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Q T C O U V
What is
FUNCTIO
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FUNCTIONS OF
COMMUNICATION
ACTIVITY

Make a group(by row).

For 3 minutes write all
the functions of
communication in your
lives.
While writing the different
functions what did you
realize?
Why do we need to know
the different functions of
communication?
Are you using all the
functions that you have
listed?
5 MAJOR
FUNCTIONS OF
COMMUNICATION
Regulation and Control

Controlling
and managing
others
behavior .
How do you
control or
manage
others?
Examples:
Throw your garbage
properly.

Quiet! Classes is going on.

Please fall in line.

What will
happen if you
cannot regulate
and control
others?
Social Interaction
The most familiar
and the primary
reason why people
communicate, This
is because we love
to talk with each
other.
What is social
interaction?
Examples:
Talking with friends.

Making new friends, by simply

saying “Hi”

Sharing secrets to your best

friend.
What will
happen if you
cannot interact
with others?
Motivation
The speaker’s
purpose is to
persuade or try
to change
his/her opinion,
attitude or
How do you motivate a
students to study hard?

How do you motivate your

classmate who is in the
same year level for 3
years?
Motivation is different
from regulation and
control where the
speaker simply directs
others and insists on
his/her own agenda.
This function is use to
move the Listener.
Examples:
If you believe in yourself
anything is possible.

Failure is not the opposite of

success, its part of it.

Education is the passport for a

better future.
What will
happen if no one
motivates you?
Information
This function is
used when the
speaker wants to
make others aware
of certain data,
concepts and
processes.
Examples:
There will be no class this
coming Monday.

Do you know that Physics is the

branch of science that is
concerned with the nature and
properties of matter and
energy?
What will happen
if Information is
not part of the
functions of
communication?
Emotional Expression
Is used to
express how
we feel,
Examples
You laugh when you are happy.

You cry when you are sad.

You get mad when you are

angry.
What will
happen if we
cannot express
our feelings?
How useful are
these
functions in
your lives?
Is it possible that
these different
FUNCTIONS
overlap with each
other?
ACTIVITY
Group the students into 5 and
they will be assigned with specific
function. Each student needs to fill
in this statement,
Ex: “Social Interaction (Function
Assigned) is really important
because_____________________
_______.”
Each member of a group needs to
have different answer.
Identify if what specific functions is used in the
statement.
1.Life is short so use your time wisely.
2.Close the window its cold outside.
3.Hi, what’s your name?
4.There will be no classes this coming
Friday.
5.Get out.
Identify if what specific functions is used in the
statement.
6. Lisa cried in front of her friend.
7. Success can be achieved through hard work,
therefore if you want to succeed work hard right
now.
8. Quiet, Listen to the discussion.
9. She keeps on laughing on her classmate’s joke.
10. Biology is the branch of science that study
about the life of living organisms.
Identify if what specific functions is used in the
statement.
11. It’s nice to meet you Jake, hope to see you
again soon.
12. A super typhoon will hit Philippines tomorrow
morning.
13. The more you give, the more you receive, so
don’t hesitate to help the poor.
14.You must wear your complete uniform and ID
inside the school campus.
15.The teacher is very angry because of the noisy
students so she shouted in front of them.
ASSIGNMENT
In a ½ sheet of yellow
paper answer this question.
Rank the following functions in
according to their importance
in your own lives. 1 as the
most important and 5 as the
least. Explain your ranking.