The Functions Nature and Processes of Communication

A Powerpoint presentation of the week 1 lesson in Oral communication for Grade 11. Here’s a glimpse of the material.

Information and shared understanding are transferred from one person to another through communication. The word “communication” comes from the Latin word communis, which meaning “to make anything common or to share.” This process emphasizes the exchange of meaning, concepts, and emotions. Our daily interactions with the people around us involve communication. However, it should be remembered that “there is no communication until a common understanding comes from the exchange of information” (Kelvin-Ilaofu, 2016, p.2; Lunenburg, 2010).

Sharing one’s thoughts, feelings, attitudes, or observations with another person or group of people using words (spoken or written), gestures, signals, signs, or other ways of transferring images is a symbolic act known as communication. The sender creates a message through the process of encoding. The message is transmitted into a medium or a channel. The receiver gets the information. The receiver decodes the information into meaningful messages. The receiver provides feedback.