Oral Communication

Module 4
Sample Oral Communications Activities
WEEKLY HOME LEARNING PLAN
Quarter 1 – Module 4 l October 11 – 22, 2021
Day Learning Learning Tasks
& Competency
Time

9:00 1. Watches and You are given two weeks to complete this module. Make sure that you will watch
AM – and listen to the sample oral communication activities on the links below. Also,
10:00
listens to sample
learn about the verbal and non-verbal cues that each speaker uses to achieve
AM oral
his/her purpose.
communication ✓ Before you start with the main lesson, answer What I Know : Activity 1 first by
activities filling out the concept web with your ideas on samples of oral communication
(EN11/12OC-Ibe- activities. Write your answer on your ORAL COMMUNICATION NOTEBOOK. The
10) teacher will collect your notebooks at the end of First Quarter (November 10,
2021).
✓ Then answer Activity 2 reading the given statements then writing T if it a truthful
statement and F if it is a wrong statement. Write your answer on your ORAL
COMMUNICATION NOTEBOOK. Don’t forget to check your answers based on the
Answer Key at the last page of the module.
✓ After reading the lesson, answer Activity 3: Video Analysis A and B. You need
to watch the Youtube videos first before you can answer the questions. Write your
10:00
AM – answers on your CREATIVE WRITING NOTEBOOK. Don’t forget to check your
12:00 answer based on the Answer Key.
NN ✓ Then, read and understand what is written in What Is It. This will teach you about
communication involving verbal and non-verbal cues.
✓ After that, Answer Activity 4: How would you like your classmate to talk to
you? You need to watch the Youtube video first before you can answer the
questions about this exaggerated distorted speech. Write your answer in your
Creative Writing notebook. Then answer Activity 5 about Amanda Al Nimri’s
speech on seasons of your life. After watching the Youtube video, answer the
questions that follow. Write your answer on your notebook then check it based on
2. Ascertain the the Answer Key. Also, watch the Youtube video on Activity 6 about an oral poetry
1:00- verbal and non- entitled “Dear Breasts” by Helly Shah ft. Samuel. Answer the questions that follow.
3:00 verbal cues that Write your answer on your notebook and check it based on the Answer Key.
PM
each speaker ✓ PERFORMANCE TASK: For extra 25 points, choose one exercise in
Performance Task Exercise 1 – Tell a story about communication barriers at
uses to achieve
home. Film yourself and choose your own topic of interest. Exercise 2 – Make a
his/her purpose. musical production with original lyrics and film yourself with the help of your family
(EN11/12OC-Ibe- or friends. You can talk about someone or something worth acknowledging. You
11) may choose any musical genre. Exercise 3 – Produce an oral poetry that
comments on a relevant issue. Exercise 4 – With the help of family or friends,
make a drama presentation of how social media affects relationships. A link will be
posted in our Group Chat for online submission of your videos. You can use
TikTok or CapCut to edit your videos. This is due on October 22, 2021.
✓ LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET: Answer your activity sheet. Use a separate paper
for your answer. This will also be submitted to our Google Form as a quiz. This is
due on October 19, 2021. ~~

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 H SCHOOL

Lesson SAMPLE ORAL COMMUNICATION

4 ACTIVITIES

A saying goes:
“Handle them carefully, for words have more power than bombs.”
–Pearl Strachan Hurd

Our words are absolutely influential. William Shakespeare, the famous poet,
playwright, dramatist and actor has proven an exceptional feat on the play of words.
Words are crafted into different texts-both oral and written form. Some well-crafted oral
communication activities include oral poetry, songs, stories, speech and oral presentations.
Don’t you love to sing songs that nurse your sentiments or to shout on top of your
lungs to celebrate a victory? However, oftentimes, we cringe to the idea of getting on
stage, speaking to the school principal, or making a simple phone call. Do we even know
why?
Similarly, either innocent or overbearing individuals may think any speaking activity
is just like any other; miserably failing to fit the occasion or the event. Whatever our purpose
is for communicating, we definitely don’t want to fail. Let’s unravel more facts
communication experts revealed about the way to successful communication.
Consider this module a map.

What I Need to Know

This module will help you accomplish the learning competencies:

1. Watches and listens to sample oral communication activities.

(EN11/12OC-Ibe-10)
2. Ascertains the verbal and non-verbal cues that each speaker uses to
achieve his/her purpose. (EN11/12OC-Ibe-11)

Learning Objectives:
In this lesson, you are expected to:
1. compare dynamic and flat oral communication activities;
2. appreciate effective oral texts employed by speakers; and
3. recognize verbal and non-verbal cues used to effectively convey a
message.

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Here are some rules to remember:
1. Answer the pretest before proceeding to the lesson proper. It will tell you what
you need to learn more about the lesson.
2. Read the instructions carefully to arrive with the correct answer.
3. You may consult with your teacher or your parents for clarifications.
3. Review your answers thoroughly before submission.
4. Teachers know when you consolidate with your classmates. Cheating is not
allowed.
5. Take your time and celebrate each completed activity.

What I Know
Activity 1.
Directions: Fill-in the web with your ideas on samples of oral
communication activities. Write your answer in your notebook.

Oral
Communication
Activities

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 Activity 2.
Directions: Read carefully each statement below. Write T for truthful or right statements
and F for false or wrong statements in your notebook. Don’t forget to check
your answer based on the Key Answers at the last page of this module.
________ 1. Speeches, stories, oral poetry and songs are examples of oral activities.
________ 2. Stories are helpful in teaching morals and solving attitude problems especially
with younger people who lack experience.
________ 3. Songs are handy tools for entertainment and other purposes for almost any
occasions. They also carry a great deal of historical to modern day information.
________ 4. Physical appearance and bodily movements do not complement verbal
messages.
________ 5. A dynamic speaker asserts his own objectives regardless of feedback.
________ 6. Reading the audience is one aspect of an effective speaker.
________ 7. Presentations and speeches are more formal, therefore less engaging than
singing, stories and oral poetry.
________ 8. Compared to written text, speech is less formal and less in fluency.
________ 9. Language techniques do not apply to oral communication activities since oral
communication is supposed to be spontaneous.
________ 10. Non-verbal cues should match the spoken words to avoid confusion.

What’s In
Your knowledge on the barriers to communication was definitely a
very substantial information. What the speaker would think the
temperature is his business? Or why should a teacher’s look and get
up matter to his senior high school students? The previous lesson was
very interesting and helpful for you to conquer new lessons more
easily.

You’ve learned the communication barriers that cause communication breakdown as well
as the ways to avoid them. Can you recall some points?
Our consciousness of these facts will hopefully boost our success in our future career
and chosen profession.
Let’s get down to fresh topics. Adjust your seats as you watch video clips that
highlight hurdles to effective communication to contrast with effective
communication. Get your gadgets ready!

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 What’s New
Activity 3. Video Analysis

A. Watch and listen to the comic illustration on the Guide to

Effective Communication on this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwjAAgGi90&fbclid=IwAR37XIJAgpojEGme7D4L
hRo4TkJic5OwWXAyDTADR0sbtRS9RF-cImwSF_4

After playing the video, explain briefly the quote: “Precise communication at
the right place, the right time, can guarantee success.” Write your answer in
your notebook.

B. Open the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLQ4v2-R3KM.

Study the two different approaches of communication -- one good and the other
bad. Then answer the following questions. Write your answer in your notebook.
Check your answer based on the Key Answer at the back.

1. What communication strategy did the boss miss in set 2 of the first scenario?

2. What effective strategy did the boss utilize in set 1 and 2 in the second scenario?

3. How did the employee react to the task in scenario 1? Why do you think so?

4. What made the employee react positively to the task in scenario 2?

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 Here’s what happened in the video illustrations.

Activity 3.A. After hearing that Mr. Bear had listed preys for dinner, most animals
protested (angry) and confronted the bear without crafting the proper words to appease
the ferocious and hungry bear. On the other hand, it showed how the rabbit negotiated
his way to success by avoiding communication barriers such as by controlling his emotions,
or not being too assertive in an argument. Being overbearing and demanding is
considered an emotional noise.

Activity 3. B. Two different scenarios demonstrate how important a speaker needs

to respond to verbal cues. The boss was in position and looked highly respectable. In both
scenarios, he asked for the same things and received the same objections. The first scene
irritated the worker as he received no considerations for his complaint. At the end he
contended with a heavy heart. He definitely thought it unfair.

The boss successfully got his employee’s attention and cooperation in the second
scenario by trying to understand the worker’s availability. His approach was more intimate.
Additionally, the boss recognized non-verbal clues in the second set of the dialog. He
acted on the complaint (feedback) on time constraint by offering to help with the
checking of the report.

Indeed, communication may solve problems and ease challenges on the job.
Let’s consider other scenarios.

What Is It
Getting Around Objections

Communication involves verbal and non-verbal cues. Verbal cues

include auditory language like sound and words in order to deliver or
exchange information. It is the superficial part of communication
because it is more obvious than non- verbal cues. Non-verbal cues are your total
presentation and self-expression apart from spoken words. You will miss some non-verbal
cues when you are not in a face- to face interaction like on the phone or using the
Messenger.
How do verbal and non-verbal cues impact our communication? Imagine the
following scenarios:
1. Your superior enters the office with an angry look.
2. The Schools Division Superintendent arrives and surprises everybody in school.
3. Your best friend avoids you the whole day.
4. Pinned down for a 3-hour university orientation.

Which among the above scenarios will elicit the most reactions? Darlene Price,
author of Well Said! Presentations and Conversations That Get Results, said that verbal cues
are more impactful especially when it involves attitudes and behavior. She further

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explained that when verbal and non-verbal cues disagree, you ought to believe the non-
verbal cues.
A good communicator, whether talking to a child, in front of an audience, or
behind the desk, has to be only keen to verbal and non-verbal cues. More importantly, his
expressions and words have to agree.

Here is a graph that summarizes both verbal and non-verbal cues.

VERBAL NON-VERBAL

SOUNDS WORDS EMOTIONS

● Volume Word choice shows qualities Tone of voice, pitch, volume, inflection,
such as intellectual pacing, pause
● Pitch
capacity, intensity or
● Voice Quality urgency of the message and Silence
● Tone confidence and values like
modesty or superiority.
● Inflection
● Pacing
● Pausing

Body language

Gestures Eye contact

Facial expression Touching

Posture Proximity

Grooming Confidence

The Entertainment Factor

People love to listen to stories in the form of oral poetry, songs or plain storytelling.
These oral communication activities, all packed with emotions, differ in oral delivery. They
communicate a lot of truth regarding relevant issues of today and yesterday, skillfully
incorporating a variety of language features. What important role do these activities
foster?

Oral poetry contains most of the elements found in written poetry. Aside from
rhythm, it also uses figurative language. The difference is, it is delivered or performed to a
live audience, hence, the body language and emotions are better expressed, creating a
higher degree of response among the listeners. Some features of oral poetry are tone,
meter, repetition, inflection, mood and it perfects imagery.

Songs do not differ much from oral poetry. Songs play a huge role in
communication. It has religious, social and political functions. It has similar features to
poetry added the lyrical element. A special musical feature found in many different genre

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 of music is syncopation, an artistic play of rhythm, deviating from the natural flow. Rap is a
popular style of popular music that magnifies the use of syncopation. It’s grooving effect
appeals mostly to young people.

Storytelling is roughly defined as the sharing of events and experiences that is meant
to entertain, inform, as well as to teach morals. By stories, we may avoid communication
barriers by passing morals to children and young adults indirectly. Everyone loves a good
gossip or story. It is a safe and brilliant way to keep the children at home.

What’s More
Activity 4. How would you like your classmate to talk to you?

Oral communication skills matter in social relationships. Watch this

link on an exaggerated distorted speech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wff_nwa-
E8g&t=116s&fbclid=IwAR1Lhoi3zUAyXIK9MCZEY153OmlTADQ-
I7rgwZANdvfTKU_DILY8Bhujdk

E- mail messages and other instant messages are very convenient but they lack a lot of
things you can see and experience in face-to face communications. Name a few
language features lacking in the video’s robotic character.

Directions: Scramble the letters to make sensible answers. Write your answers in your
notebook. Check your answers based on the Key Answers at the last page.

1 NOTE

2 TIPHC

3 TONINICFLE

4 NATIONINTO

5 REPPOR SPAUES

You nailed it! Collect more correct answers!

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Activity 5.

Check out Amanda Al Nimri talk about the seasons of your life at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJOwpXhIAM4 . Answer the question of this video by
writing the letter of your choice on your notebook. Check your answer based on the Key
Answers at the last page.

1. Amanda is best described as a .

a. motivational speaker b. storyteller c. adviser d. all a,b and c

2. Her story is most relevant to .

a. young adults b. little children c.professionals d. all a,b and c

3. What made her storytelling engaging to you as a teenager?

a. suspense in the unfolding of events b. relevance of the topic c. the morals d. the symbolism

Activity 6.
Listen to Helly Shah ft Samuel skillfully perform her oral poetry entitled,
“Dear Breasts” at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyzjHx7R1es&list=PLaLzUhqqwV13hfsj93WVgQ_-
WhZgvPAG&index=2. Answer the question of this video by writing the letter of your choice
on your notebook. Check your answers based on the Key Answers at the last page.
1. Helly most likely performed for a group of _____.
a. primary students b. female adolescents c. feminists d. general public
2. Her main objective was to ____.
a. entertain b. inform and persuade c. advise d. examine
3. Her talk was most relevant to ______.
a. primary students b. adolescents c. all women d. business audience
4. She effectively sends her message by _______________________________.
a. being assertive on the rights of femininity
b. giving descriptive evidence and specific example events
c. talking about an important issue to the right audience
d. all a,b and c

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 PERFORMANCE TASK – Extra 25 points
Activity 10. Choose ONLY ONE of the
following exercises. This will be submitted on
October 22, 2021. You can use TikTok or
CapCut for your videos.

Exercise 1. Tell a story about communication barriers at home.

Film yourself and showcase and submit it to your teacher. You
may choose your own topic of interest. .

Exercise 2. Make a musical production with original lyrics

and film yourself with the help of your family or friends. You
can talk about someone or something worth
acknowledging. You may choose any musical genre.

Exercise 3. Produce an oral poetry that comments on a relevant

issue. Submit a soft copy of your performance.

Exercise 4. With the help of family

or friends, make a drama
presentation of how social media affects
relationships.

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 LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET
Module 4

Part 1. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Direction: Choose the letter of your answer from the given choices.
1. Communication achieved using facial expressions, eye contact, movements, and gestures
a. body language b. eye contact c. tone d. rate
2. Act of moving one's body parts, usually arms, hands, legs, as a means of expression
a. gestures b. facial expressions c. vocal distractions d. fluency
3. Communicating ideas and emotions non-verbally by changing one's face.
a. vocal variety b. gestures c. facial expressions d. eye contact
4. The following are all examples of _______________________ cues: gestures, eye contact, posture, facial expressions,
and physical appearance.
a. verbal b. environmental c. physical d. non-verbal
5. All are examples of communicating non-verbally except for _________________.
a. gestures b. voice c. posture d. touch
6. Communication is always a ___ way process.
a. one b. two c. three d. four
7. This type of communication is speaking to teachers and students.
a. written b. non-verbal c. oral d. body language
8. Which of the following are rules for good listening?
a. Stop talking b. Put talker at ease c. Remove distractions d. All of the above
9. Of the following which is not a nonverbal communication?
a. eye contact b. arms Crossed c. verbally talking d. nail biting
10. There are seven universally accepted emotions, it does NOT include
a. anger b. surprise c. laziness d. disgust
11. Communication is the process of sending and receiving messages
a. true b. false
12. Making eye contact is a form of body language.
a. true b. false
13. Not having good eye contact generally does NOT mean
a. anxiety b. defencelessness c. avoidance d. disruption
14. Nonverbal communication means
a. sending and receiving wordless messages b. exchange of information using words
15. Verbal communication means
a. sending and receiving wordless messages b. exchange of information using words

Part 2. ESSAY WRITING

Direction: Write a one paragraph descriptive essay about the picture provided. (5pts)

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ACTIVITY 1 ACTIVITY 2 ACTIVITY 3
(What I Know) (What I (Video Analysis)
Know)
ANSWERS MAY 1. T A. ANSWERS MAY VARY
VARY 2. T B. 1. The boss failed to respond positively to feedback.
3. T
4. F 2. The boss successfully got his employee’s attention and
5. F cooperation in the second scenario by trying to understand the
worker’s availability. His approach was more personal. Additionally,
6. T
the boss recognized nonverbal cues and acted on the complaint
7. F (feedback) on time constraint by offering to help.
8. T
9. F 3. He definitely thought it’s unfair.
10. T
4. His positive response to feedback.

ACTIVITY ACTIVITY 4 ACTIVITY 5 ACTIVITY 6

3.1

ANSWERS 1. TONE 1. B 1. C
MAY VARY 2. PITCH 2. A 2. B
3. INFLECTION 3. A, B, C, 3. C
1. A 4. INTONATION OR D 4. D
2. B 5. PROPER
3. B PAUSES
4. A
5. C