Coma

• Mother Tongue is the language acquired while growing up, also known as the first language
• While it may be true that animals communicate, only human beings are truly capable of producing language
• Visiting a different speech community

  Can lead to language contact where new forms of language may result
• Language contact is what happens when someone who speaks a mother tongue and English goes to work in a place like China where residents speak Mandarin and a little bit of English
• Language change

  New form of language resulting from language contact
• Americans and British speak English

  They belong to two speech communities with different rules for their languages
• Language

  • Can only be called language if it has a system of rules (grammar), a sound system (phonology), a vocabulary (lexicon)
• Language acquisition: While growing up, people acquire the languages used by those in the community
• Language contact results in a new form of language due to the contact of two languages
• Speech Community


  • People can understand each other because they belong to the same speech community and share the same set of rules in the language system
• Language learning: Second languages are other languages needed for various reasons, learned formally in school or informally on their own
• Task 1.1: "My language biography"

  Fill out a Language Biodata Form to identify languages spoken, first language, how languages were acquired, skills performed in each language, favorite language, etc.
• Types of communication according to context

  • Intrapersonal
  • Interpersonal
  • Extended
  • Organizational Communication
  • Intercultural Communication
• Organizational culture


  Refers to the core values, vision, mission, goals, and objectives developed by an organization based on its history and development
• Learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate knowledge about the role of language in human communication
  • Identify the types of communication in relation to communication mode, context, purpose, and style
  • Differentiate verbal, non-verbal, and visual communication and their sub-forms
  • Evaluate the differences among intrapersonal, interpersonal, extended, organizational, and intercultural communication
  • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different communication types in various settings
• Types of communication

  Verbal, non-verbal, visual
• Communication as a term takes on different contexts resulting in people having different views on communication types
• Communication


  The exchange of thoughts, ideas, concepts, and views between or among two or more people
• Context focuses on certain communication processes, groupings of people, and the relevance or appropriateness of a message conveyed
• Visual Communication


  • Signs, symbols, imagery, maps, graphs, charts, diagrams, pictograms, photos, drawings, illustrations, forms of electronic communication
• Organizational communication


  Focuses on the role of communication in organizational contexts, establishing communication protocols and interaction patterns
• Intercultural communication


  Communication between people with different linguistic, religious, ethnic, social, and professional backgrounds, including gender differences
• Extended communication


  Involves the use of electronic media such as teleconferencing, video calls, Skype calls, and other technological means
• Visual Communication

  Uses visuals to convey information and/or messages
• Context


  The circumstance or environment in which communication takes place
• What is communication?
• In communication, the sender's responsibility is to deliver the message effectively, and the receiver's responsibility is to interpret the message correctly
• Communication

  The process of transmitting information and common understanding from one person to another. Effective communication leads to a common understanding of the people involved in the action
• Encoding


  • The process of selecting words and transforming ideas into a communicable message
• Communication involves correct interpretation and the same understanding of the message between the sender and receiver, resulting in successful communication
• Channel

  • The means used to deliver the message, can be oral or written. The choice of channel depends on availability, practicality, and impact on the receiver
• The Shannon-Weaver Model of Communication was made in 1948 by Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver. It is a linear model that explains how messages can be mixed up and misinterpreted in the process of sending and receiving the message
• Communication

  Communication came from the Latin word “communicare,” which means to share or to make familiar. It can be verbal or non-verbal. It is a two-way process. It is the exchange of thoughts, messages or information, by speech, writing, signals, or behavior between a sender and a receiver
• Purposive Communication


  A form of communication that takes place within a specific context, which may refer to setting or environment, social relations, scenes, and culture. It is vital to consider contexts in communication acts as they may affect sending and receiving messages
• Theo Haiman: '“Communication means the process of passing information and understanding from one person to another.”'
• Sender

  • The starter or the source of the idea, also called the information source of communicator. The sender is responsible for choosing the message to send, the receiver of the message, and the channel to use in delivering the message. The sender's credibility is necessary for the success of communication
• Noise refers to any interference that disrupts communication, hindering the receiver from getting the message from the sender or vice versa. Internal noise is the distraction inside the brain
• Courtesy/Consideration


  Being aware of others' feelings, using polite words and tones, showing respect to the receiver, stems from the "you-attitude"
• Noise


  Interference that disrupts communication, hindering the receiver from getting the message from the sender or vice versa
• Decoding


  The process of translating the message, done by the receiver