in your speech at all times.
2. Effective use of nonverbal communication can strengthen your message.
3. How you communicate reflects who you are as a person.
4. One way to help you build credibility is through effective nonverbal communication.
5. There are certain words that are only appropriate at certain times and places.
6. To achieve clarity, we must speak the same language as our listeners.
7. The use of too many fillers can distract your listeners.
8. Verbal communication is better than nonverbal communication.
9. When you taik to others, you should not assume too quickly that they understand the message that
you convey.
10. When you communicate, choose what you want to say and how you want to say it.
Assessment Card
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. It is the language that you use should be appropriate to the environment or occasion.
A. Appropriateness C. Ethics
B. Clarity D. Vividness
2. It avoid fillers and insubstantial expressions which do not add to the message.
C. Brevity C. Vividness
D. Clarity D. Ethics
3. It is essential for you to cleary state your message and express your ideas and feelings.
E. Appropriateness C. Brevity
F. Clarity D. Clarity
4. Words should be carefully chosen in consideration of the gender, roles, ethnicity, preferences, and status of
the person or people you are talking to.
G. Vividness C. Clarity
H. Ethics D. Brevity
Assessment Card
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
5. In this situation, you are encouraged to find ways to charm your audience through the use of vivid words.
A. Brevity C. Ethics
B. Clarity D. Vividness
Enrichment Card
E T A I R P O R P P A
A Z X W W H Q E Z H I
Find the word:
S J C U Y H S E E H S
Appropriate O A S W Y T I R A L C
Ethics
S T I E T P I P J H I
Vividness
Clarity O M J E U A O V N A H
Brevity
B R E V I T Y S A E T
S V I V I D N E S S E
Thank You!