Oral Communication Terms Keri Rogers Intrapersonal Communication Interpersonal Communication Communication Process Sender Reciever Noise Feedback Fields of Experience Encode Decode Symbol Denotation Connotation Nonverbal symbols, Kinesics Poxemics Paralanguage Fact Inference Logical Fallacy

Intrapersonal Communication A form of communication with yourself or internal thought.

Interpersonal Communication dominates the majority of our communication and has the largest impact upon our personal attitudes, successes and/or failure, An example may be day dreaming.

Communication Process is the guide toward realizing effective communication

Sender One who transmits a message or messages sender

Receiver In communication, the one who the sender is talking to. (They are “receiving” the information) receiver sender

Noise Interference in or during a communication

Feedback a reaction or response to a particular process or activity

Fields of Experience

Encode to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.

Decode to extract meaning from (spoken or written symbols). happy

Symbol something used for or regarded as representing something else

Denotation a word that names or signifies something specific: “Wind” is the denotation for air in natural motion. “Poodle” is the denotation for a certain breed of dog.

Connotation the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”

Nonverbal symbols Symbols are representations of an event, action, object, person, or place that can be used to communicate about the event, action, object, person, or place.

Kinesics the study of body movements, gestures, facial expressions, etc., as a means of communication.

Proxemics the study of set measurable distances between people as they interact

Paralanguage vocal features that accompany speech and contribute to communication but are not generally considered to be part of the language system, as vocal quality, loudness, and tempo: sometimes also including facial expressions and gestures.

Fact something that actually exists; reality; truth

Inference the process of arriving at some conclusion that, though it is not logically derivable from the assumed premises, possesses some degree of probability relative to the premises.

Logical Fallacy A logical fallacy is an argument which does not make sense when examined in a rational, scientific manner