Division of Surigao del Sur

Marihatag District
Learning Resource Management Section

Oral Communication in Context – 2nd Quarter – Week 1

Competency: Explain that a shift in speech context, speech style, speech act, and
communicative strategy affects the following: (EN11/12OC-IIab-22)
 Language form (EN11/12OC-IIab-22.1)
 Duration of interaction (EN11/12OC-IIab-22.2)
 Relationship of speaker (EN11/12OC-IIab-22.3)
 Role and responsibilities of the speaker (EN11/12OC-IIab-22.4)
 Message (EN11/12OC-IIab-22.5)
 Delivery (EN11/12OC-IIab-22.6)

Objectives: At the end of the week, you are expected to

 Define the following terms: speech context, speech style, speech act,
communicative strategy and language form
 Differentiate speech context, speech style, speech act, and communicative
strategy.
 Express how the shift in speech context, speech style, speech act, and
communicative strategy affects the following: Language form, Duration of
interaction, relationship of the speaker, role and responsibilities, message and
delivery.

Schedule Activities Reference/

Resource
Day 1 Activity 1.
Directions. Define the following terms used in language. Write your See
own definition to your answer sheet. Enclosure
1
1. Language Form
2. Speech Context
3. Speech Style
4. Speech Act
5. Communicative Strategy

Day 2 Activity 2.
Directions. Remember the strategies in various speech situations. See
Complete the table, based from the word art shown. Enclosure
1.

Speech Speech Speech Communicative

 Context Style Act Strategy
1. 1. 1. 1.
2. 2. 2. 2.
3. 3. 3. 3.
4. 4. 4. 4.
Day 3 Activity 3.
Directions. Read the situations and analyze each through the See
following table. Put a check that will correspond your answer. Enclosure
Situation Speech Speech Speech Communicative 1.
Context Style Act Strategy
(e.g.)
You offered
feedback on
the speech pe /
rformance of
your class-
mate.
1. You deliver
a
graduation sp
eech to your
batch.
2. The State
of the Nation
Address is
delivered by
the President.
3. The School
Principal
congratulates
the new
graduates.
4. The
researchers
presented
their research
study to the
panel of the
board.
5.You
provided
comfort to a
friend who
was feeling
down. 
Day 4 POST TEST See
PART 1. Multiple Choice Enclosure
Directions. Choose the letter of the best answer. 1.

1. All of these are affected when there is a shift in speech

context and speech style. Which does NOT belong to the
group?

a. Topic Control c. Delivery

 b. Language Form d. Message
2. Which of the following is NOT a communicative strategy?
a. Restriction c. Repair
b. Responsibility d. Termination
3. What pertains to the process by which people decide who takes
the conversation floor?
a. Repair c. Topic Shifting
b. Topic Control d. Turn-taking
4. What strategy involves moving from one topic to another?
a. Restriction c. Topic Shifting
b. Topic Control d. Turn-taking
5. What covers how procedural formality or informality affects the
development of topic in conversations?
a. Repair c. Topic Shifting
b. Topic Control d. Turn-taking
6. Which refers to the conversation participants’ close-initiating
expressions that end a topic in a conversation?
a. Restriction c. Topic Shifting
b. Repair d. Termination
7. What refers to how speakers address the problem in speaking,
listening and comprehending that they may encounter in a
conversation?
a. Restriction c. Topic Shifting
b. Repair d. Turn-taking
8. Which of the following is an example of nomination?
a. Hello, Jazz! How have you been?
b. Please go back to the main topic.
c. I have to leave. Excuse me.
d. Speaking of fun, there is a carnival in town.
9. Which of the following is an example of termination?
a. No, you got it wrong.
b. The correct answer is “true.”
c. Do you know the latest event?
d. Please excuse me, my mom is calling.
10. When you say, “Please tell Geo that the he has to see Ms.
Daisy,” what strategy are you applying?
a. Nomination c. Repair
b. Topic shifting d. Restriction

Part 2. ESSAY
Directions. Answer the questions briefly.

1. How does the shift of speech context, style, act and

strategies affect the way you communicate?
 2. Why are these lessons important?

Day 5 Performance Task

Look at the given pictures. Find out what style, context,
act and strategies are evident in the situation. How should
the speakers speak? Write your answer in your notebook. Activity
Sheet
Answer Key
Activity 1
Answers may vary
Activity 2

Speech Speech Style Speech Act Communicative

Context Strategy
1.Intraperso- 1.Intimate 1. Locution 1. Termination
nal
2.Interperso- 2.Formal 2. Per locution 2. Topic Shifting
nal
3.Public 3.Casual 3. 3. Restriction
4. 4.Frozen 4. 4. Nomination

Activity 3

Situation Speech Speech Speech Communicativ

Context Style Act e Strategy
(e.g.)
You offered
feedback on
the speech perfor /
mance of your
class-mate.
1. You deliver a
gradua-tion spee /
ch to your batch.
2. The State of
the Nation
Address is /
delivered by the
President.
3. The School
Principal
congratulates the /
new graduates.
4. The
researchers
presented their
research study to /
the panel of the
board.
5.You provi -ded
comfort to a /
friend who was
feeling down. 

Post text Part 2. Essay

Part 1. Multiple Choice Answers may vary

1. A
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. D
7. B
8. A
9. D
10. D
Activity 5

Answers may vary

References
Deped Curriculum Guide
Sipacio, Philippe John Fresnillo and Balgos, Anne Richie Garcia. Oral
Communication in Context. Quezon City: C&E Publishing House, Inc., 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2zGIN8IVKQ&feature=share
communicative strategies accessed May 12, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMv2fAWrP_8&feature=share
communicative strategies accessed May 12, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlo2d_65h8Y&feature=share
examples of context, style, act and strategies accessed May 12, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coPGjFRFPMQ&feature=share
examples of context, style, act and strategies accessed May 12, 2020

Enclosure 1: Information Sheet

Language forms deal with the internal grammatical structure of words and phrases
as well as the word themselves. When one compares boy and boys, for example, or man
and men, he or she is considering the relationship between different language forms or
structures.
Language forms also include cross-curricular academic vocabulary - words or
phrases frequently used across different content-areas.
Cross-curricular academic vocabulary words typically describe or are related to
academic processes and may include:
• verbs (e.g. hypothesize, analyze),
• complex prepositions, (e.g. in contrast to, as well as), and
• nouns (e.g. comparison, conclusion, analysis)
While functions address what we do with language, forms are the language
structures and vocabulary that are used to support those functions. Language learners need
to acquire both the functions (uses/purposes) and the forms (structures + cross-curricular
vocabulary) that make up the English language in order to reach higher levels of proficiency.
Teachers also need to understand the language demands of a task as they relate to both
function and form in order to best support students’ language development.

Unlocking Difficulties
Speech context is the way that people use to communicate and transmit message
orally or verbally. It can be interpersonal where you can talk with the other people.
Intrapersonal where you can talk to yourself especially when thinking and making decisions.
Types of Speech Context

 Intrapersonal Interpersonal.
 Intrapersonal. This refers to communication that centers in one person where the
speaker acts both as the sender and the receiver of message.
 Dyad Communication Small Group Public Mass Communication.

A speech style, according to Martin Joos (1976), a linguist and German professor, it
refers to the form of language that the speaker utilized which is characterized by the level of
formality. Still according to Jooz, speech style is identified into five types: frozen, formal,
consultative, casual, and intimate.
Here are different types of speech styles, the following are frozen, intimate, formal, casual,
and consultative speeches.

The Different Speech Styles

 Frozen. It is the most formal communicative style that is usually used during
respectful events and ceremonies.
 Intimate.
 Formal.
 Casual.
 Consultative.

In linguistics, a speech act is an utterance defined in terms of a speaker's intention

and the effect it has on a listener. Essentially, it is the action that the speaker hopes to
provoke in his or her audience. Speech acts might be requests, warnings, promises,
apologies, greetings, or any number of declarations.

Types of Speech Acts

 Representatives: assertions, statements, claims, hypotheses, descriptions,

suggestions.
 Commissive: promises, oaths, pledges, threats, vows.
 Directives: commands, requests, challenges, invitations, orders, summons,
entreaties, dares.
 Declarations: blessings, firings, baptisms, arrests, marrying, juridical speech acts
such as sentencings, declaring a mistrial, declaring s.o.out of order, etc.
 Expressive: Speech acts that make assessments of psychological states or attitudes:
greetings, apologies, congratulations, condolences, thanksgivings...
 Verdictives: rankings, assessments, appraising, condoning (combinations such as
representational declarations: You're out!)

Communication strategies are strategies that learners use to overcome these

problems in order to convey their intended meaning. Strategies used may include
paraphrasing, substitution, coining new words, switching to the first language, and asking for
clarification.

7 Types of Communicative Strategies

Nomination- presenting a particular topic clearly, truthfully, and saying only what is relevant.
Restriction- constraining the response or reaction within a set of categories.
Turn-taking- recognizing when and how to speak because it is one’s turn.
Topic control- keeping the interaction going by asking questions and eliciting a response.
Topic shifting- introducing a new topic followed by the continuation of that topic
Repair- overcoming communication breakdown to send more comprehensible messages.
Termination - using verbal and nonverbal signals to end the interaction.
ANSWER SHEET for Oral Communication in Context (Week 1) – 2nd Quarter
Name: _________________________ Grade & Section: _______________

Activity 1.
Directions. Define the following terms used in language. Write your own definition to your
answer sheet.

1. Language Form
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
2. Speech Context
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

3. Speech Style
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
4. Speech Act
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

5. Communicative Strategy
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Activity 2.
Directions. Remember the strategies in various speech situations. Complete the table, based
from the word art shown.
Speech Speech Style Speech Act Communicative Strategy
Context
1. 1. 1. 1.
2. 2. 2. 2.
3. 3. 3. 3.
4. 4. 4. 4.

Activity 3.
Directions. Read the situations and analyze each through the following table. Put a check
that will correspond your answer.

Situation Speech Speech Speech Communicative

Context Style Act Strategy
(e.g.)
You offered feedback on
the speech performance of your class-
mate. /
1. You deliver a graduation speech to
 your batch.
2. The State of the Nation Address is
delivered by the President.
3. The School Principal congratulates the
new graduates.
4. The researchers presented their
research study to the panel of the board.
5. You provided comfort to a friend who
was feeling down. 

POST TEST
PART 1. Multiple Choice
Directions. Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

Part 2. Essay. Answer the questions briefly.

1. How does the shift of speech context, style, act and strategies affect the way
you communicate?

2. Why are these lessons important?

Performance Task
Look at the given pictures. Find out what style, context, act and strategies are
evident in the situation. How should the speakers speak? Write your answer in your
notebook.

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