SAN JUAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Mabalanoy, San Juan, Batangas

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

SY 2023-2024

Syllabus in
ORAL COMMUNICATION

COURSE DESCRIPTION
The development of listening and speaking skills and strategies for effective communication in various situations.
OBJECTIVES
It aims to help the students to understand basic concepts and theories of communication, to develop competency in something that is very pervasive
in their lives — to reflect on it, to practice it, to get feedback on it so that they can become better at accomplishing their goal as a better speaker.
` COMPETENCIES
At the end of the course, the learners shall be able to…9
1. Defines communication.
2. Explains the nature and process of communication.
3. Differentiates the various models of communication.
4. Distinguishes the unique feature(s) of one communication process from the other.
5. Explains why there is a breakdown of communication.
6. Uses various strategies in order to avoid communication breakdown.
7. Demonstrates sensitivity to the sociocultural dimension of communication situation with focus on
a. culture
b. gender
c. age
d. social status
e. religion
8. Discusses the functions of communication.
9. Identifies the speaker’s purpose(s).
10. Watches and listens to sample oral communication activities.
11. Ascertains the verbal and nonverbal cues that each speaker uses to achieve his/her purpose.
12. Comprehends various kinds of oral texts.
13. Identifies strategies used by each speaker to convey his/her ideas effectively.
14. Evaluates the effectiveness of an oral communication activity.
15. Identifies the various types of speech context.
16. Exhibits appropriate verbal and nonverbal behavior in a given speech context.
17. Distinguishes types of speech style.
18. Identifies social situations in which each speech style is appropriate to use.
19. Observes the appropriate language forms in using a particular speech style.
20. Responds appropriately and effectively to a speech act.
21. Engages in a communicative situation using acceptable, polite and meaningful communicative strategies.
22. Explains that a shift in speech context, speech style, speech act and communicative strategy affects the following
a. Language form
b. Duration of interaction
c. Relationship of speaker
d. Role and responsibilities of the speaker
e. Message
f. Delivery
23. Distinguishes types of speeches.
24. Uses principles of effective speech delivery in different situations.
25. Uses principles of effective speech writing focusing on
a. Audience profile
b. Logical organization
c. Duration
d. Word choice
e. Grammatical correctness
26. Uses principles of effective speech delivery focusing on
a. Articulation
b. Modulation
c. Stage Presence
d. Facial Expressions, Gestures and Movements
e. Rapport with the audience
COURSE OUTLINE
1. Nature and Elements of Communication
 Fundamentals of Communication
 Intercultural Communication
2. Functions of Communication
 Regulation/Control
 Social Interaction
 Motivation
 Information
 Emotional Expression
3. Communicative Competence Strategies In Various Speech Situations
 Types of Speech Context
 Speech Styles
 Speech Acts

4. Types of Communicative Strategy

 Types of Communicative Strategies 1
 Types of Communicative Strategies 2

5. Types of Speeches
 According to Purpose
 According to Delivery
 Principles of Speech Writing
 Principles of Speech Delivery
GRADING SYSTEM

Written Works : 25%

Performance Tasks : 50%

 Quarterly Assessment :25%

FIRST SEMESTER
TOPIC: ORAL COMMUNICATION
WEEK CONTENT/ LEARNING SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES SJIT CORE ASSESSMENT RESOURCES/
TOPIC OUTCOMES LEARNING AND VALUES TOOLS REFERENCES
OBJECTIVES STRATEGIES
Week 1 and 2 Nature and 1. The learner 1.Defines Pass the Message Intelligence Quiz 1-10 Jaime. 2009. Oral
Elements of designs and communication. Communication: A
Communication performs Group Activity Justice Conversation Content-Based and
effective 2.Explains the nature Log Learning Centered
 Fundamentals controlled and and process of Charades Trustworthiness Text Manual in
of uncontrolled oral communication. Recitation Speech
Communication communication Conversation Communication.
 Intercultural activities based 3. Differentiates the Activity Makati: Katha
Communication on context. various models of Publishing Co., Inc.
communication. PowerPoint
Presentation Gutie Guiterrez, Teresita.
4. Distinguishes the 2002. The Power of
unique feature(s) of Discussion Speech. Quezon City:
one communication Rex Book Store Inc.
process from the
other. Oral Communication
in Context for Senior
5. Uses various High School Revised
strategies in order to Edition by Philippe
avoid John Fresnillo
communication Sipacio, PhD and
breakdown. Anne Richie Gracia
Balgos, PhD
page 2-19
6. Explains why
there is a breakdown
of communication.
 7.Demonstrates
sensitivity to the
sociocultural
dimension of
communication
situation with focus
on culture, gender,
age, social status and
religion.

Week 3-5 Functions of 1. The learner 1. Discusses the Act it Out Intelligence Group Quiz
Communication will write a 250- functions of https://
word essay of communication. PowerPoint Solidarity Essay www.youtube.com/
 Regulation and his/her objective Presentation watch?v=h-
Control observation and 2. Identifies the Integrity Recitation wzjSkUKps
 Social evaluation of the speaker’s purpose(s). Discussion
Interaction various speakers Agravante, Josefina
 Motivation watched and 3. Watches and Analysis A., and Villy Ath
 Information listened to listens to sample oral Question Buenaventura. 1999.
 Emotional communication Speech
Expression activities. Dialogue Making Communication.
Quezon City:
4. Ascertains the University of the
verbal and nonverbal Philippines Open
cues that each University.
speaker uses to
achieve his/her Barrot, Jessie, S.
purpose. 2011. Speak
Successfully: A
5. Comprehends Guide to Effective
various kinds of oral Speaking for College
texts. Students. Manila:
Rex Publishing.
 6.Identifies strategies Oral
used by each speaker
to convey his/her
ideas effectively.

7. Evaluates the
effectiveness of an
oral communication
activity.

1st Monthly Examination

Week 6-9 Communicative 1. The learner 1.Identifies the Do it Now Intelligence Short- answer
Oral Q
Competence demonstrates various types of Activity Response TedEd. n.d. Speech
Strategies in effective use of speech context. Solidarity acts: Constative and
Various Speech communicative PowerPoint Reflection performative -
Situations strategy in a 2.Exhibits Presentation Integrity Colleen Glenney
variety of speech appropriate verbal Analysis Boggs. Accessed
 Types of situations. and nonverbal Discussion Question May 8, 2018.
Speech Context behavior in a given https://ed.ted.com/les
 Speech Styles speech context. Video Clip Quiz 1-10 sons/speech-acts-
 Speech Arts 3.Exhibits constative-and-
appropriate verbal Group Activity performative-colleen-
and nonverbal Survey Analysis glenney-boggs.
behavior in a given
speech context. Drills Recommended Links
for This Unit:
4. Identifies social Changing Minds. n.d.
situations in which Speech Act Theory.
each speech style is Accessed May 8,
appropriate to use. 2018.
http://changingminds.
5. Observes the org/explanations/theo
 appropriate language ries/speech_act.ht
forms in using a
particular speech Oral
style. Communication in
Context for Senior
6.Responds High School Revised
appropriately and Edition by Philippe
effectively to a John Fresnillo
speech act. Sipacio, PhD and
Anne Richie Gracia
Balgos, PhD
page 36-61

Midterm Examination
Week 9- 12 Types of 1. The learner 1. Engages in a PowerPoint Intelligence Exercises
Communicative demonstrates communicative presentation Brown, Gillian, and
Strategy effective use of situation using Integrity Reflection George Yule.
communicative acceptable, polite Video Clip Discourse Analysis.
strategy in a and meaningful Solidarity Role-playing United Kingdom:
variety of speech communicative Simon Says University Press
situations. strategies. Trustworthiness Quiz 1-10 Cambridge, 1983.
Check your
2. Explains that a Understanding Dalton-Puffer,
shift in speech Christiane. Discourse
context, speech style, Discussion in Content and
speech act and Language Integrated
communicative Learning (CLIL)
strategy affects the Classrooms.
following Philadelphia, PA:
John Benjamins
a. Language form Publishing Company,
2007.
b. Duration of
Padilla, Mely, Ligaya
 C. Bicomong, Hilaria
interaction P. Dato-on, Ma.
Anniedith B. Rosario,
c. Relationship of and Leticia L.
speaker Sabornido. Speech
for Effective
d. Role and Communication.
responsibilities of Meycauayan,
the speaker Bulacan: Trinitas

e. Message

f. Delivery
2nd Monthly Examination
Week 12-16 Types of Speeches 1. The learner 1. Distinguishes Group discussion Intelligence Quiz 1-10 Anderson, Chris.
 According to will proficiently types of speeches. 2016. “TED’s Secret
purpose deliver various Group Activity Solidarity Reflection to Great Public
 According to speeches using 2. Uses principles of Speaking.” Accessed
Speech the principles of effective speech Reading Activity Integrity Draft of the July 16, 2018.
Delivery effective speech delivery in different Speech https://www.ted.com/
 Principles of delivery. situations. Power point Justice Speech talks/chris_anderson_
Speech presentation Performance teds_secret_to_great_
Writing 3. Uses principles of public_speaking
 Principles of effective speech Discussion
Speech writing focusing on Treasure, Julian.
Delivery Draft of the 2013. “How to Speak
a. Audience profile Speech so that People Know
How to Listen.”
b. Logical Editing of the Accessed July 16,
organization Speech 2018.
https://www.ted.com/
c. Duration talks/julian_treasure_
how_to_speak_so_th
d. Word choice at_people_want_to_li
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e. Grammatical
correctness
Oral Oral Communication
4. Uses principles of in Context for Senior
effective speech High School Revised
delivery focusing on Edition by Philippe
a. Articulation John Fresnillo
Sipacio, PhD and
b. Modulation Anne Richie Gracia
Balgos, PhD
c. Stage Presence page 74-93

d. Facial
Expressions,
Gestures and
Movements
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e. Rapport with the
audience

Final Examination

COURSE/SUBJECT REQUIREMENTS:
Students are expected to submit the following requirements on the schedule agreed upon by the teacher and the students:

 Speech Presentation

SPEECH PRESENTATION
(PERFORMANCE)

CRITERIA 50 45 40 35
 Content, The speaker seems The speaker may The writing does The ideas and the way
presentation, and to be speaking from be speaking from not belong to the they are expressed
added personality experience. The experience, but speaker. It is seem to belong to
(Voice) ideas are fresh and there is some lack informal, boring, someone else. There
new. of ownership. It or seems rushed. seems to be little effort
does not always shown.
sound fresh and
new.
Grammar The speaker didn’t The speaker The speaker The speaker makes
make mistakes in makes one to two makes three to five or more mistakes
grammar. mistakes in four mistakes in in grammar.
grammar. grammar.
Required All of the required Most of the Few of the Missing most or all
Elements elements are clearly required elements required elements required elements.
visible, organized are clearly visible, are clearly visible,
and well-placed. organized and organized and
well-placed. well-placed.
Word Choice The speaker uses The speaker uses The speaker uses The speaker uses an
formal business great words and words that lack immature and limited
words and phrases phrases that variety and it vocabulary that is not
that paint a picture sometimes paint a sometimes at business level.
in the audience picture in the informal.
mind. audience mind.

Prepared by:
Catherine Atienza, LPT
Teacher
Checked by:
 Novalyn P. Dimayuga, LPT
Name of Coordinator
Noted by:
Jomar M. Andal
Teacher-in-Charge

Annie Gay Barlan- Espino, PhD

Academic Head