Types of Communicative Strategy
1. Nomination – You try to open a topic.
2. Restriction – Limitations you may have as a speaker
3. Turn-taking – Give all communicators a chance to speak
4. Topic Control – Collectively developed by avoiding unnecessary interruptions and topic shifts.
5. Topic Shifting – Moving from one topic to another (it is one part of a conversation ends and where another begins)
6. Repair – If there is a problem in understanding, the speakers will always try to address and correct it.\
7. Termination – Refers to the conversation participants’ close initiating expressions that ends a topic in a conversation
Avoidance Strategy
Semantic Avoidance -Learners may avoid a problematic word by using a different one, for example substituting the irregular
verb make with the regular verb ask. The regularity of "ask" makes it easier to use correctly
Message Reduction - communication breakdown by reducing an original message, simplifying utterances, or using similar
expressions that can be confidently used
Message Abandonment – Leaving a message unfinished
Achievement Strategy
Coinage - This refers to learners creating new words or phrases for words that they do not know. For example, a learner
might refer to an art gallery as a "picture place"
Borrowing - occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of a
single conversation. Multi-linguals, speakers of more than one language, sometimes use elements of multiple languages
when conversing with each other.
Circumlocution - This refers to learners using different words or phrases to express their intended meaning. For example, if
learners do not know the word grandfather they may paraphrase it by saying "my father's father".
Appeal for Assistance – Asking for aid from the interlocutor either directly or indirectly
The Speech Writing Process
Conducting an audience analysis
Determining the purpose of the speech
Selecting a topic
Narrowing down a topic
Gathering data
Selecting a speech pattern
Editing and/or Revising
Preparing an outline
Rehearsing
Creating the body of the Speech
Preparing the introduction
Preparing the conclusion
Components of the Speech Writing Process
Audience Analysis – Looking into the profile of your target
Demography – (Age range, male-female ratio, educational background and affiliation or degree program
taken, nationality, economic status, academic or corporate designation)
Situation – (Time, venue, occasion and size)
Psychology – (Values, beliefs, attitudes, preference, cultural, and racial ideologies)
Purpose for writing and delivering speech can be classified into three:
Inform (Informative Speech) – Provides clear understanding of the concept
Entertain (Entertainment Speech) – provides amusement
Persuade (Persuasive Speech) – provides well-argued ideas that can influence their beliefs
General Purpose Specific Purpose
To inform grade 11 students about the
To Inform definition and relevance of information
literacy today.
The Topic is your focal point
Narrowing down a topic means making your main idea more specific and focused
Data Gathering is the stage where you collect ideas, information, source and reference
Writing Patterns, in general, are structures that will help you organize your idea
Pattern Description
Biographical Presents Description
Categorical/Topical Presents related categories relating the
topic
Causal Presents cause-effect relationship
Chronological Presents idea in time order
Comparison/Contrast Presents comparison
Problem-Solution Presents an identified problem, cause and
recommended solution
Outline is a hierarchical list that shows the relationship of your ideas
Table Format
List Format (more specific)
The body of speech provides explanations, examples, or any details that can help you deliver your purpose and explain the
main idea of your topic