Week 9: Discussion#8

 1.  As a senior high school student, what do you think is the advantage of having good communication skills in a variety of contexts? Do you think it will help you improve your personality? Why or Why not?

Being a senior high school student means that I am only a few years away from being a college student, and a few more from actually getting a job. So having good communication skills in a variety of contexts now is heavily required in order to improve myself and the relationships I have and will have with others, and these improvements and relationships will be a great help someday in the future.  For example, having a good intrapersonal communication will greatly help me on assessing my current personality and what parts needs some work or improving. Also, its use is not only limited to social interactions and personal development. It is also used on academics such as being able to understand and pass on knowledge, specially to those who have not completely understood the lesson on such fields. As I currently improve and use my communication skills, I would have a better chance in facing upcoming and harder challenges that the further stages of my life might withhold.

2. Which of the types of speech context do you find easy and difficult to practice? What should you do to improve your skills?

I find intrapersonal communication easy since all you do is talk and be honest to yourself. There is no pressure or anxiousness involved in it. On the other hand, my public communication might need some more work since I still feel some nervousness specially when facing larger crowds. To improve my communication skills on this context and also on others, all it needs are more practice and time. First, I will determine what needs the most work and improvement and start on that. In my case, it is public. I could improve it by starting on small groups where I feel comfortable with and work my way up on larger and more distant groups. 

3. In your own words, differentiate LOCUTIONARY, ILLOCUTIONARY, PERLOCUTIONARY and give at least 1 example for each (not copied from the handout).

The locutionary act is the actual act of uttering or saying something. The illocutionary act is the intention or the preceding function of what was said. Perlocutionary act is the actual effect of what was said. For example, your class is going to have a quiz and the teacher said that it will be written on a one fourth sheet of paper. You bring out your sheets of paper and someone said "May wamport ka?" The act of saying or uttering "May wamport ka?" is the locutionary act. The intended meaning or function of what was said is the illocutionary act, which was a request: "Pwede bang humingi." or "May I have one." The perlocutionary act would be the act of giving them one.