Functions of communication
Bachelor of Science in Education Major in English (Bulacan State
University)
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A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ORAL COMMUNICATION
I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:
● Distinguish the five functions of communication
● Use the functions of communication to determine each statement
● Reflect on the importance of functions in communication
II. SUBJECT MATTER
A. Topic: Functions of Communication
B. Materials: Laptop, (PowerPoint)
C. References: K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum Guide, EN11/12OC-Ibe-8
D. Skills: Listening, speaking, writing and grammar awareness
III. PROCEDURE
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY STUDENT’S ACTIVITY
A. PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY
1. Prayer
The teacher will call someone to lead the prayer
One student from the class will lead the prayer.
2. Greetings
Good morning/afternoon, Class!
Good morning/afternoon, Ma’am!
3. Classroom Management
Before we start, kindly freshen up yourselves.
Pick up the trash and kindly arrange your seats. The students will prepare themselves.
4. Checking of Attendance.
Class secretary, do we have absentees for
today? The class secretary will report the attendance.
B. LESSON PROPER
1. Review of Past Lesson
Before we proceed to our lesson, Let's have a
short review regarding to your previous
discussion. Who would like to remind us?
The student will raise their hand and answer.
Last discussion, we talked about the three
models of communication. Wherein when we
say models it means the representation of
process. We have Shannon-Weaver Model,
Transaction Model and Schramm Model.
The first model is one-way process, the
second is two-way process and the last one is
cyclical process.
Good job class! It seems that you have listened
very well. Now, we will proceed to our new
lesson.
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2. Motivation
The game is called “4 pics 1 word”. The
teacher will present pictures and the student's
aim is to work out what the word is, from a set
of letters given below the pictures. This has
connection to the topic.
1. The students will raise their hand and answer.
1. CONTROL
2.
2. SOCIAL
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3.
3. MOTIVATION
4.
4. EMOTION
5.
5. NOISE
3. Discussion
FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNICATION
Basically, there are five functions of
communication. These are control, social
interaction, motivation, emotional
expression, and information dissemination.
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• Control- Communication allows
individuals to control others.
Control- functions to control EXAMPLES:
one’s behavior Doctors’ Prescription
“Take your medicine 3 times a day.”
Parents’ Instruction to their child
“Wash the dishes now, or else I won’t
allow you to go to the party later.”
Friends giving advice on what to do
• Social Interaction- Communication “Move on. He doesn’t love you
allows individuals to interact with anymore”
others.
Social interaction- used to produce
EXAMPLES:
social relationships; used to develop Encouragement “You can do it.”
bonds, intimacy, relations; used to Marriage Proposal “Will you marry
express preferences, desires, needs, me?”
wants, decisions, goals, and Invitation “Would you like some
strengths; used for giving and getting coffee, tea, or me?”
information
• Motivation- Communication
motivates or encourages people to
live better.
Motivation- Communication fosters EXAMPLES:
In a company, the boss has to encourage
motivation by clarifying to
his/her employees to do their best for the
employees what they must do, how growth of the company, like for example,
well they are doing it, and how they in increasing the sales of products.
can improve their performance.
• Emotional Expression-
Communication facilitates
EXAMPLES:
people’s expression of their
Appreciation
feelings and emotions. “I’m so glad that you came into my life.”
Emotional Expression- facilitates “I like you so much!
people’s expression of their feelings Expressing one’s ambition
and emotions. “I want to finish up my studies with good
grades to be accepted in a good university.”
Expressing a need
“I need you in my life.”
Expressing prayers “We pray for those who
suffered a broken heart from their crush.”
• Information dissemination-
Communication functions to convey
information. EXAMPLES:
Giving information…
Information dissemination- functions
“Did you know that there’s a secret apartment
to convey information.
at the top of the Eiffel tower?”
The students will answer if they understand
Did you understand the lesson? the lesson or not.
C. APPLICATION
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Identify the function of communication in
each of the following situations. Write
your answers on the space provided.
Write 1-Control, 2-Social Interaction, 3- The students will raise their hand and answer.
Motivation, 4-Emotional Expression and 5-
Information Dissemination. 1. 1
1. The teacher reads and discusses classroom
policies to her students
2. 2
2. Ross greets Rachel; then they start talking
about their plans for the holidays
3. 3
3. Phoebe shares her insights on how to live
peacefully despite a complicated life.
4. 4
4. Monica shares her personal
frustrations with chandler.
5. 5
5. The geometry teachers lecture
about mathematical concepts.
6. 4 & 5
6. Sheila delivers her valedictory speech.
7. 5
7. The president delivers his last states of
the nation address.
8. 4
8. A television personality thanks the
supportive moviegoers during an
interview. 9. 1
9. The city mayor presents her strategies to
execute the plans in a public forum 10. 2 & 5
10. A tourist guide orients a group of
tourists about a heritage site.
D. EVALUATION The students will raise their hand and answer.
Identification: Determine what function of 1. CONTROL
communication of each statement.
1. This function is to control
one’s behavior. 2. INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
2. This function is to convey
information or relay information 3. MOTIVATION
about certain thing to another person.
3. This function is to give 4. EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION
encouragement to people around us.
4. What function is to facilitates 5. SOCIAL INTERACTION
feelings and emotions.
5. This function is allowing an
individual to interact with
other people and build bonds
or relationship.
GENERALIZATION
Who can synthesize or just wrap up the For today’s discussion, we discussed the five
lesson we discussed today? functions of communication. We have
control, social interaction, motivation,
emotional expression and information
dissemination.
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Excellent! Thank you so much for the
recapitulation. I believe it is all clear and it
seems that you can now comprehend the
functions of communication. For your
performance today, let us give yourselves
three big claps and one "Good Job". Ready?
1, 2, 3.
E. ASSIGNMENT
The teacher’s assignment for the students is
to read in advance about the next lesson
about the barriers to communication.
Any questions? Are we clear? Raise your The students will raise their hand if they don’t
hand if you don´t have any questions. have questions.
Okay, I believe I can call it a day.
Good bye and Thank you, Ma’am!
Thank you for participating. I hope you´ve
learned a lot. Goodbye, everyone! Class
dismissed.
Checked by: Ms. Shiela Marie DG. Nieto
Prepared by: Angela Mae DL. Cruz
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