Fundamentals of Communication Vocabulary

The source of the message that initiates the communication; has a message or purpose of communicating to one or more people.

• Message

• Sender

• Context

• Feedback

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The person who senses or perceives or receives the sender's message. There may be just one or a large number.

• Receiver

• Sender

• Audience

• Decoding

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The idea or information that the sender wants to convey. It may be conveyed verbally or non-verbally. Whatever the form, it should be clearly formed so that the objective is accomplished

• Receiver

• Communication Noise

• Channel

• Message

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The medium of transmission from one person to another; it is often inseparable from the message. For communication to be effective and efficient, this must be appropriate for the message.

• Message

• Channel

• Context

• Encoding

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Refers to influences on effective communication that influence the interpretation of conversations.

• Communication Noise

• Sender

• Feedback

• Audience

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Reaction, without it, the sender of the message cannot know whether the recipient has received the entire message or grasped its intent.

• Sender

• Message

• Feedback

• Channel

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

• Audience

• Receiver

• Active Listeneing

• Context

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

Process of analyzing and evaluating what another person is saying in an effort to understand the speaker's feelings or the true meaning of the message.

• Audience

• Active Listening

• Message

• Context

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A group of individuals attending to a common media. They receive communication from the same source but are not active participants and do not communicate with each other.

• Audience

• Encoding

• Feedback

• Communication Noise

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Putting a message into words or images. The sender organizes his message into a series of symbols – either written words or spoken words or gestures or any other symbolic act or a combination of these modes.

• Decoding

• Active Listening

• Communication Noise

• Encoding

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4