Sample Oral Communication Activities THE ENTERTAINMENT FACTOR

Songs

➢ has religious, social, and political functions

VERBAL AND NON-VERBAL CUES
➢ has similar features to poetry added the lyrical element

➢ Syncopation - an artistic play of rhythm, deviating from the

VERBAL CUES. natural flow

● Include auditory language like sound and words to
deliver or exchange information.
● The superficial part of communication because it is
more obvious than non-verbal cues.
Oral Poetry
➢ aside from rhythm, it also uses figurative language
➢ contains most of the elements found in written poetry

➢ delivered or performed to a live audience

NON-VERBAL CUES
● These are your total presentation and self-expression
apart from spoken words. You will miss some
non-verbal cues when you are not in a face-to-face
interaction like on the phone or using the Messenger.
➢ tone, meter, repetition, inflection, mood, and it perfects
imagery
Storytelling
➢ sharing of events and experiences that is meant to entertain,
inform, as well as to teach morals

FORM OF NON-VERBAL CUES ➢ we may avoid communication barriers by passing morals to

❖ Paralanguage– the how of saying something
❖ Language of Flowers– the use of flowers based on the
meaning of each type of flower
❖ Language of Color – the use of color based on the meaning
of each type of color
❖Language of Time (Chronemics) – the use of time based on
position on power
children and young adults indirectly
➢ a safe and brilliant way to keep the children at home
SMART AND LOUSY SPEAKER
SMART SPEAKER
1. chooses words to suit the audience
2. makes use of language techniques, reads visual cues

❖Language of Space (Proxemics)– the use of space to show 3. varies voice for tone, pitch, volume, inflection, intonation and
importance pause

❖ Language of Touch (Haptics) – the use of touch to express 4. engages listeners by talking on relevant topics
what cannot be said
5. responds to feedback
❖ Body Movement (Kinesics) – Speech, to be understandable
and interesting to a listener, must be accompanied by different
GESTURES.

❖Emphasizing Gestures– that punctuate what we want to

highlight are examples of this type.

❖ Regulating Gestures– are used to control the flow of LOUSY SPEAKER

communication.
1. imposes own ideas despite negative feedback
❖Illustrating Gestures– are used to show size, height,
2. settles on sloppy appearance
distance, or similar qualities.
3. uses monotone
❖ Emblems– are gestures associated with specific meanings.
4. make distracting gestures and inappropriate facial expressions
❖Facial Expression – assist the listener in understanding the
message better. We can interpret much meaning from a human 5. interacts in a heated manner
face caught in a moment of expression, and basic facial
expressions are recognizable by humans all over the world. PURPOSES OF COMMUNICATION
❖Posture – Posture is generally for the way someone stands or
SPEAKING TO INFORM
sits. Your body can adapt it in no time and unintentionally to give
a clue to somebody regarding your feelings. ❖ the speaker presents factual information
❖ often accompanied with visual presentation so that the
audience will not get tired of the facts and figures simply read
before the
SPEAKING TO PERSUADE
❖ appeals to the audience’s intellect or emotion
❖ the speaker may highlight educational attainment,
performance record or to appeal to the audience’s emotion, he or
she may trace her family background being one with the masses.
SPEAKING TO ENTERTAIN
❖ aimed at lightening the mood of the audience
❖ could be a standalone speech
TYPES OF SPEECH CONTEXT AND STYLE
Speech Context
This accounts for the background and purpose of a discourse.
Speech context assumes a more or less direct relationship
between situational, societal, political or cultural “environment” in
which the communication transaction occurs.
INTRAPERSONAL
- happens within oneself
- This means that the speaker acts as the source and
the receiver of the message. When you self- reflection,
you analyze your thoughts and feelings.
Johari Window
1. Open/self-area or arena – Here the information about
the person his attitudes, behaviour, emotions,
feelings, skills and views will be known by the person
as well as by others.
2. Blind self or blind spot – Information about yourselves
that others know in a group but you will be unaware of
it.
3. Hidden area or façade – Information that is known to
you but will be kept unknown from others.
4. Unknown area – The Information which are unaware
to yourselves as well as others. This includes the
information, feelings, capabilities, talents etc.
INTERPERSONAL
- involves 2 or more people
- The conversation can be formal or informal, intimate or
casual depending on the relationship people have
involved .
TWO TYPES OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
DYAD- two people are involved in this communication
SMALL GROUP- three but not more than twelve people are part
of the conversation
PUBLIC- In this type of communication, you can deliver a
message to bigger number people in a venue.
MASS COMMUNICATION- This type of communication reaches
millions of people.
TYPES OF SPEECH STYLE
According to Martin Joos, the speech/ communicative style of
people, may be represented by the five clocks of formality of use
of the English language.
Frozen
● Highest form of speech style
● Characterized by the use of certain grammar and
vocabulary that is particular to a certain field.
● Very formal and static
● Done in a format where the speaker talk and the
audience listens without actually being given the
space to respond.
Formal
● more universal as it doesn’t necessarily require
expertise in any field and it’s not as rigid as the frozen
style.
● Characterized by a formal ( agreed upon and even
documented ) vocabulary and choice of word.
● The language in this speech is respectful and rejects
the use of slang, contraction, ellipses and qualifying
modal adverbials.
Consultative
● A style characterized by a semi-formal vocabulary,
often unplanned and reliant on the listener’s
responses and overall participation
● Any type of two way communication
Austin defines it “as belonging to a certain vocabulary... and
as conforming to a certain grammar...with a certain more or
less definite sense and reference”
A speaker must produce clearly the words in order to deliver the
intended meaning of the message.
ILLOCUTION (intention)

Casual - the intended meaning of the utterance by the speaker

● a flexible and informal vocabulary that may include - what we mean when we say it are the real actions which are
slang performed by the utterance.
● it is usually unplanned pretty relaxed, and reliant on
- We form an utterance with some kind of function in mind.
the fluid back and forth between those involved
without any particular order.

Example:
Intimate
By saying “Please do the dishes,” the speaker requests the
● A speech style that is reserved for people who have a addressee to wash the dishes.
really close connection. Intimate
● It’s casual and relaxed, and it goes beyond words, as
it incorporates nonverbal communication and even
PERLOCUTION (effect)
personal language codes, such as terms of
endearment and expressions which meaning is only - the action that results from the locution
understood by the participants, besides slangs.
– what we accomplish by saying it

- are the effects of the utterance on the listener.

TYPES OF SPEECH ACTS
- Reveals the effect the speaker wants to exercise over the
Speech act hearer. This is also known as the perlocutionary effect
performing an act by saying something.
It is any of the acts that may be performed by a speaker in
making an utterance, as stating, asking, requesting, advising,
warning, or persuading, and considered in terms of the content
of the message, the intention of the speaker, and the effect on
the listener.

JOHN AUSTIN- A language philosopher who developed the

Speech Act Theory.

THREE TYPES OF SPEECH ACTS BY AUSTIN

LOCUTION (line)

- physical utterance by the speaker

- is the basic act of utterance, or producing a meaningful

linguistic expressions.

Examples:

• “Good day!” (greeting)

• “Please carry these for me.“ (request)

• “I am so sorry!” (apology)

• “You’re gorgeous.” (compliment)

• “Let’s go shopping.” (invitation)

• “I can’t come to the party.” (refusal)

• “It’s boring here!” (complaint)