Talking Rocks

A Game

Why was it difficult to communicate a message?

You did not have a code to express your message.
I told you not to use any symbols of written

language so you had to communicate without symbols we all understand.

What is a code?
Code sometimes means a secret language, but in this class it means any language.
Good communication requires a code that

everyone knows.
For the next 3-4 weeks we will talk about different

kinds of code.

Communication & Codes

Chapter 4

Key Words
Communication
Message Code

Communication= sending and receiving messages

We will talk more about communication next time

Meaning

Message

Message= a visible or audible expression of a meaning that is sent to another person

Visible= can be seen Audible= can be heard

Meaning & message

Meaning
Inside my head What I want you to know

Message
How I express my

Invisible

meaning so that you can receive it Using a form that can be received by the senses:
Sight Hearing Touch Smell Taste

HOW MESSAGES CARRY MEANING

Message
Meaning INVISIBLE VISIBLE/ AUDIBLE

MESSAGES ARE EXPRESSED IN CODE

Message
Meaning INVISIBLE CODE

Key Words 2
Message
Meaning Symbols Code

Key Words 2
Message
Meaning = what I am thinking. What I want

you to know.
Symbols
Code

Key Words 2
Message
Meaning SYMBOL ANYTHING THAT REPRESENTS

SOMETHING ELSE
Code

HOW MESSAGES EXPRESS MEANING

SYMBOL = SOMETHING THAT

REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE

A symbol is not the thing but represents the thing
The word (yizi (3,0 is not a chair but a symbol.

Symbols are usually arbitrary () and can be

changed.

HOW CODES CARRY MEANING

SYMBOL = SOMETHING THAT

REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE

A symbol has a meaning Which of these is a symbol?

love

HOW CODES CARRY MEANING

SYMBOL = SOMETHING THAT

REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE

CODE = A SET OF SYMBOLS USED FOR

COMMUNICATION

What is a code?
1. A set of symbols
2. With agreed upon meanings

3. Used by a group of people for

communication

Examples of Codes

CODE

CODE CAN BE SPOKEN LANGUAGE WRITTEN LANGUAGE BEHAVIORS GESTURES CLOTHING, ETC.

Code:

A code is a set of symbols, verbal or non-verbal, which is used for communication by a group of people.

WRITTEN SYMBOLS

hieroglyph logogram phonogram

HOMEWORK week 6, after the National Holiday

Everyone: Read pages 170-182.
Presentation Group 1: Do a written research paper

and a ppt on the Chinese language.

Present in class for 15-20 minutes.

Can I meet with PG1 for a few minutes now?