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for people. People cannot be separated from communication because communication occurs in their life. Communication allows people to interact and
cooperate. Knowing the functions of communication, this research points out a focus which is Communication Practice Model to enable students and use English
in communicating.
b. The Process of Communication
Communication works through some steps. Based on www.oum.edu, communication involves sender, message, receiver and feedback. The sender is a
person who is speaking then message will be transferring to the receiver so the receiver can send response. The process of communication can be described
through the picture as follows.
Figure 2.1 Process of communication Yatim, Hamid, Rahim, and Thian, 2009: 2
Figure 2.1 describes the process of communication. A first sender will transfer a message to a receiver. The receiver will interpret the message and he or
she will understand what the message is. Then, the receiver gives response as a
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he or she becomes a sender. Finally, the feedback is received by the first sender who now is the receiver.
Besides, communication process has major elements. Those elements influence the communication process. There are seven major elements of
communication process based on Robbins 2001, 285-286 which are sender, encoding, message, channel, decoding, receiver, and feedback. Firstly, sender
sends message and refers to communication source Robbins, 2001: 285-286. Secondly, encoding means transferring message to symbolic form Robbins,
2001: 285-286. Thirdly, message is the real physical result of encoding Robbins, 2001: 285-286. Fourthly, channel is a way or media to deliver message, such as
face to face, telephone, etc Robbins, 2001: 285-286. Fifty, decoding means to interpret message into a form that can be understood by receiver Robbins, 2001:
285-286. However, knowledge, skill, background can influence the ability of receiver to decode message. Sixthly, receiver reconstructs and receives message
Robbins, 2001: 285-286. Lastly, feedback refers to whether understanding can be achieved Robbins, 2001: 285-286.
Simply, it can be concluded that in communication a sender and a receiver have significant role. Communication may occur when a message can be
transferred and received. A message is interpreted by a receiver and a feedback is to express that the message is understood. By communication, people can
understand each other since they can exchange message or information.
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c. Communication Strategies
