ORAL

COMMUNICATION

Prepared by:

Ms. Michelle O. Santos

Subject Teacher

S.Y. 2022-2023
First Semester
 ORAL COMMUNICATION
2nd QUARTER WEEK 9-11
Name: ______________________________________________ Date: _________
Grade & Strand: _________________________ Teacher: Ms. Michelle O. Santos
FOR GRADE 11
COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGY
AND SPEECH ACT
To express our thoughts, feelings, and ideas effectively in a language, we need to have not only
grammatical competence but also communicative competence (Hymes, 1966, as cited in Midoul, 2011). To have
communicative competence, your individual manner or style of speaking or communicating, your speech act, or
your communicative strategy varies depending on the occasion, audience, shared experience, subject matter,
and purpose of communication (Shafie, Mustaffa, & Yahya, 2011). And this module will teach you as to why.

I. Objectives:
A. determine types of speech act,
B. responds appropriately and effectively to a speech act (EN11/12OC-Ifj-20),
C. determine types of communicative strategy,
D. use various communicative strategies in order to avoid communication breakdown (EN11/12OC-
Ia-6),
E. use of communicative strategy in a variety of speech situations, and
F. develop learners' skills in effective communication by exercising self-discipline and enhance its
knowledge to become globally competitive individual.
The three kinds of speech act are locutionary act, illocutionary act, and perlocutionary act.
 TASK 1
Hone your skills

Show how each sentence or utterance consists of three related acts: locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary.

Example:

Locutionary: The popcorn is delicious.

Illocutionary: To invite / offer / state a fact

Perlocutionary: The Listener buys popcorn.

1. Give me the book.

Locutionary: 3. I can’t stand the noise outside the room.
Locutionary:
Illocutionary: Illocutionary:
Perlocutionary: Perlocutionary:

2. May I go out? 4. The room smells. Locutionary:

Locutionary:
Illocutionary: Illocutionary: Perlocutionary: Perlocutionary:

TASK 2
Expand your knowledge
Discourse is a socially and culturally organized way of speaking in which patterns of communication are used for
certain purposes and in particular contexts, and how they come out from the application of communicative
strategies (Schiffrin, 1994, as cited in Raulinajtys, 2011). The communicative strategies are:

1. Topic Nomination is choosing a topic and opening or starting it for discussion.

2. Topic restriction is confining or limiting the development of the topic and keeping it within
bounds. This may be done by interrupting the one speaking or avoiding the topic altogether.

3. Turn-taking refers to the exchange of turns or instances when each speaker talks in an
interaction.
4. Topic Control is directing and regulating the flow or development of the interaction.
5. Topic Shifting means changing the topic or its direction and emphasis.
6. Repair is fixing and correcting anything negative, or providing any kind of amends and remedy
to something that has gone wrong in the exchange between the two speakers.
7. Topic Termination is ending concluding, or closing the conversation or interaction.
Closing and saying “goodbye,” for instance, are culture-specific. Some cultures have minimal or
no closing requirements, while others, like American English, have elaborate ones.
To further enhance your understanding about communication strategies, go in this link that provides an explanation
about it.

COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
https://www.academia.edu/34107770/Types_of_Communicative_Strateg
y

TASK 3

Hone your skills!

After reading the content as seen on the link, give at least one (1) example in each of the communicative
strategy to avoid communication breakdown. Write down your answers below:

Topic Nomination
• Example:

Topic restriction
• Example:

Turn-taking
• Example:

Topic Control
• Example:

Topic Shifting
• Example:

Repair
• Example:

Topic Termination
• Example:

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 II. Evaluation:

1. The two dialogs below are incomplete. Select one dialog and complete it by adding an appropriate
closing.

Dialog 1

Shutdown of topic only Luis: Hi, Tony

Tony: Hi, Luis. Did you go to the basketball game last Saturday?

Luis: No, I studied my lessons for our exams today. Did our team win?

Tony: No, they didn’t. They lost.

Luis: Did they lose that much?

Tony: They lost by twelve points.

Shutting down Luis: Oh, that’s awful. I’m glad I didn’t go.

Closing

Dialog 2

Shutdown with preclosing Paolo: Would you like to go to the gym with me this afternoon?

Claire: I’d love to, but I’m just getting over the flu.

Paolo: Well, why don’t we do something else like go to a movie?

Claire: Oh, no thanks, really. I’m still too weak for anything.

Paolo: OK. How about the gym and dinner next Friday?

Shutting down Claire: That sounds great. I’m sure I’ll be alright by then.

Paolo: Great. See you then.

Closing

2. In five (5) minutes, find a pair and produce a recording (you may use a phone call recording or audio
recording through messenger or in your phone) that shows the completed dialog. (50 points)

References:
Book/s:

Padilla, Mely, et al. 2017. Speak Right and Make a Difference: Oral Communication in Context. Valenzuela City: Jo-
Es Publishing House, Inc.
Pinzon, Mary & Jamandre N. K. 2017. Power Speak: Oral Communication in Context. Quezon City: Abiva Publishing,
Inc,

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Online Sources:

https://buenavistanhs.weebly.com https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NdVHrTRD3wU
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DCdxsnRF1Fk&t=102s https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1a-TFQNSujo
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ICCwbhDi2eU https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wO-CzrWQ4y4
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CF7a76CnzHE