Oral Communication 1st Flashcards
People communicate to share and gain information; students also have the opportunity to share what they know.
Information
People communicate to express how they feel. For example, A man may express his affection for another person by verbally saying it through a simple gesture such as a hug.
Emotional Expression
People communicate to manage the behavior of others. For instance, In a company, communication is used to maintain control over employees and their work environment. This communication comes in the form of policies and other written materials which dictate how employees are to act in the workplace.
Control or Regulation
People communicate to connect with each other, Humans are social beings who mingle in different settings. For example, a group of friends hang out in bars or cafes to talk and catch up on each others activities.
Social Interaction
People communicate to encourage others to improve or become better. For instance, a coach may give a pep talk to his team before the tournament to get spirits up and deliver a positive performance.
Motivation
Communication serves five major functions within a group or organization. What are they?
Control or Regulation
Social Interaction
Motivation
Information
Emotional Expression
What are the 6 barriers to intercultural communication.
- Ethnocentrism
- Stereotypes
- Interpretation of Time (Chronemics)
- Personal space requirements (Proxemics)
- Body language
- Translation Limitations
___ Is the sending and receiving of messages across languages and cultures [ARENT, 2009]
Intercultural Communication
Thinking one’s culture is more superior to another.
Evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one’s own culture.
Ethonocentrism
A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing:
Stereotype
Refers to the way people use space to convey meanings.
Proxemics
The study of body language as a form of non-verbal communication.
Kinesics
Is the study of how touch is used to delivery a message.
Haptics
Refers to the non-verbal sounds accompanying language.
Paralanguage
A person’s appearance depends on his/her age, gender, race, education attained, and profession. The way you dress and groom also communicates your social and cultural roles and personal qualities.
Personal Appearance
enables a communicator to understand and interact with other cultures by applying attitudes, values, and understanding.
Intercultural competence
is a system of communication which consist of a set of sounds and symbols.
Language
Involves the rules for combining sounds to form a word.
Phonological Component
Rules that enables the speaker to combine words into sentences.
Syntactic Component
How meaning is conveyed in a language.
Semantic Component