Senior High School

Grade 11

Oral Communication

ENGLISH LEARNING KIT

Second Quarter – Module 1

Various Communicative
Strategies

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Grade 11 – Oral Communication

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Competency: Employs various communicative strategies in different situations
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Grade 11 – Oral Communication
Competency: Employs various communicative strategies in different situations (CS_EN11/12OC-Ilab-21)
 Various Communicative Strategies

TARGETS

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

1. identify different types of communicative strategies; and
2. employ various communicative strategies in different situations.

EXPLORE
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You had learned in the previous quarter

about the importance of communication in your
daily activities. This time, you will know how to
manage yourself in different situations using
different communicative strategies.

In this module, you will learn how to start or

participate in a healthy conversation with other
people using different communicative strategies.

So, let’s check your readiness by answering

some questions in your activity notebook.

1. In communicating on different situations, what should be observed?

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2. Is it appropriate to apply etiquette in conversing with others on different

situations? Support your answer.
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 KEEP THIS IN MIND

Great! You answered each question well. It

shows that you are now ready to know the different
communicative strategies. Now, I will present to you
how can these strategies be applied in different
situations.

To achieve a sustainable and fruitful conversation, you may use the

following communicative strategies1:
1. Nomination
This strategy is used to open a conversation. A speaker carries out
nomination to establish a topic with the person whom he/she is talking to. For
example, your neighbor greeted you and opened up a topic about the latest
news in your town. She may say, “Hi Carmen! Have you heard the latest news
about a confirmed case of COVID-19 here in our town?

2. Restriction
This pertains to any limitation you may use as a speaker. As a speaker,
you may discuss only what is related to the topic. Example of this is during a
meeting or class discussion. You may focus only with the agenda or the topic
of the lesson. If a learner would ask a question which is out of the topic, you
may say, “I’m sorry but your question is not a part of the lesson. Please
reserve that for the next topic. We are out of time for that discussion.”

3. Turn-Taking

Turn-taking refers to the process in which people decide who take the
conversational floor. The primary goal of this is to give everyone a chance to
speak. You need to keep your words relevant and reasonably short. You also
have to be polite always in taking the floor from another speaker. You may
use visual signals like a nod, a look, or a step back which may be
accompanied by spoken cues like, “Do you want to say something?”

Example: Yes, you are raising your hand. Do you want to say something?

1Sipacio, P.J. and Balgos, A. R. (2016). Oral Communication in Context for Senior High School. C & E
Publishing, Inc. Philippines

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 4. Topic Control
Topic control covers how procedural or informality affects the
development of topic conversation. It is more restricted unlike a casual
conversation with a friend in a street wherein you may take the
conversational floor anytime. When a topic is initiated, it should be
developed by avoiding unnecessary interruptions and topic shift. Example
of the situations are during court trial, senate and congress hearing,
debate, and etc.
In this strategy, you may involve yourself in conversation without
dominating the conversation by using minimal responses like “Yes,”
“Okay,” “Go on,” and asking tag questions like, “You are excited, aren’t
you?”

5. Topic Shifting
As the name suggests, it involves moving from one topic to another.
In short, it is where one part of the conversation ends and another begins.
You may also use effective conversational transitions to indicate a shift
like, By the way,” “In addition to what you have said,” “Which remind me
of” and the like.

Example: “You have mentioned living organisms. Do you know that

planet Venus has living organisms discovered by the scientists
lately”

6. Repair

This pertains on how the speaker addresses the problems in speaking,

listening, and comprehending in a conversation. For example: If everyone
talks at the same time, there must be somebody to set the conversation
back to its topic. And if there is a problem in the conversation, the speaker
will always address and correct it.

Example: “Everyone please calm down. I think we need to give chance for
everyone to speak. Can we do that?”

7. Termination

Termination refers to close-initiating of the participants in the

conversation. The topic initiator takes responsibility to signal the end of the
discussion. The speaker may say “Good bye.”, “Thank you” and the like.

Example: “It’s really nice conversing with you but I think it’s already late.
See you next time, bye!”

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 APPLY WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED

Activity 1. GOT THIS!

A. Directions: Analyze the communicative strategies used in the given lines below.
Write your answers in your activity notebook.

1. “Okay, you may now take the floor for your question.”
2. “Hey how are you? It’s nice to see you!”
3. “We really enjoy watching all episodes of “Crash Landing on You”. By the way,
where is your pet Frost?
4. “I need to go now. See you later.”
5. “Excuse me! We could not hear one another. I think we need to speak one
at a time so we could understand each other.”
6. “I would like to ask your Honor for a ruling.”

For nos. 7-10

B. Directions: Read the given situations and write a possible utterance applying the
communicative strategies. Write your answers in your activity
notebook.

Situation: You are presenting to the class the topic assigned to your group on
“How to be an Effective Public Speaker.” After your report, you
expect questions about the topic you presented. One of your
classmates asks about a sample format on debate. What would
you say to him/her?

7. ________________________________________________________________

Situation: You and your cousins plan to celebrate your 18th birthday with a
blast. Everyone is giving their suggestions in a chorus. What
would you tell them?

8.________________________________________________________________

Situation: Your class has an election and you are elected as the new
class president. Your teacher asks you to lead the election
for the remaining positions. Reno, your classmate, raises his hand
to nominate one of your classmates for the position Vice
President. What will you say to him?

9. _______________________________________________________________

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 Situation: It’s Friday and you are in a hurry to finish your portfolio to be
submitted in your barangay hall by 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon.
Your classmate, who happened to be your neighbor, came in to
ask you to play badminton. What would you tell her?

10.______________________________________________________________

Activity 2. THINK AND WRITE

Directions: Imagine a scenario/ situation where you can use any of the types of
communicative strategies. Then create sample conversations. Do this
task in your activity notebook.

Situation: _________________________________________________________

REFLECT

REFLECT
Well done! You have proven to yourself that you
understand the lesson well after accomplishing all the
activities. Now, it’s time to check on how your learnings of
the topic have influenced you.

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 Activity 3. MESSAGE BOX
Directions: Accomplish the infographic. Write your answers in your activity
notebook.

Learning Communicative Strategies helps me

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I will apply what I’ve learned on the various type of communicative strategies

through _______________________________________________________

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 ANSWER KEY

Explore
Answers may vary.
Apply What You Have Learned
Activity 1. GOT THIS!
1. Turn-taking
2. Nomination
3. Topic Shifting
4. Termination
5. Repair
6. Topic Control
7. (Topic Control) Lines/Dialogue may vary.
8. (Repair) Lines/Dialogue may vary.
9. (Turn taking) Lines/Dialogue may vary.
10. (Termination) Lines/Dialogue may vary.

Activity 2. THINK AND WRITE

Answers may vary.

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