INTIMATE, CASUAL, AND CONSULTATIVE SPEECH STYLES

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Name: ______________________________________Section: ____________________

School: ______________________________________Date: ______________________

I. Introduction:

We all have some personal concerns that we only share with our closest or
family members. We may tell a secret to a close friend that we could not just simply divulge
to our common classmate or acquaintance, or we may simply tell a certain problem or
difficulty to our closest family members.

Aside from our peers, close friends, and family members, we also communicate with
other people who we meet and interact with in our school, business, and professional
transactions. We may vary the use of speech style depending on the situation that
we are involved in.

II. MELC with code:

Employ the appropriate communication styles for various situations

(intimate, casual, consultative, formal, and frozen)
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Sub-tasked competency:

Employ the appropriate communication style for intimate, casual, and

consultative style

III. Strategy:

A. Explore:
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 Activity 1. Matching Type (Review)
Directions: Tell whether the given communication context uses formal or frozen
speech style. Write your answer on your answer sheets.

______1. Singing the “DepEd Hymn”

______2. giving of sermon

______3. news anchor delivering news report

______4. class valedictorian delivering his/her speech

______5. Reciting the DepEd Mission, Vision, and Core Values

Activity 2: True or False (Pre-test)

Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is
incorrect. Write your answers on your answer sheets.

______1. Communicative styles are also called language registers.

______2. When the participants are strangers, casual communication

style is used.

______3. You give additional explanations when using intimate

communicative style.

______4. Using correct grammar usage should be applied when talking

with your best friend.

______5. The couple is attending a business meeting, intimate

communicative style should be used when talking with each
other.

B. Learn

Intimate Style

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 Intimate communicative style, according to Martin Joos, is characterized by a
complete absence of social inhibition. This style is used by participants who share a very
close relationship, such as between very close friends, siblings, husband and wife, parents
and children and boyfriend and girlfriend. In this style, the participants share a completely
private vocabulary, making it difficult for other who are outside the group to understand.
Since the participants have an intimate relationship and they often know each other’s
intention, there is no need for a clear articulation of words or additional explanations.

Example:
Husband: Honey, it seems like our kids take much of our time lately.
Wife: I thought so, too.
Husband: Would you like to have some “we time” tomorrow?
Wife: Well, I’d love to, hon!

Casual Style

The casual speech style is a relaxed or informal dialogue between two friends, peers,
colleagues, a family. Thus the participants may use group language so only members of the
group can understand it. Other characteristics of the speech style include the following:

a. The tone is conversational. Slang (or nonstandard words or

expressions), colloquial words, elliptical sentences (some words are
omitted), and informal contractions (e.g. ain’t, dunno, gonna) are
used.
b. General words rather than technical ones are used.
c. Interruptions are common.
d. Nicknames are used in addressing one another.

Example:
Friend 1: What are you up to?
Friend 2: Nothing, I’ve just here doing my homework in our English
class.
Friend 1: Would you like to come over for a swimming this weekend?
Friend 2: Dunno. Will let you know once I finish my tasks.

Consultative Style

The consultative communicative style is considered to be the most operational style

among the other styles. It is used in semiformal situations in which a speaker needs to
provide background information because the listener (or addresses) may not be able to
understand without it. The following are the other characteristics of the consultative style:

a. It is used in ordinary or routine transactions and lead to an outcome

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 or result.

b. This is often used in business or in other professional situations, such as

in conversations between a doctor and a patient, a teacher and a
student, or a lawyer and his client.

c. Interruptions are allowed. The listener gives short responses like I see,
Uh-huh, and Ah to signal that he or she is paying attention to the
speaker or has understood what was said.

d. Titles such as Mr., Ms., or Doctor are likely to be need when using this
speech style.

e. More formal than intimate and casual styles this style requires a
speaker to choose words with some care, but the flow of conversation is still
instantaneous.

Example Situation: The patient is consulting with a pulmonologist.

Patient: Good morning, Dr. Gomez.

Dr. Gomez: Hi, how have you been feeling?
Patient: My cough has been getting worse since last week. It started
with a dry cough. . .
Dr. Gomez: Do you have any history of asthma?
Patient: Yes, Doc. I was also diagnosed with a primary complex two
years ago. . .

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C. Engage

Activity 3. Multiple Choice

Directions: Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on your
answer sheets.

I. Which of the following situations used a consultative speech style?

a. talking to a counselor or psychiatrist
b. delivering campaign speeches.
c. giving last minute instructions to players
d. delivering a speech of the UN Summit.

2. Which of the following situation call for a casual speech style?

a. delivering a critical speech.

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 b. talking to a friend while playing sports
c. leading a prayer before a meal.

3. This style is private and occurs between or among close family

members or individuals.
a. casual c. consultative
b. intimate d. formal

4. The language used in intimate style may be shared in public.

a. true b. false

5. Jargon, slang or the vernacular language are not acceptable in

the casual style.
a. true b. false

6. Which of the following terms is NOT USED when speaking in the

consultative communicative style?
a. Babe b. Ma’am c. Mr. d. Sir

7. Which is the correct statement based on the situation?

Friend to her/his best friend.
a. Hey, what’s up, Carl? c. Please, present your ID.
b. Hi Sir, how do you do? d. Good morning, Mr. De la Cruz.

8. Teacher to student.
a. Hey! Do it faster
b. Proceed to Activity 9.
c. Would you mind proceeding to Activity 9?
d. Class, please proceed to Activity 9

9. Who among the following will likely make use of the consultative
communicative style?
a. close friends
b. A husband and his wife.
c. A teacher and a student
d. A mother and her daughter

10. Glenda is doing a survey about the effects of earthquake in her

community. Which of the following communication situations would
require her to use the consultative style?
a. Asking her friends for their opinions
b. Researching on information to include in her study.
c. Interviewing the evacuees regarding their experiences
d. Telling her best friend regarding what her study is about.

D. Apply

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 Activity 4: Skit Writing
Directions: Create a short dialogue out of ONE of the given situations below. Limit
your conversation to 5-10 lines.

1. student to School Principal 6. mother to daughter or son

2. teacher to student 7. between best friends
3. doctor to patient 8. seatmates
4. crew to customer 9. wife to husband
5. student to registrar 10. between siblings

IV. RUBRIC:

Rubric for Skit Writing

Features 4 3 2 1 Score
Content The dialogue The dialogue The dialogue The dialogue
excellently reflects the somewhat does not reflect
reflect the communicati reflects the correctly the
communicati on style communication needed
on style needed for style needed for communication
needed for the situation the situation. style.
the situation
Quality of Piece was Piece was Piece had little Piece had no
Writing written in an written in an style or voice. style or voice.
extraordinary interesting
style and style and
voice. voice.

Virtually no With number Few spelling So many

Grammar Usage

spelling, of spelling, and punctuation spelling,

and Mechanics

punctuation punctuation errors, minor punctuation and

or or grammatical grammatical
grammatical grammatical errors errors that it
errors. errors. interferes with
the meaning.

V. REFERENCES

Most Essential Learning Competencies page 192

Online Sources:

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 Oral Communication in Context Unit 5: Speech Styles. (2019). Retrieved from
https://www.scribd.com/document/419243628/Oral-Communication-Unit-5-Speech-
Styles-pdf

VI. KEY TO THE CORRECT ANSWERS:

Activity 1 Activity 2
1. True 1. Frozen
2. False 2. Formal
3. False 3. Formal
4. False 4. Formal
5. False 5. Frozen

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