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Oral Communication – 2ND Quarter – Week 1

COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS

Competency:
 Employs various communicative strategies in different situations
(EN11/12OC-IIab-21)

Objectives: At the end of the week, you shall have:

 Recognize the different communicative strategies;
 Use acceptable, polite, and meaningful communicative strategies; and
 Demonstrate effective use of communicative strategy in different real life’s situations
through written messages.

Sche Reference/
Activities
dule Resources
Day 1 Activity 1: IMAGINARY TRIP One of the
Directions: Let’s travel around Municipality of Bayabas or nearby member of
municipalities using our imagination. Then, imagine what you can see and do the family;
as a tourist in the following places: paper and
1. Bayabas Bay Walk/ Bay Park pen
2. La Paz
3. Barayong falls in Cagbaoto
See
After doing the Imaginary Trip, exchange ideas with the members of your Enclosure 1
family and decide on the “Most Exciting Tourist Spot located within your own
locality”.

Activity 2: Recall and Share!

Directions: After sharing your ideas about our “Imaginary Trip”, answer the
following questions stated below. Write your discussions on the space
provided after each question.
1. From the activity, were you able to productively collaborate and
establish a topic during conversation? How?
2. Were you able to efficiently use signal words in order to begin a new
topic? How?
3. What are those words or transitions that you use to signal the
beginning of a new topic?
4. Have you observed any limitations in your communication?
5. Were you able to sustain a productive conversation?
6. Did you wait patiently for your turn to speak?
7. Were you polite when you want to raise your point?
8. Did you end your conversation effectively? Describe what happened?
Day 2 Activity 3 See
Direction: Identify the type of Communicative strategy in each statement. Enclosure 2
Write your answer on the space provided before each number.
____1. “Do you have anything to say?”
____2. “One of the essential lessons I gained from the discussion is the
importance of sports and wellness to a healthy lifestyle.”
____3. “Excuse me? I think we should speak one at a time, so we can clearly
understand what we want to say about the issue”
____ 4. “Go on with your ideas. I’ll let you finish first before I say something”
____5. “Have you heard the news about the latest achievement of our
 government?”
____ 6. “Hey, how are you? I missed you!”
____ 7. “Best Regards to your parents! See you around!”
____ 8. “Good to see you. Anyway, I came to visit you because I want to
personally offer apologies for what I did yesterday.”
____ 9. “Sorry, I can’t decide on that now. I am still focused on my writing
assignment. Let’s talk next time ok?”
____ 10. “Now, it’s your turn to ask questions.”
____ 11. “Is it raining outside?”
____ 12. “Speaking of summer, do you even feel how hot it is outside?”
____ 13. “Please hear me out, I need to tell you something.”
____ 14. “I'm sorry, could you repeat your question please? I didn't hear it
quite clearly. Thanks.”
____15. “What did you like about today's activity?”
Day 3 Assessment Paper and
Pen
Your communication strategy is the heart of your communication’s success. It
determines the flow of information along your conversation. A poor
communication strategy allows for information blockages, making it hard for
others to understand.
An effective communication strategy forges and maintains connections
efficiently to both speaker and receiver. If connections are clear, each party
receives and understands the messages of the other, which fosters
synchronized and efficient performance.

Directions: Recognize the type of communicative strategy used in the

following statements. Write whether a statement or a dialogue is nomination,
turn-taking, termination, restriction, topic shift, topic control or repair.
Write your answer on the space provided before the number.

____1. A student is presenting his or her report in front of the class.

____2. You were having conversations with your friends about the
earthquake which happened last night.
____3. The Department of Health Committee were exchanging ideas about
possible solutions to the increasing number of infected COVID 19 patients.
____4. The teacher is asking the students to give their ideas about what is
communication.
____5. You were asked by your teacher to brainstorm about the importance
of understanding the use of the different communicative strategies.
____6. You were told by your Oral Communication teacher to deliver your
speech using English Language only.
____7. A doctor is explaining his/her diagnosis to a patient, at the same time,
the patient is asking the doctor for his/her medical advice in regards to his or
her diagnosis.
____8. Students are having their debate activity about the advantage and
disadvantages of our new normal world.
____9. You were by your teacher to give your answer based on the choices
given only.
____10. In a class, you are going to make a chain story, where one student
gives the first scenario and will be added by the next student and it continues
to the next until it will be completed.
Day 4 Activity 4 Paper and
pen
Performance Task

Connecting Learning Activities to One’s Experience!

Direction: Think of a time when you had to explain one message in two
different instances with varying contexts. Explain why your communicative
strategies change as there are adjustments in every speech context, speech
style and speech act.
Example:
You told your parents over dinner how badly you want to study in your dream
university and in another instance, you talked about the same thing with your
friends while you chat with them through Facebook.

Message for your family over dinner

Message for your friends

*Criteria
Organization of ideas – 15pts
Language used/Manner – 7pts
Provides reasoning – 8pts
Clarity of the message conveys – 10pts
Awareness of Spelling/Grammar – 10pts
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Total - 50pts
Enclosure 1
What is a Speech Act? A speech act is an utterance that serves a function in communication.

There are three types of Speech Act:

1. Locutionary Act refers to the actual utterance of the speaker.

Two types of Locutionary Act
a. utterance acts – where something is said (or a sound is made) and which may not have
any meaning.
b. propositional acts – where a particular reference is made.
Note: Acts are sometimes also called utterances – thus a perlocutionary act is the same as
perlocutionary utterance.

2. Illocutionary Act refers to the intended utterance by the speaker (performance). Illocutionary
acts are classified into five distinct categories:
a. Assertive – It is an act which speaker expresses belief about the truth of a proposition.
b. Directive – It is an act which the speaker tries to make the addressee perform an action.
c. Commissive – It is an act which commits the speaker to doing something in the future.
d. Expressive – It is an act which the speaker expresses his/her feelings or emotional
reactions.
e. Declaration – It is an act which brings a change in the external situation.

3. Perlocutionary Act refers to the actions that result from the locution or what we bring about or
achieve by saying something such as convincing, persuading, deterring or surprising.

Locutionary Act: What we say…

Illocutionary Act: What we mean we say it…
Perlocutionary Act: What we accomplish by saying it…
Enclosure 2
Communicative strategies are techniques on how to deal with difficulties encountered when
communicating.

Here are the seven communicative strategies:

1. Nomination
 A speaker carries out nomination to collaboratively and productively establish a topic.
Basically, when you employ this strategy, you try to open a topic with the people you are
talking to.
 It is presenting a particular topic clearly, truthfully, and saying only what is relevant is a
strategy that can also be applied any time during the course of an interaction as a way of
continuing the communication. When this strategy is used, the topic is introduced in a clear
and truthful manner, stating only what is relevant to keep the interaction focused.
 Examples:
"Do you have anything to say?"
"Have you heard the news about the prettiest girl in school?"
"Now, it’s your turn to ask questions."
"Does that make sense to you?"
2. Restriction
 Restriction in communication refers to any limitation you may have as a speaker.
 Also, this strategy constrains or restricts the Response of the other person involved in the
Communication Situation. The Listener is forced to respond only within a set of categories
that is made by the Speaker.
 Examples:
In your class, you might be asked by your teacher to brainstorm on peer pressure.
When you were asked to deliver a speech in a specific language.

3. Turn-Taking
 Turn-taking pertains to the process by which people decide who takes the conversational
floor. There is a code of behavior behind establishing and sustaining a productive
conversation, but the primary idea is to give all communicators a chance to speak.
 Recognizing when and how to speak because it is one’s turn requires that each speaker
speaks only when it is his/ her turn during interaction. Knowing when to talk depends on
watching out for the verbal and nonverbal cues that signal the next Speaker that the
previous Speaker has finished or the topic under discussion has been exhausted and a new
topic may be introduced. At the same time, it also means that others should be given the
opportunity to take turn.
 Turn-taking Communicative Strategy uses either an informal approach (just jump in and
start talking) or a formal approach (permission to speak is requested).
 Example:
Can we all listen to the one who talk in front of us?
"Excuse me? I think we should speak one at a time, so we can clearly understand
what we want to say about the topic."
"Go on with your ideas. I'll let you finish first before I say something."

4. Topic Control
 Topic control covers how procedural formality and informality affects the development of
topics in conversation. This only means that when a topic is initiated, it should be
collectively developed by avoiding unnecessary interruptions and topic shifts.
 keeping the interaction going by asking questions and eliciting a response
 This is simply a question-answer formula that moves the discussion forward. This also
allows the Listener or other participants to take turns, contribute, ideas, and continue the
discussion.
 Example:
 "One of the essential lessons I gained from the discussion is the importance of sports and
wellness to a healthy lifestyle."

5. Topic Shifting
 Topic shifting, as the name suggests, involves moving from one topic to another. In other
words, it is where one part of a conversation ends and where another begins.
 It is introducing a new topic followed by the continuation of that topic
 It is also a strategy that is useful in introducing another topic. This strategy works best when
there is follow-through so that new topic continues to be discussed.
 Examples:
"By the way, there's a new shop opening at the mall"
“In addition to what you said about the beautiful girl is that she is also smart."
6. Repair
 Repair refers to how speaker address the problems in speaking, listening, and
comprehending that they may encounter in a conversation.
 It is overcoming communication breakdown to send more comprehensible messages.
 Examples:
"Excuse me, but there are 5 Functions of Communication not 4."
"I'm sorry, the word should be pronounced as pretty not priti.".

7. Termination
 Termination refers to the conversation of participants’ close-initiating expressions that end a
topic in a conversation.
 It uses verbal and nonverbal signals to end the interaction.
 It ends the interaction through verbal and nonverbal Messages that both Speaker and
Listener send to each other. Sometimes the Termination is quick and short. Sometimes it is
prolonged by clarification, further questions, or the continuation of the topic already
discussed, but the point of the language and body movement is to end the communication.
 Examples:
"Best regards to your parents! See you around!
“It was nice meeting you. Bye!"
"That is all for today class, goodbye!"

 Are we able to maintain a very good conversation? If so, then, we successfully apply those
communicative strategies during our discussion. This time, I’m sure that when you are
faced to certain difficulties along any conversation which you may have in the future, you
can now make use to any of these communicative strategy as one possible solution to
certain gaps or inadequacies within your conversation in order to start and maintain a good
one.
ANSWER KEY

Activity 1

1. Bayabas Bay Walk/ Bay Park – As I have imagine, bay walk is so relaxing esp. when you
choose to stay and watch the sun as it sets. It will surely make you smile and forgets your
problems.

2. La Paz – I imagine together with my siblings riding a bicycle on the street, happily.

3. Barayong falls in Cagbaoto – It feels fun and memorable if we picnic there with my family and
friends soon once this virus will be gone.
*these answers is based from my own point of view, this will only serve as your guidance as to how you will answer the activity.

Activity 2 – answers may vary from the given discussion.

Activity 3 Assessment
1. Nomination 1. Nomination
2. Restriction 2. Restriction
3. Repair 3. Repair
4. Topic Control 4. Topic Control
5. Nomination 5. Nomination
6. Nomination 6. Nomination
7. Termination 7. Termination
8. Restriction 8. Restriction
9. Termination 9. Termination
10. Turn-Taking 10. Turn-Taking
11. Restriction
12. Nomination
13. Turn-Taking
14. Repair
15. Nomination

REFERENCES

Oral Communication In Context Senior High School (2016, October 14). Types of Communicative
Strategy. Retrieved from URL https://oralcom.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/types-of-communicative-
strategy/

Oral Communication in Context

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