by Yvonne Alfeche Mañanita, BSED-English

1. The Elements of
Communication

2. SPEAKER
the sender of the message
chooses his/her purpose, crafts the
message accordingly, and decides
how to deliver it

3. MESSAGE
it is what needs to be delivered or
imparted to somebody else
it is based on why the speaker wants to
say it, what the speaker wants to say,
and how the speaker wants to say it.

4. LISTENER
receives the message
makes sense of what is said and
reacts to it

5. CHANNEL
the means by which the message is
sent

6. RESPONSE
it is the only way the speaker knows that
the message has been received
it is based on the interpretation of the
message by the listener

7. FEEDBACK
it is the result of monitoring by the
speaker of the listener's response

8. NOISE
any barrier to communication
it could be physical, physiological, or
psychological noise

9. COMMUNICATION SITUATION
it has two components; the physical and
the psychological setting
physical location is ususally chosen for
the purpose it will serve
psychological setting depends on the
participants

10. Directions:
1. Divide yourselves into 5 groups.
2. Brainstorm among your groupmates the process of
communication or how communication works through the
elements of communication.
3. Present your output using a diagram.
4. Choose a representative to discuss your output.