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ORAL
COMMUNICATION
Quarter 2 – Module 3 EN11/12OCIIab-22

Speech Situations: Affects Language Form, Duration of

Interaction and Relationship of Speaker
ORAL COMMUNICATION
Quarter 2 – Module 3 : Speech Situations: Affects Language Form,
Duration of Interaction and Relationship of Speaker

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Oral Communication – Grade 11
Quarter 2 - Speech Situations: Affects Language Form, Duration of Interaction
and Relationship of Speaker

I. INTRODUCTION
People communicate every day to establish and maintain relationships, know and
understand themselves, and find meaning in the daily grind. Moreover, since
humans are social beings who survive more effectively through sensible discourses,
they are always driven to learn the skills of creating and sustaining meaningful
conversations. Successful communication requires understanding of the
relationship between words and sentences and the speech acts they represent.
However, a conversation may be complex at times; that is why some people get lost
along the way and misunderstand each other. It is only when we willingly cooperate
and speak in socially approved ways that we can make a conversation meaningful.

II. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:

1. Differentiate Speech Context, Speech Style and Communicative Strategy;

2. Identify appropriate language form fit for each style;
3. Exemplify each speech context;
4. Write a set of two exchanges using appropriate language forms to be presented
in different ways.

III. VOCABULARY LIST

• 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 or intrapersonal where you communicate within yourself.

• Speech Style dictates what appropriate language or vocabulary should be used

or observed.
Types of Speech Style
1. Frozen
2. Formal
 3. Consultative
4. Casual
5. Intimate

• Speech Acts are the speaker’s utterances which convey meaning and make
listeners do specific things.

• Communicative strategies are strategies that learners use to overcome

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.

• Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place,

person or group to another.

IV. PRETEST
Read the following sentences carefully. Then, identify the word/s being referred to in
each sentence. Encircle the letter of your answer.

1. Talking to a friend, giving an order to a restaurant crew or one-on-one

meeting with anyone are example of what type of speech context?
a. Interpersonal - Dyad c. Intrapersonal
b. Interpersonal – Small Group d. Mass Communication

2. An indirect speech act occurs when…

a. there is no direct connection between the form of the utterance and the
intended meaning.
b. there is a direct connection between the form of the utterance and the
intended meaning.
c. there is no direct connection between the intention and the intended
meaning.
d. there is a direct connection between the intention and the intended
meaning.

3. This refers to as an utterance that a speaker makes to achieve an intended

effect.
a. Speech Context c. Speech Style
b. Speech Delivery d. Speech Act

4. “Please do the dishes” would lead to the addressee washing the dishes. What
level of action is this?
a. Locutionary Act c. Perlocutionary Act
b. Illocutionary Act d. Indirect Speech
 5. Which is NOT true about Frozen Speech Style?
a. It is known as “fixed speech.”
b. It uses simple grammatical sentences structure and vocabulary.
c. It invites the reader to enter into a personal experience of creative
discovery such as poetry.
d. It remains unchanged in time.

V. LEARNING ACTIVITIES
PRACTICE ACTIVITY 1. Identify Me.

Based on the pictures, identify the speech style (Frozen, Formal, Consultative,
Casual or Intimate) appropriate to use in the social situation shown in the given
photos. Write your answer inside the box.

1. Between childhood best friend. 2. Between a priest and parishioner.

3. Between a student and a teacher. 4. Between an employer and an

applicant.
5.Between a pediatrician and a baby’s mother.

Most of us will never speak to so many people at once. Even an appearance

on television will probably command a much smaller audience than the crowd
that heard King’s speech. Even though you don’t expect an audience of such size
or a setting of such symbolic importance, you should still be prepared to adapt
to the setting in which you will speak.

Your audiences, circumstances, and physical contexts for public speaking

will vary. At some point in your life you may run for public office or rise to a
leadership role in a business or volunteer organization. Or you may be
responsible for informing coworkers about a new policy, regulation, or
opportunity. You may be asked to deliver remarks in the context of a worship
service, wedding, or funeral. You may be asked to introduce a keynote speaker
or simply to make an important announcement in some context. Sometimes you
will speak in a familiar environment, while at other times you may be faced with
an unfamiliar location and very little time to get used to speaking with a
microphone. These are contexts and situations we must address.
 K E Y T AK EA WA YS
• Not every speaking setting happens in a classroom. As such, different
environments call for speakers to think through their basic speaking
strategies.
• Speakers need to be prepared to deal with three common challenges in
speaking contexts and styles: language used, relationship of the speakers and
the duration of interaction.

VI. PRACTICE TASKS

Analyzing dialogue excerpts.
Identify the situation or setting and the speakers that each excerpt represents.

1. Eduardo, do you accept Amor as your lawful wife?

Yes, I do.

2. Good morning. Please take a seat, Your Holiness, Pope Francis.

Thank you, Mr. President.

3. Good Morning, Doctor, may I ask you a question?

Certainly, how can I help you?

4. Hi Maricel, What’s up? How’s your life?

I’m great, Wilma.

5. Hello honey, how was your day?

Great. We got a lot done, Hon. And yours?

ANALYSIS.

Answer the following questions and write your answers on the box provided.

First Dialogue

Who are the people talking

in the dialogue?
 What do you think is the
situation?
What have you noticed
with the speech used?
How about the language
used?
Second Dialogue

Who are the speakers? Are

they in high rank
positions?
What can you say about
the formality of the
language?
How about their manner of
speaking? How about the
way they address each
other?
What do you sense as to
their relationship? Are they
close or not?
When do you think this
style is most appropriately
used?

Third Dialogue

Who are the speakers?

What do you think is the
purpose of the patient?
So how do you call the
speech style employed in
the second utterances?

Fourth Dialogue

Who are conversing in the

dialogue?
What style is employed?

Fifth Dialogue

Whose lines are in the

dialogue?
How do you know that
they are so?
 How do you describe the
language used?
When is this style of
speech is used?
So what speech style is
utilized in this example?

CONCLUSION

How does each style

differ?

Why should we vary our

language styles, the way
we interact and consider
the person whom we are
talking to?

VII. POST TEST

Choose the best statement based on the situation. Circle the letter of your answer.

1. Company director to employee

a. I need to talk to you.
b. Ms. Brown, could you come here for a moment?
c. Hey, get over here. Jane!

2. One colleague to another

a. Excuse me, do you think you could possibly give me a hand?
b. Give me a hand.
c. Excuse me, could you give me a hand?

3. Stranger to a man in the street

a. Could you tell me the time, please?
b. The time, please.
c. Hello there, how are you?
 4. Waiter to customer
a. What do you want?
b. What would you like today?
c. Do you think you could possibly tell me what you would like to eat today?

5. Employee to department manager

a. Mr. Brown, could I have a word with you this afternoon?
b. Frank, I need to talk to you.
c. Mr. Brown, do you think it would be possible for me to speak with you
this afternoon?
6. Husband to wife
a. How do you do?
b. What's up?
c. Excuse me dear, I was wondering how you were feeling.

7. Brother to sister
a. Hurry up!
b. Pardon me, can you please get ready?
c. Shall we go my dear?

8. Company director to employee

a. Ms. Smith, you look fantastic today!
b. Jane, you are a knock out!
c. How are you today Ms. Smith?

9. Customer to receptionist
a. Give me my bill.
b. The bill, please
c. I was wondering if I could trouble you for the bill.

10. Teacher to student

a. Do exercise 1, now!
b. Please do exercise 1.
c. Would you mind doing exercise 1.

VIII. ASSIGNMENT

WATCH AND WRITE

Directions:

• Think of three scenes from a movie or a TV show where various communicative

strategies were employed in one conversation.
 • Watch the scenes and evaluate the effect of the strategy applied to the
conversation and to the characters.

List your evaluations in the table below.

Movie (scene
Speech Style and Effect on the Effect on the
and context;
Context applied conversation characters
characters)

Casual Style (In the

scene Paul stopped Casual speech
Example:
next to Vin and style is common
Furious 7 (Paul
talked about their among peers and
Walker and Vin Casual and
daily lives using friends and able
Diesel talking common
street slangs and them to
in the street) conversation
vulgar words). communicate
Interpersonal freely and
(communication effectively.
between two people).

Answer the question:

 How can the sudden change in style and context in a conversation affect the
quality of interaction, the speaker-audience relationship, the role and
responsibilities of the speaker, the message, and the delivery?
Make sure to give examples and to add other types of media to support your
answers.

Rubric for Assessment

VGE GE SE LE N
CRITERIA
5 4 3 2 1
Message is expressed clearly.
There are sufficient supporting ideas
Choice of words is appropriate to the
audience
Ideas are communicated vividly and
meaningfully
The speaker observed effective
communicative strategy

Legend:
VGE – To a very great extent;
GE – To a great extent;
SE – To some extent;
LE – To a little extent;
N – To no extent

Scoring:
VGE – 20-25;
GE – 15-19;
SE – 10-14;
LE – 9-5;
N – 4 and below
 IX. ANSWER KEY

PRETEST
1. A
2. A
3. D
4. A
5. B

PRACTICE ACTIVITY 1
1. Casual
2. Formal
3. Consultative
4. Consultative
5. Consultative

PRACTICE TASK 1

First Dialogue
1. Priest and couple
2. Wedding
3. The vow of the ceremony has been the same in the past until the present.
4. Formal Style

Second Dialogue
1. President and Pope. Yes
2. The style of language is formal.
3. They are not close.

Third Dialogue
1. Doctor and patient
2. Consultation
3. Consultative

Fourth Dialogue
1. Conversation of two friends
2. Casual/ordinary

Fifth Dialogue
1. Husband and wife
2. Intimate
3. The language used may not be shared in public.
4. It can be used only among family members
5. Intimate Style

POST TEST
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. B

REFERENCES

• Oral Communication in Context For Senior High School by Sipacio and

Balgos, Page 49
• Oral Communication by Ritchel B. Bernardo, Pages 63-66
• https://www.google.com/search?q=communication+pictures&tbm=isch&ved
=2ahUKEwjB1KeUsNvqAhVDAKYKHSoOBiEQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq